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Karnataka Lok Sabha 1996

Results board · 28 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKarnataka
Seats
28
Constituencies
Majority
15
Seats needed of 28
Electors
3.18Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.92Cr
60.2% of electors
Median turnout
62.3%
Median of 28 seats
JD lead
+1
Above majority · 16 − 15

[01]Seat matrix

28 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 28 seats: JD 16, BJP 6, INC 5, KCP 1. Majority line at 15 seats. Hemicycle of 28 seats: JD 16, BJP 6, INC 5, KCP 1. Majority line at 15 seats.
Majority · 15 of 28JD 16 · +1 above majority
JD 1657.1% Janata Dal
BJP 621.4% Bharatiya Janata Party
INC 517.9% Indian National Congress
KCP 13.6% Karnataka Congress Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
JD 34.9%16 seats · 57.1%
INC 30.3%5 seats · 17.9%
BJP 24.8%6 seats · 21.4%
KCP 3.1%1 seat · 3.6%
SP 0.7%0 seats
Others 6.2%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

THIRD FRONT 34.6%16 seats
NDA 24.8%6 seats
UPA 30.3%5 seats
OTHERS 10.3%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. JD converted 34.9% of votes into 57.1% of seats, a seat premium of 22.2 pp.

    16 ÷ 28 = 57.1% · 57.1 − 34.9 = +22.2

  2. INC polled 30.3% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 5 seats (17.9%).

    5 ÷ 28 = 17.9% · 17.9 − 30.3 = −12.4

  3. Udupi was decided by 2,454 votes, the closest of 28 seats; Bidar had the widest margin, 1,59,413.

    min / max of margin over 28 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 3 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 2 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 3 of 28 · INC 2

  5. In SC-reserved seats JD won 2 of 5 (40.0%), against 57.1% of all seats.

    2 ÷ 5 = 40.0% · 16 ÷ 28 = 57.1%

  6. Turnout ran from 44.0% in Raichur to 72.0% in Mangalore; the median seat polled 62.3%.

    min / median / max over 28 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

28 of 28 seats carry a turnout
025507510062.3%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 414.3% of seats
50–60 828.6% of seats
60–70 1346.4% of seats
70–80 310.7% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestRaichur44.0%
  • HighestMangalore72.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

28 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Karnataka Lok Sabha 1996, all 28 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 BidarWIDEST Ramachandra Veerappa Bharatiya Janata Party 4,97,707 1,59,413 32.0 44.1
02 Gulbarga Qamarul Islam Janata Dal 5,80,679 15,545 2.7 48.2
03 Raichur Raja Rangappa Naik Janata Dal 4,97,160 36,405 7.3 44.0
04 KoppalSC Basavaraj Raya Reddy Janata Dal 6,23,051 75,841 12.2 53.4
05 BellarySC K C Kondaiah Indian National Congress 6,42,633 4,519 0.7 55.6
06 DavangereST G Mallikarjunappa Bharatiya Janata Party 7,47,950 97,087 13.0 65.4
07 Chitradurga P.Kodandaramaiah Janata Dal 7,22,485 19,382 2.7 64.6
08 Tumkur C N Bhaskarappa Janata Dal 6,84,272 15,712 2.3 65.2
09 ChikballapurST R L Jalappa Janata Dal 7,81,056 16,814 2.2 71.0
10 Kolar K H Muniyappa Indian National Congress 7,14,163 17,042 2.4 68.3
11 Kanakapura H D Kumaraswamy Janata Dal 10,66,862 1,07,404 10.1 61.9
12 Bangalore North C Narayanaswamy Janata Dal 8,34,759 1,33,302 16.0 54.3
13 Bangalore South Ananth Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 7,27,220 21,968 3.0 55.9
14 Mandya Krishna Janata Dal 7,45,896 33,386 4.5 71.7
15 Chamarajanagar A Siddaraju Janata Dal 7,14,967 23,576 3.3 67.6
16 Mysore Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadeyay Indian National Congress 7,57,105 11,676 1.5 62.5
17 Mangalore V Dhananjaya Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 6,94,171 14,499 2.1 72.0
18 UdupiSCCLOSEST Oscar Fernandes Indian National Congress 6,42,416 2,454 0.4 64.7
19 Hassan Y N Rudreshagowda Janata Dal 7,72,298 80,787 10.5 68.1
20 Chikmagalur B L Shankar Janata Dal 6,49,775 4,059 0.6 65.2
21 Shimoga S Bangarappa Karnataka Congress Party 7,35,610 72,236 9.8 68.2
22 KanaraSC Anant D. Hegde Bharatiya Janata Party 6,62,500 55,896 8.4 62.0
23 Dharwad South I G Sanadi Indian National Congress 6,22,321 9,609 1.5 59.8
24 Dharwad North Vijay Sankeshwar Bharatiya Janata Party 5,98,156 40,351 6.7 55.8
25 Belgaum Koujalagi Shivanand Hemappa Janata Dal 6,60,679 70,637 10.7 56.7
26 Chikkodi Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor Janata Dal 5,84,189 1,12,759 19.3 56.9
27 Bagalkot Meti Hullappa Yamanappa Janata Dal 6,75,719 21,332 3.2 64.1
28 BijapurSC Patil Basangouda Rudragouda Janata Dal 5,19,633 30,593 5.9 47.4
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,59,413 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1996 · Karnataka · 28 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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