Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1991

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Parliamentary constituency 21 (GEN) · Karnataka

State boardKarnataka 1991

[01]Result · 1991

#21 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants17Candidate lines

Electors10,43,040

Votes polled6,27,367

Turnout60.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerK.G. ShivappaIndian National Congress2,81,18244.8% of votes

MARGIN40,703 votes · 6.5 pp2,81,182 − 2,40,479

Runner-upB S Yeddyurappa Bharatiya Janata Party2,40,47938.3% of votes

INC 53.9% of top-two votesBJP 46.1%

All candidates 17

01 K.G. ShivappaINC2,81,182 44.8%
02 B S YeddyurappaBJP2,40,479 38.3%
03 M.S. MahadevappaJD63,974 10.2%
04 K.T. GangadaraKRRS15,677 2.5%
05 G. ChoodappaIND2,780 0.4%
06 ChandrappaIND1,203 0.2%
07 Gundumane NagabhushanaIND1,153 0.2%
08 Parshuram KanpetIND1,003 0.2%
09 Ganesh BhatPBI879 0.1%
10 U. MothinayakIND760 0.1%
11 S.S.L. BhatIND730 0.1%
12 S. GuruchidambarIND640 0.1%
13 T.R. DevendrappaIND527 0.1%
14 K. NarayanaABMSD520 0.1%
15 B.T. Bhaskar ShettyIND355 0.1%
16 Ikram Ulla KhanIND322 0.1%
17 B.L. Krishnaveni (W)IND232 0.0%

Turnout 60.2%

Male 5.41 lakh51.9% Female 5.02 lakh48.1%

Share of 10,43,040 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males927
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 28 seats, 199154.4%
ReconciliationΣ 17 candidates = 6,12,416Residual 14,951

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
9.4 pp
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja WadiyarBharatiya Janata Party
2019
10.5 pp
Prathap SimhaBharatiya Janata Party
2014
2.7 pp
Prathap SimhaBharatiya Janata Party
2009
0.8 pp
Adagur H VishwanathIndian National Congress
2005
2.2 pp
S.BangarappaSamajwadi Party
2004
8.6 pp
S. BangarappaBharatiya Janata Party
1999
11.4 pp
S.BangarappaIndian National Congress
1998
20.3 pp
Ayanoor ManjunathBharatiya Janata Party
1996
9.8 pp
S BangarappaKarnataka Congress Party
1991
6.5 pp
K.G. ShivappaIndian National Congress
1989
19.3 pp
T.V.ChandrashekarappaIndian National Congress
1984
23.4 pp
T. V. ChandrashekarappaIndian National Congress
1980
33.8 pp
S.T. QuadriIndian National Congress
1977
18.3 pp
A. R. BadarinarayanIndian National Congress
1971
40.7 pp
Naik Balakrishna VenkannaIndian National Congress
1967
9.9 pp
D. D. DattatrayaIndependent
1962
12.6 pp
DoddathimmaiahIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed JD polled 63,974 votes, 1.6× the 40,703-vote margin.
63,974 ÷ 40,703 = 1.6
The top two polled 83.2% of votes; the other 15 candidates 14.5% between them.
(2,81,182 + 2,40,479) ÷ 6,27,367 = 83.2% · 90,755 ÷ 6,27,367 = 14.5%
Turnout of 60.2% was 5.8 pp above the state's median seat (54.4%).
60.2 − 54.4 = +5.8
The margin narrowed from 19.3 pp in 1989 to 6.5 pp.
6.5 − 19.3 = −12.8 pp
INC held the seat it won in 1989.
1989 INC · 1991 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 17 candidate lines6,12,416
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled6,27,367
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 14,951

Candidate votes miss the published total by 14,951, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1991 · Karnataka · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates17 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 28 seats on the Karnataka Lok Sabha 1991 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database