KARNATAKA · 1996

28 seats

Seats28

Electors3.18 Cr

Votes polled1.92 Cr

Median turnout62.5%

Party standings

28 seats · majority 15

Janata Dal 16 of 28 seats · 57.1% majority

Janata Dal 16

Bharatiya Janta Party 6

Indian National Congress 5

Karnataka Congress Party 1

by constituency number

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Margin	Margin %	Turnout
1	Bidar	Ramachandra Veerappa	BJP	497,707	159,413	32.0	44.1
2	Gulbarga	Qamarul Islam	JD	580,679	15,545	2.7	48.2
3	Raichur	Raja Rangappa Naik	JD	497,160	36,405	7.3	44.0
4	KoppalSC	Basavaraj Raya Reddy	JD	623,051	75,841	12.2	53.4
5	BellarySC	K C Kondaiah	INC	642,633	4,519	0.7	55.6
6	DavangereST	G Mallikarjunappa	BJP	747,950	97,087	13.0	65.4
7	Chitradurga	P.Kodandaramaiah	JD	722,485	19,382	2.7	64.6
8	Tumkur	C N Bhaskarappa	JD	684,272	15,712	2.3	65.2
9	ChikballapurST	R L Jalappa	JD	781,056	16,814	2.2	71.0
10	Kolar	K H Muniyappa	INC	714,163	17,042	2.4	68.3
11	Kanakapura	H D Kumaraswamy	JD	1,066,862	107,404	10.1	61.9
12	Bangalore North	C Narayanaswamy	JD	834,759	133,302	16.0	54.3
13	Bangalore South	Ananth Kumar	BJP	727,220	21,968	3.0	55.9
14	Mandya	Krishna	JD	745,896	33,386	4.5	71.7
15	Chamarajanagar	A Siddaraju	JD	714,967	23,576	3.3	67.6
16	Mysore	Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadeyay	INC	757,105	11,676	1.5	62.5
17	Mangalore	V Dhananjaya Kumar	BJP	694,171	14,499	2.1	72.0
18	UdupiSC	Oscar Fernandes	INC	642,416	2,454	0.4	64.7
19	Hassan	Y N Rudreshagowda	JD	772,298	80,787	10.5	68.1
20	Chikmagalur	B L Shankar	JD	649,775	4,059	0.6	65.2
21	Shimoga	S Bangarappa	KCP	735,610	72,236	9.8	68.2
22	KanaraSC	Anant D. Hegde	BJP	662,500	55,896	8.4	62.0
23	Dharwad South	I G Sanadi	INC	622,321	9,609	1.5	59.8
24	Dharwad North	Vijay Sankeshwar	BJP	598,156	40,351	6.7	55.8
25	Belgaum	Koujalagi Shivanand Hemappa	JD	660,679	70,637	10.7	56.7
26	Chikkodi	Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor	JD	584,189	112,759	19.3	56.9
27	Bagalkot	Meti Hullappa Yamanappa	JD	675,719	21,332	3.2	64.1
28	BijapurSC	Patil Basangouda Rudragouda	JD	519,633	30,593	5.9	47.4