1998 Indian general election in Karnataka

Indian general election in Karnataka, 1998
16, 22 and 28 February 1998
28 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader B. S. Yediyurappa
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA -
Leader's seat Did not Contest[a]
Seats won 13 9
Seat change 7 4
Popular vote 5,686,151 7,642,756
Percentage 26.95% 36.22%
Swing 2.10% 5.93%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader H. D. Deve Gowda Ramakrishna Hegde
Party JD Lok Shakti
Alliance UF NDA
Leader's seat Hassan
(won) 		Rajya Sabha
Seats won 3 3
Seat change 13 3
Popular vote 4,576,244 2,425,799
Percentage 21.69% 11.50%
Swing 13.22% 11.50%
Prime Minister before election

Inder Kumar Gujral
JD

Prime Minister after election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the twelfth Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997.[1]

The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the outside support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew its support, after Vajpayee refused to meet the demands of its leader J. Jayalalithaa, namely halting the corruption cases against her and the sacking of the Tamil Nadu government led by her bete-noire M. Karunanidhi.[2] This led to fresh elections in 1999.[3]

The elections were the second consecutive general elections in which the party that received the most votes did not win the most seats.

Election schedule

Karnataka 1998 General Election Schedule by Constituency
Phase Constituency Polling date Counting date Declaration of result
Phase 1 Kanakapura 16 February 1998 02 March 1998 02 March 1998
Bangalore North 02 March 1998
Bangalore South 02 March 1998
Mandya 02 March 1998
Chamarajanagar 03 March 1998
Mysore 02 March 1998
Mangalore 02 March 1998
Udupi 02 March 1998
Hassan 02 March 1998
Chikmagalur 02 March 1998
Shimoga 02 March 1998
Kanara 02 March 1998
Dharwad South 02 March 1998
Dharwad North 02 March 1998
Belgaum 02 March 1998
Chikkodi 02 March 1998
Bagalkot 02 March 1998
Bijapur 03 March 1998
Phase 2 Bidar 22 February 1998 02 March 1998
Gulbarga 02 March 1998
Raichur 02 March 1998
Koppal 02 March 1998
Bellary 03 March 1998
Davangere 02 March 1998
Chitradurga 03 March 1998
Tumkur 02 March 1998
Chikballapur 02 March 1998
Kolar 02 March 1998

Voter Turnout

# Constituency Name Turnout
1 Bidar (SC) 51.33%
2 Gulbarga 59.00%
3 Raichur 50.62%
4 Koppal 59.92%
5 Bellary 62.61%
6 Davangere 70.06%
7 Chitradurga 66.20%
8 Tumkur 67.45%
9 Chikballapur 72.09%
10 Kolar (SC) 72.27%
11 Kanakapura 63.90%
12 Bangalore North 57.78%
13 Bangalore South 57.95%
14 Mandya 74.48%
15 Chamarajanagar (SC) 69.03%
16 Mysore 69.22%
17 Mangalore 73.66%
18 Udupi 67.38%
19 Hassan 73.74%
20 Chikmagalur 69.25%
21 Shimoga 70.87%
22 Kanara 67.27%
23 Dharwad South 67.65%
24 Dharwad North 63.99%
25 Belgaum 61.39%
26 Chikkodi (SC) 64.86%
27 Bagalkot 67.13%
28 Bijapur 57.82%

List of Political Parties

National Democratic Alliance

National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee 18
Lok Shakti Ramakrishna Hegde 10
Total 28

  Indian National Congress

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Sitaram Kesri 28

Janata Dal

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda 28

List of Candidates

Source: [4]

