Elections Archive

GEN · Karnataka

Bangalore South

Ananth Kumar (BJP) won by 21,968 votes (3.1%).

Electors
13,00,498
Votes polled
7,27,220
Valid votes
Turnout
55.9%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1996 national median: 3.1% (median 9.4%). Back to Karnataka · 1996 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
22.3%(-5.8%)
Turnout
53.4%(-1.3%)
NOTA
0.6%
Top-2 squeeze
98.6%

Winning margin over time · Bangalore South

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Candidates

Candidates · Bangalore South 1996
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ananth KumarWinnerBJP2,51,23535.1%
2Varalakshmi GunduraoINC2,29,26732.0%
3M RaghupathyJD1,81,82625.4%
4Vatal NagrajKCVP28,9894.0%
5S. Siva KumarIND5,1280.7%
6K Venkatagiri GowdaIND2,5140.4%
7Mohamed SaleemIND2,0740.3%
8MunibyrappaBNJP1,1370.2%
9B R ManjunathIND1,1140.2%
10Umesh Babu PatelAIIC(T)1,0070.1%
11M RadhakrishnanIND9950.1%
12FrancisIND9720.1%
13Mohandev AlvaIND8310.1%
14V. AnnapoornammaIND7350.1%
15H R SripadaraoKP6480.1%
16B R ShankarIND6250.1%
17V SekarIND5790.1%
18G K MallaiahIND5260.1%
19Laxminarayana S BathadaIND5230.1%
20Sarala KripalaniPHK5100.1%
21Agavali SahabIND4710.1%
22Guinness Hottepaksha RangaswamyIND4680.1%
23R.M. MuralidharaIND4410.1%
24M MuddaiahIND4350.1%
25M Krishna RaoIND4050.1%
26M R SrinivasanUIDC3740.1%
27Krishnoji Rao PawarIND3600.1%
28Srinivasa Murthy K VIND3190.0%
29U S MehataIND2990.0%
29H R SrinivasanIND2990.0%
31S M SwaminathIND2640.0%
32M. Shantha VeeraiahIND2610.0%
33R B GuttalIND2250.0%
34Padma ChariIND2240.0%
35Tukaram Y KatwaIND1290.0%

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