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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Chikmagalur

Parliamentary constituency 20 (GEN) · Karnataka

State boardKarnataka 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#20 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors10,50,631
Votes polled7,27,521
Turnout69.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerSreekantappa D.C.Bharatiya Janata Party3,16,13743.5% of votes
MARGIN52,496 votes · 7.2 pp3,16,137 − 2,63,641
Runner-upM.Veerappa Moily Indian National Congress2,63,64136.2% of votes
BJP 54.5% of top-two votesINC 45.5%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Sreekantappa D.C.BJP3,16,137 43.5%
  2. 02 M.Veerappa MoilyINC2,63,641 36.2%
  3. 03 B.L.ShankarJD1,19,492 16.4%
  4. 04 H.M.RenukaradhyaCPI13,083 1.8%
  5. 05 D.R.RajuKVP4,664 0.6%
  6. 06 Keshava Prapanna SharmaIND887 0.1%
  7. 07 P.C.JohnIND668 0.1%

Turnout 69.3%

025507510069.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.2%
Male 5.23 lakh49.7% Female 5.28 lakh50.3%

Share of 10,50,631 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,011
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 28 seats, 199867.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 7,18,572Residual 8,949

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    19.5 pp
    H.D. KumaraswamyJanata Dal (Secular)
  2. 2019
    9.1 pp
    Sumalatha AmbareeshIndependent
  3. 2018
    36.4 pp
    L.R, Shivarame Gowda 'E'Bharatiya Janata Party
  4. 2014
    0.5 pp
    C.S.PuttarajuJanata Dal (Secular)
  5. 2013
    7.2 pp
    RamyaIndian National Congress
  6. 2009
    2.3 pp
    N Cheluvaraya Swamy @ SwamygowdaJanata Dal (Secular)
  7. 2004
    9.0 pp
    D. C. SrikantappaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1999
    4.1 pp
    D.C.SrikantappaBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1998
    7.2 pp
    Sreekantappa D.C.Bharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1996
    0.6 pp
    B L ShankarJanata Dal
  11. 1991
    6.1 pp
    D.K. Tharadevi (W)Indian National Congress
  12. 1989
    24.1 pp
    D.M.Putte GowdaIndian National Congress
  13. 1984
    31.5 pp
    D. K. TaradeviIndian National Congress
  14. 1980
    42.7 pp
    D.M. PuttegowdaIndian National Congress
  15. 1978
    17.3 pp
    I.N.Gandhi (W)Indian National Congress
  16. 1977
    17.8 pp
    D. B. Chandre GowdaIndian National Congress
  17. 1971
    45.0 pp
    T. V. Chandrashekarappa VeerabasappaIndian National Congress
  18. 1967
    8.8 pp
    J. H. PatelSikkim Sangram Parishad
  19. 1965
    48.4 pp
    H.C.L.ReddyIndian National Congress
  20. 1962
    20.2 pp
    K. Changalaraya ReddyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 48.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed JD polled 1,19,492 votes, 2.3× the 52,496-vote margin.

    1,19,492 ÷ 52,496 = 2.3

  2. The top two polled 79.7% of votes; the other 5 candidates 19.1% between them.

    (3,16,137 + 2,63,641) ÷ 7,27,521 = 79.7% · 1,38,794 ÷ 7,27,521 = 19.1%

  3. Turnout of 69.3% was 2.1 pp above the state's median seat (67.2%).

    69.3 − 67.2 = +2.1

  4. The margin widened from 0.6 pp in 1996 to 7.2 pp.

    7.2 − 0.6 = +6.6 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: JD in 1996, BJP in 1998.

    1996 JD · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines7,18,572
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,27,521
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 8,949

Candidate votes miss the published total by 8,949, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1998 · Karnataka · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates7 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 28 seats on the Karnataka Lok Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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