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Chitradurga #18SC
Won
Janardhana Swamy
BJP Bharatiya Janta PartyMargin
1,35,571 16.2 pp
votes
over Dr. B Thippeswamy (INC)
The contest
Electors15,34,169
Votes polled8,36,390
Turnout54.5%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electorsnot recorded
Female electorsnot recorded
Sex ratio
not recorded
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janardhana Swamy | BJP | 3,70,920 | 44.30% | |
| 2 | Dr. B Thippeswamy | INC | 2,35,349 | 28.10% | |
| 3 | M Rathnakar | JDS | 1,46,128 | 17.50% | |
| 4 | M Jayanna | BSP | 28,715 | 3.40% | |
| 5 | Shashishekar Naik | RJD | 16,286 | 1.90% | |
| 6 | Hanumanthappa Tegnoor | IND | 15,375 | 1.80% | |
| 7 | B Sujatha | IND | 5,392 | 0.60% | |
| 8 | K H Durgasimha | IND | 5,338 | 0.60% | |
| 9 | Ramachandra | IND | 4,588 | 0.50% | |
| 10 | M Kumbaiah | IND | 4,125 | 0.50% | |
| 11 | Ganesha | IND | 3,729 | 0.40% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 445, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 835,945 · NOTA n/a · published 836,390 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2009
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