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Karnal #3SC
Won
Bhajan Lal
INC Indian National CongressMargin
52,061 6.5 pp
votes
over I.D. Swami (BJP)
The contest
Electors11,37,817
Votes polled8,06,138
Turnout70.9%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.16 L54.1% of electorate
Female electors5.22 L45.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
847females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhajan Lal | INC | 3,27,750 | 40.70% | |
| 2 | I.D. Swami | BJP | 2,75,689 | 34.20% | |
| 3 | Umed Singh Kashyap | HLDR | 1,56,565 | 19.40% | |
| 4 | Chasam Pal Singh Nain | JD | 15,900 | 2.00% | |
| 5 | Rajender Singh Verma | SJPR | 9,837 | 1.20% | |
| 6 | Bijender | IND | 4,114 | 0.50% | |
| 7 | Ishwar Chand Aggarwal | SP | 2,827 | 0.40% | |
| 8 | Naresh | IND | 1,016 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Mittar Pal | ABP | 996 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Mohan Rao Saheb | IND | 644 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Manphool Singh | IND | 484 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | Laj Pat Rai | IND | 423 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Chhakan Lal | IND | 264 | 0.00% | |
| 14 | Som Parkash Kashyap | IND | 229 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,400, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 796,738 · NOTA n/a · published 806,138 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
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- 2026-09-13