SC · Karnataka
Kanara
Margaret Alva (INC) won by 10,591 votes (1.4%).
- Electors
- 11,01,130
- Votes polled
- 7,73,556
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 70.3%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1999 national median: 1.4% (median 7.9%). Back to Karnataka · 1999 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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret AlvaWinner | INC | 3,56,246 | 47.8% |
| 2 | Anant Kumar | BJP | 3,45,655 | 46.4% |
| 3 | Gardikar Damodhar Narayana Naik | JD(S) | 36,258 | 4.9% |
| 4 | Nayak Balakrishna Venkanna | NCP | 3,301 | 0.4% |
| 5 | Kalbagkar M.K.S. | AJBP | 3,074 | 0.4% |
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