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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1998

Bidar

Parliamentary constituency 1 (GEN) · Karnataka

State boardKarnataka 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#1 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants8Candidate lines
Electors11,88,479
Votes polled6,10,065
Turnout51.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerRamchandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party3,17,50452.0% of votes
MARGIN1,84,633 votes · 30.3 pp3,17,504 − 1,32,871
Runner-upBabu Honna Naik Janata Dal1,32,87121.8% of votes
BJP 70.5% of top-two votesJD 29.5%

All candidates 8

  1. 01 Ramchandra VeerappaBJP3,17,504 52.0%
  2. 02 Babu Honna NaikJD1,32,871 21.8%
  3. 03 Gundappa KorwarINC1,01,150 16.6%
  4. 04 Suryawanshi Vaijanath RaoBSP31,288 5.1%
  5. 05 Sharanbasappa Vittappa SirsikarJP7,024 1.2%
  6. 06 Dr.Shanker Rao SonalawadiIND2,913 0.5%
  7. 07 Yeshwanth RamchandraSAP2,896 0.5%
  8. 08 Mallappa J. MadarIND648 0.1%

Turnout 51.3%

025507510051.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.2%
Male 6.06 lakh51.0% Female 5.83 lakh49.0%

Share of 11,88,479 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males963
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 28 seats, 199867.2%
  • ReconciliationΣ 8 candidates = 5,96,294Residual 13,771

Seat history 2024–1962

  1. 2024
    6.5 pp
    Priyanka Satish JarkiholiIndian National Congress
  2. 2019
    9.8 pp
    Annasaheb Shankar JolleBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2014
    0.3 pp
    Prakash Babanna HukkeriIndian National Congress
  4. 2009
    6.4 pp
    Katti Ramesh VishwanathBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2004
    2.9 pp
    Ramchandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 1999
    20.0 pp
    Ramchandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party
  7. 1998
    30.3 pp
    Ramchandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party
  8. 1996
    32.0 pp
    Ramachandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party
  9. 1991
    25.3 pp
    Ramchandra VeerappaBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1989
    6.6 pp
    Narsingrao Surya VanshiIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    17.2 pp
    Nasing SuryavansiIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    38.2 pp
    Narsing HullaIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    16.1 pp
    Shankardev Balaji RaoIndian National Congress
  14. 1971
    56.2 pp
    Shanker Dev Balaji RaoIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    21.9 pp
    R. VeerappaIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    29.4 pp
    Ramachander VeerappaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 56.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 73.8% of votes; the other 6 candidates 23.9% between them.

    (3,17,504 + 1,32,871) ÷ 6,10,065 = 73.8% · 1,45,919 ÷ 6,10,065 = 23.9%

  2. Turnout of 51.3% was 15.9 pp below the state's median seat (67.2%).

    51.3 − 67.2 = −15.9

  3. The margin narrowed from 32.0 pp in 1996 to 30.3 pp.

    30.3 − 32.0 = −1.7 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 8 candidate lines5,96,294
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled6,10,065
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 13,771

Candidate votes miss the published total by 13,771, 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

Candidates8 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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