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Raichur #3GEN
Won
A.Venkatesh Naik
INC Indian National CongressMargin
78,278 12.9 pp
votes
over Raja Rangappa Naik (JD)
The contest
Electors11,99,449
Votes polled6,07,194
Turnout50.6%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.93 L49.5% of electorate
Female electors6.06 L50.5% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,022females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A.Venkatesh Naik | INC | 2,64,187 | 43.50% | |
| 2 | Raja Rangappa Naik | JD | 1,85,909 | 30.60% | |
| 3 | Abdul Samad Siddiqui | LS | 1,17,999 | 19.40% | |
| 4 | Kariyappa Patil Advocate | KVP | 9,359 | 1.50% | |
| 5 | N.Bhanuraja Advocate | IND | 7,812 | 1.30% | |
| 6 | Shantappa Jummappa Siddapur | IND | 1,832 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Laxmi Devi V.H.Master | CPIML | 1,363 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 18,733, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 588,461 · NOTA n/a · published 607,194 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-12