Constituency NDA INC JD
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Bidar (SC) BJP Ramchandra Veerappa INC Gundappa Korwar JD Babu Honna Naik
2 Gulbarga BJP Basavaraj Patil Sedam INC Basawaraj Jawali JD Qamar ul Islam
3 Raichur LS Abdul Samad Siddiqui INC Venkatesh Nayak JD Raja Rangappa Naik
4 Koppal LS Agadi Virupakshappa Sanganna INC H. G. Ramulu JD Basavaraj Rayareddy
5 Bellary LS N. Thippanna INC K. C. Kondaiah JD Y. Nettakallappa
6 Davangere BJP G. M. Siddeshwara INC Shamanuru Shivashankarappa JD S.H. Patel
7 Chitradurga LS P. Kodandaramaiah INC C. P. Mudalagiriyappa JD Thippeswamy
8 Tumkur BJP S. Mallikarjunaiah INC R. Narayana JD C. N. Bhaskarappa
9 Chikballapur LS Jayanthi INC R. L. Jalappa JD C. Byre Gowda
10 Kolar (SC) BJP V. Hanumappa INC K. H. Muniyappa JD Balaji Channaiah
11 Kanakapura BJP M. Srinivas INC Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar JD H. D. Kumaraswamy
12 Bangalore North LS Jeevaraj Alva INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief JD C. Narayanaswamy
13 Bangalore South BJP Ananth Kumar INC D.P. Sharma JD V. Somanna
14 Mandya BJP H. Srinivas INC G. Made Gowda JD Ambareesh
15 Chamarajanagar (SC) LS Susheela Keshavamurthy INC Srinivasa Prasad JD A. Siddaraju
16 Mysore BJP C. H. Vijayashankar INC S. Chikkamadu JD G. T. Devegowda
17 Mangalore BJP V. Dhananjay Kumar INC Janardhana Poojary JD Mathanda Ramesh
18 Udupi BJP I. M. Jayarama Shetty INC Oscar Fernandes JD Mattar Rathnakar Hegde
19 Hassan BJP Susheela Shivappa INC H. C. Srikantaiah JD H. D. Deve Gowda
20 Chikmagalur BJP D. C. Srikantappa INC Veerappa Moily JD B. L. Shankar
21 Shimoga BJP Ayanur Manjunath INC D. B. Chandregowda JD B. P. Shivakumar
22 Kanara BJP Ananth Kumar INC Margaret Alva JD Bobati Udachappa Kheerappa
23 Dharwad South LS B.M. Menasinakai INC Prof. I.G. Sanadi JD Basavaraj Shivannanavar
24 Dharwad North BJP Vijay Sankeshwar INC D. K. Naikar JD Shankaranna Munvalli
25 Belgaum BJP Babagouda Rudragouda Patil INC Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa JD Shivanand H. Koujalagi
26 Chikkodi (SC) LS Ramesh Jigajinagi INC B. Shankaranand JD Chaugule Shakuntala Tukaram
27 Bagalkot LS Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik INC Siddu Nyamagouda JD H. Y. Meti
28 Bijapur BJP Patil Basanagouda Linganagouda INC M. B. Patil JD Patil Ravikant Shankareppa

Results

Result by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA BJP 56,86,151 26.95 2.10 18 13 7
LS 24,25,799 11.50 10 3
Total 81,11,950 38.45 28 16
INC 76,42,756 36.22 5.93 28 9 4
JD 45,76,244 21.69 13.22 28 3 13
KVP 3,71,346 1.76 19 0
Others 2,40,806 1.13 33 0
IND 1,59,568 0.76 64 0
Total 2,11,02,670 100% - 200 28 -

