KARNATAKA · 1998
Seats28
Electors3.31 Cr
Votes polled2.15 Cr
Median turnout67.3%
Other years: 202420192014200920041999199619911989198419801977
Party standings
Bharatiya Janta Party
13
of 28 seats · 46.4%
2 short of a majority
Bharatiya Janta Party
13
Indian National Congress
9
Janata Dal
3
Lok Shakti
3
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bidar | Ramchandra Veerappa | BJP | 610,065 | 184,633 | 30.3 | 51.3 |
| 2 | Gulbarga | Baswaraj Patil Sedam | BJP | 751,734 | 131,798 | 17.5 | 59.0 |
| 3 | Raichur | A.Venkatesh Naik | INC | 607,194 | 78,278 | 12.9 | 50.6 |
| 4 | KoppalSC | H.G.Ramulu | INC | 726,342 | 83,122 | 11.4 | 59.9 |
| 5 | BellarySC | K.C.Kondaiah | INC | 738,610 | 63,738 | 8.6 | 62.6 |
| 6 | DavangereST | Shamanur Shiva Shankarappa | INC | 828,009 | 11,332 | 1.4 | 70.1 |
| 7 | Chitradurga | C.P.Mudala Giriyappa | INC | 763,214 | 58,321 | 7.6 | 66.2 |
| 8 | Tumkur | S.Mallikarjunaiah | BJP | 728,992 | 71,187 | 9.8 | 67.5 |
| 9 | ChikballapurST | R.L.Jalappa | INC | 825,229 | 127,055 | 15.4 | 72.1 |
| 10 | Kolar | K.H.Muniyappa | INC | 780,806 | 77,972 | 10.0 | 72.3 |
| 11 | Kanakapura | M.Srinivas | BJP | 1,228,049 | 16,441 | 1.3 | 63.9 |
| 12 | Bangalore North | C.K.Jaffer Sharief | INC | 961,717 | 72,447 | 7.5 | 57.8 |
| 13 | Bangalore South | Ananth Kumar | BJP | 810,135 | 180,047 | 22.2 | 58.0 |
| 14 | Mandya | Ambareesh | JD | 794,821 | 180,523 | 22.7 | 74.5 |
| 15 | Chamarajanagar | Siddaraju. A. | JD | 747,221 | 70,315 | 9.4 | 69.0 |
| 16 | Mysore | C.H.Vijayashankar | BJP | 858,402 | 103,024 | 12.0 | 69.2 |
| 17 | Mangalore | V.Dhananjaya Kumar | BJP | 715,912 | 6,907 | 1.0 | 73.7 |
| 18 | UdupiSC | I.M.Jayarama Shetty | BJP | 678,749 | 56,568 | 8.3 | 67.4 |
| 19 | Hassan | H D Devegowda | JD | 864,621 | 31,654 | 3.7 | 73.7 |
| 20 | Chikmagalur | Sreekantappa D.C. | BJP | 727,521 | 52,496 | 7.2 | 69.3 |
| 21 | Shimoga | Ayanoor Manjunath | BJP | 786,730 | 159,907 | 20.3 | 70.9 |
| 22 | KanaraSC | Anant Kumar | BJP | 730,812 | 87,047 | 11.9 | 67.3 |
| 23 | Dharwad South | B.M.Menasinakai | LS | 718,159 | 86,962 | 12.1 | 67.7 |
| 24 | Dharwad North | Vijay Sankeshwar | BJP | 694,185 | 129,201 | 18.6 | 64.0 |
| 25 | Belgaum | Babagouda Rudragouda Patil | BJP | 737,740 | 97,057 | 13.2 | 61.4 |
| 26 | Chikkodi | Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa | LS | 693,358 | 131,238 | 18.9 | 64.9 |
| 27 | Bagalkot | Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik | LS | 724,951 | 83,632 | 11.5 | 67.1 |
| 28 | BijapurSC | Patil Mallanagouda Basanagouda | INC | 655,370 | 52,822 | 8.1 | 57.8 |