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Bharatiya Janta Party on Dharwad

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 5 OF 9 contested

BJP runner-up 3 times
Strike rate
55.6%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 9 published candidatures
Best vote share56.40%in 2019
Worst vote share23.10%in 1996
Average vote share42.32% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1991
Last contested2024
Votes polled here43.45 Lacross all 9 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Bharatiya Janta Party vote share in Dharwad, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 60 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Bharatiya Janta Party vote share  ·  a ringed point is a year they won this seat  ·  a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

9 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Pralhad Joshi 7,16,231 52.40% 1 Won
2019 Pralhad Joshi 6,84,837 56.40% 1 Won
2014 Pralhad Joshi 5,45,395 52.40% 1 Won
2009 Pralhad Joshi 4,46,786 56.00% 1 Won
2004 Ramachandra Gowda 4,67,575 30.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1999 M. Srinivas 4,98,893 39.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 M.Srinivas 4,70,387 38.30% 1 Won
1996 Ramachandra Gowda 2,46,838 23.10% 3 Lost · 3rd
1991 Ramchandra Gowda 2,67,992 33.10% 2 Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National CongressJanata DalIndian National Congress (I)Janta PartyBharatiya Lok DalIndependentBahujan Samaj PartyJanata Dal (Secular)Indian National Congress (U)Janata Pary (JP)Lok DalNationalist Congress PartyJanta Party (SECULAR)Karnataka Rajya Ryota SanghaSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Lok Dal (BAHUGUNA)Janata Dal (United)Naki Bharatiya Ekta PartyAam Aadmi PartyRepublican Party Of India (A)Prahar Janshakti PartyUttama Prajaakeeya PartyKarnataka Rashtra SamithiAll India Hindustan Congress PartyTipu Sultan PartyProutist Bloc IndiaIndian Labour Party (Ambedkar Phule)Bharatiya Prajagala Kalyana PakshaAzad Mazdoor Kissan Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Dharwad
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-12
Computed
2026-09-12 17:35 UTC

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