Detailed Results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Bidar (SC) Ramchandra Veerappa BJP 3,17,504 53.25 Babu Honna Naik JD 1,32,871 22.28 1,84,633 30.97
2 Gulbarga Basavaraj Patil Sedam BJP 3,28,982 44.72 Qamarul Islam JD 1,97,184 26.80 1,31,798 17.92
3 Raichur A. Venkatesh Naik INC 2,64,187 44.89 Raja Rangappa Naik JD 1,85,909 31.59 78,278 13.30
4 Koppal H. G. Ramulu INC 2,89,681 40.94 Basavaraj Rayareddy JD 2,06,559 29.19 83,122 11.75
5 Bellary K. C. Kondaiah INC 2,84,909 39.76 N. Thippanna LS 2,21,171 30.86 63,738 8.90
6 Davangere Shamanuru Shivashankarappa INC 3,43,704 42.21 G. Mallikarjunappa BJP 3,32,372 40.82 11,332 1.39
7 Chitradurga C. P. Mudalagiriyappa INC 3,21,930 42.88 P. Kodandaramaiah LS 2,63,609 35.11 58,321 7.77
8 Tumkur S. Mallikarjunaiah BJP 3,27,312 45.50 R. Narayana INC 2,56,125 35.60 71,187 9.90
9 Chikballapur R. L. Jalappa INC 3,60,761 44.41 C. Byre Gowda JD 2,33,706 28.77 1,27,055 15.64
10 Kolar (SC) K. H. Muniyappa INC 3,04,261 39.62 Balaji Channaiah JD 2,26,289 29.47 77,972 10.15
11 Kanakapura M. Srinivas BJP 4,70,387 39.00 Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar INC 4,53,946 37.64 16,441 1.36
12 Bangalore North C. K. Jaffer Sharief INC 3,99,582 42.11 Jeevaraj Alva LS 3,27,135 34.48 72,447 7.63
13 Bangalore South Ananth Kumar BJP 4,29,648 53.83 D.P. Sharma INC 2,49,601 31.27 1,80,047 22.56
14 Mandya Ambareesh JD 4,31,439 54.97 G. Made Gowda INC 2,50,916 31.97 1,80,523 23.00
15 Chamarajanagar (SC) A. Siddaraju JD 3,40,490 46.49 Srinivasa Prasad INC 2,70,175 36.89 70,315 9.60
16 Mysore C. H. Vijayashankar BJP 3,55,846 42.10 S. Chikkamadu INC 2,52,822 29.91 1,03,024 12.19
17 Mangalore V. Dhananjay Kumar BJP 3,41,362 48.15 Janardhana Poojary INC 3,34,455 47.18 6,907 0.97
18 Udupi I. M. Jayarama Shetty BJP 3,41,466 50.83 Oscar Fernandes INC 2,84,898 42.41 56,568 8.42
19 Hassan H.D. Devegowda JD 3,36,407 39.41 H. C. Srikantaiah INC 3,04,753 35.70 31,654 3.71
20 Chikmagalur D. C. Srikantappa BJP 3,16,137 44.00 Veerappa Moily INC 2,63,641 36.69 52,496 7.31
21 Shimoga Ayanur Manjunath BJP 3,52,277 45.40 D. B. Chandregowda INC 1,92,370 24.79 1,59,907 20.61
22 Kanara Ananth Kumar BJP 3,63,051 50.74 Margaret Alva INC 2,76,004 38.57 87,047 12.17
23 Dharwad South B.M. Menasinakai LS 3,28,333 46.61 Prof. I.G. Sanadi INC 2,41,371 34.27 86,962 12.34
24 Dharwad North Vijay Sankeshwar BJP 3,39,660 50.15 D. K. Naikar INC 2,10,459 31.07 1,29,201 19.08
25 Belgaum Babagouda Rudragouda Patil BJP 3,27,891 45.28 Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa INC 2,30,834 31.87 97,057 13.41
26 Chikkodi (SC) Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa LS 3,59,760 52.99 B. Shankaranand INC 2,28,522 33.66 1,31,238 19.33
27 Bagalkot Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik LS 3,52,795 49.73 Siddu Nyamagouda INC 2,69,163 37.94 83,632 11.79
28 Bijapur Patil Mallanagouda Basanagouda INC 2,61,623 40.92 Patil Basanagouda Linganagouda BJP 2,08,801 32.65 52,822 8.27

Source: [5]

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Ramakrishna Hegde Rajya Sabha
(Karnataka) 		Cabinet Minister Commerce 19 March
1998 		13 Oct
1999 		LS
2 Ananth Kumar Bangalore South Cabinet Minister Civil Aviation BJP
Tourism 30 Jan
1999

Notes

  1. ^ Yediyurappa was the sitting MLA for Shikaripura

References

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  2. ^ "BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote". The Quint. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  4. ^ https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/closecontest/12/43#:~:text=Electors:%203%2C30%2C98%2C338,6%2C55%2C370
  5. ^ https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/
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