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Tumkur #8GEN
Won
S. Mallikarjunaiah
BJP Bharatiya Janta PartyMargin
18,917 3.1 pp
votes
over G.S. Basavaraj (INC)
The contest
Electors9,75,142
Votes polled6,05,003
Turnout62.0%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.04 L51.7% of electorate
Female electors4.71 L48.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
934females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Mallikarjunaiah | BJP | 2,55,186 | 42.20% | |
| 2 | G.S. Basavaraj | INC | 2,36,269 | 39.10% | |
| 3 | D. Nagarajaiah | JP | 73,587 | 12.20% | |
| 4 | Speerangappa | IND | 8,165 | 1.30% | |
| 5 | Y.K. Ramaiah | IND | 3,403 | 0.60% | |
| 6 | Dasappa | IND | 2,805 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | G.R. Nagaraju | IND | 2,751 | 0.50% | |
| 8 | R. Nagabhushana | IND | 2,550 | 0.40% | |
| 9 | B.K. Rangaswamy | IND | 2,141 | 0.40% | |
| 10 | Mohamed Ghouse | IND | 1,669 | 0.30% | |
| 11 | Taher Ahamed | IND | 903 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 15,574, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 589,429 · NOTA n/a · published 605,003 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
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- 2026-09-13