Chikballapur #9ST

KARNATAKA · Lok Sabha · 1998

Won

R.L.Jalappa

INC Indian National Congress

Margin

1,27,055 15.4 pp

votes

over C.Byre Gowda (JD)

The contest

8 candidate rows

Electors11,44,669

Votes polled8,25,229

Turnout72.1%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors5.81 L50.8% of electorate

Female electors5.64 L49.2% of electorate

Sex ratio 970females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

8 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	R.L.Jalappa	INC	3,60,761	43.70%
2	C.Byre Gowda	JD	2,33,706	28.30%
3	Jayanthi	LS	2,04,359	24.80%
4	N.Shivanna	BSP	6,037	0.70%
5	S.R.Krishnamaraju	ABP	3,104	0.40%
6	Katamma	IND	1,953	0.20%
7	P.N.Penchalaiah	RJP	1,708	0.20%
8	N.Srinivas	IND	701	0.10%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 12,900, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 812,329 · NOTA n/a · published 825,229 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998