Elections Archive

SC · Karnataka

Kanara

Anant Kumar (BJP) won by 87,047 votes (12.2%).

Electors
10,86,420
Votes polled
7,30,812
Valid votes
Turnout
67.3%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 12.2% (median 7.6%). Back to Karnataka · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
20.7%(+19.2%)
Turnout
68.9%(-1.3%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
83.2%

Winning margin over time · Kanara

19771980198419891991199619981999200428%

Candidates

Candidates · Kanara 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Anant KumarWinnerBJP3,63,05150.7%
2Alva MargretINC2,76,00438.6%
3Bobati Udachappa KheerappaJD36,5585.1%
4Bhemanna NaikKTVP27,0223.8%
5I.m.rizwanIND7,1631.0%
6Lalita G.hegdeSP3,6230.5%
7M.k.shanbhag KalbagkarIND2,1220.3%

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