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Karnataka Lok Sabha 1991

Results board · 28 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKarnataka
Seats
28
Constituencies
Majority
15
Seats needed of 28
Electors
2.88Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.58Cr
54.8% of electors
Median turnout
54.4%
Median of 28 seats
INC lead
+8
Above majority · 23 − 15

[01]Seat matrix

28 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 23, BJP 4, JP 1. Majority line at 15 seats. Hemicycle of 28 seats: INC 23, BJP 4, JP 1. Majority line at 15 seats.
Majority · 15 of 28INC 23 · +8 above majority
INC 2382.1% Indian National Congress
BJP 414.3% Bharatiya Janata Party
JP 13.6% Jharkhand Party

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 42.1%23 seats · 82.1%
BJP 29.3%4 seats · 14.3%
JD 17.7%0 seats
JP 3.8%1 seat · 3.6%
KRS 3.2%0 seats
Others 3.9%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

UPA 42.1%23 seats
NDA 29.3%4 seats
THIRD FRONT 18.5%0 seats
OTHERS 10.1%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 42.1% of votes into 82.1% of seats, a seat premium of 40.0 pp.

    23 ÷ 28 = 82.1% · 82.1 − 42.1 = +40.0

  2. JD polled 17.7% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 28 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 17.7 = −17.7

  3. Davangere was decided by 455 votes, the closest of 28 seats; Raichur had the widest margin, 1,22,458.

    min / max of margin over 28 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 2 seats were won by a margin under 1%; INC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 2 of 28 · INC 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats INC won 5 of 5 (100.0%), against 82.1% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 5 = 100.0% · 23 ÷ 28 = 82.1%

  6. Turnout ran from 39.4% in Raichur to 67.5% in Chikballapur; the median seat polled 54.4%.

    min / median / max over 28 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

28 of 28 seats carry a turnout
025507510054.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 621.4% of seats
50–60 1450.0% of seats
60–70 828.6% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestRaichur39.4%
  • HighestChikballapur67.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

28 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Karnataka Lok Sabha 1991, all 28 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Bidar Ramchandra Veerappa Bharatiya Janata Party 4,59,812 1,16,225 25.3 46.1
02 Gulbarga B.G. Jawali Indian National Congress 4,26,525 62,083 14.6 40.9
03 RaichurWIDEST Venkatesh Naik Indian National Congress 3,91,511 1,22,458 31.3 39.4
04 KoppalSC Anwari Basavaraj Patil Indian National Congress 5,70,345 11,197 2.0 54.1
05 BellarySC Basavarajeshwari (W) Indian National Congress 5,31,221 65,981 12.4 51.3
06 DavangereSTCLOSEST Channaiah Odeyar Indian National Congress 6,14,169 455 0.1 56.2
07 Chitradurga C.P. Mudalagiriyappa Indian National Congress 5,90,026 82,512 14.0 57.0
08 Tumkur S. Mallikarjunaiah Bharatiya Janata Party 6,05,003 18,917 3.1 62.0
09 ChikballapurST V. Krishna Rao Indian National Congress 6,67,734 1,03,371 15.5 67.5
10 Kolar K.H. Muniyappa Indian National Congress 6,03,518 62,377 10.3 63.0
11 Kanakapura M.V. Chandrashekara Murthy Indian National Congress 8,10,336 33,463 4.1 59.1
12 Bangalore North C.K. Jaffer Sharief Indian National Congress 6,17,388 60,317 9.8 46.2
13 Bangalore South K. Venkatgiri Gowda Bharatiya Janata Party 6,07,128 27,248 4.5 45.7
14 Mandya G. Madegowda Indian National Congress 6,23,832 95,347 15.3 64.3
15 Chamarajanagar V. Sreenivasa Prasad Indian National Congress 5,78,291 68,960 11.9 61.3
16 Mysore Chandraprabha Urs (W) Indian National Congress 5,87,747 16,882 2.9 54.1
17 Mangalore V. Dhananjaya Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 5,59,417 35,005 6.3 59.6
18 UdupiSC Oscar Fernandes Indian National Congress 4,95,133 87,812 17.7 54.5
19 Hassan H D Devegowda Jharkhand Party 7,08,765 3,191 0.5 67.0
20 Chikmagalur D.K. Tharadevi (W) Indian National Congress 5,18,992 31,872 6.1 54.7
21 Shimoga K.G. Shivappa Indian National Congress 6,27,367 40,703 6.5 60.2
22 KanaraSC Naik G. Devaraya Indian National Congress 4,97,775 29,964 6.0 51.4
23 Dharwad South B.M. Mujahid Indian National Congress 5,10,423 73,771 14.5 54.2
24 Dharwad North D.K. Naikar Indian National Congress 4,88,525 21,791 4.5 50.9
25 Belgaum Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa Indian National Congress 5,36,165 46,109 8.6 52.3
26 Chikkodi B Shankaranand Indian National Congress 5,00,738 1,12,616 22.5 53.8
27 Bagalkot Siddappa Bhimappa Nyamagoudar Indian National Congress 6,12,827 21,204 3.5 64.3
28 BijapurSC Gudadinni Basagondappa Kadappa Indian National Congress 4,66,598 67,654 14.5 48.7
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,22,458 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1991 · Karnataka · 28 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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