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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Kanara

Parliamentary constituency 22 (SC) · Karnataka

State boardKarnataka 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#22 · SC
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7Candidate lines
Electors10,86,420
Votes polled7,30,812
Turnout67.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAnant KumarBharatiya Janata Party3,63,05149.7% of votes
MARGIN87,047 votes · 11.9 pp3,63,051 − 2,76,004
Runner-upAlva Margret Indian National Congress2,76,00437.8% of votes
BJP 56.8% of top-two votesINC 43.2%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Anant KumarBJP3,63,051 49.7%
  2. 02 Alva MargretINC2,76,004 37.8%
  3. 03 Bobati Udachappa KheerappaJD36,558 5.0%
  4. 04 Bhemanna NaikKVP27,022 3.7%
  5. 05 I.M.RizwanIND7,163 1.0%
  6. 06 Lalita G.HegdeSP3,623 0.5%
  7. 07 M.K.Shanbhag KalbagkarIND2,122 0.3%

Turnout 67.3%

025507510067.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.2%
Male 5.52 lakh50.8% Female 5.34 lakh49.2%

Share of 10,86,420 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males968
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 28 seats, 199867.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 7,15,543Residual 15,269

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    13.8 pp
    Sunil BoseIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    0.1 pp
    V. Srinivas PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    12.5 pp
    R. DhruvanarayanaIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    0.4 pp
    R.DhruvanarayanaIndian National Congress
  5. 2004
    20.7 pp
    Ananthkumar HegdeBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    1.4 pp
    Margaret AlvaIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    11.9 pp
    Anant KumarBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    8.4 pp
    Anant D. HegdeBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    6.0 pp
    Naik G. DevarayaIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    4.7 pp
    Devaray Naik GIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    10.1 pp
    G. Devaray NaikIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    27.2 pp
    Naik Devaray G.Indian National Congress
  13. 1977
    8.8 pp
    Kadam Balsu PursuIndian National Congress
  14. 1971
    39.7 pp
    Momsin Fhakruddin MusensabIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    22.1 pp
    M. F. HussensabIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    28.3 pp
    K. HanumanthaiahIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 87.4% of votes; the other 5 candidates 10.5% between them.

    (3,63,051 + 2,76,004) ÷ 7,30,812 = 87.4% · 76,488 ÷ 7,30,812 = 10.5%

  2. Turnout of 67.3% was 0.1 pp above the state's median seat (67.2%).

    67.3 − 67.2 = +0.1

  3. The margin widened from 8.4 pp in 1996 to 11.9 pp.

    11.9 − 8.4 = +3.5 pp

  4. BJP held the seat it won in 1996.

    1996 BJP · 1998 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines7,15,543
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled7,30,812
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 15,269

Candidate votes miss the published total by 15,269, 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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