1998 Indian general election in Karnataka

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.

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. This led to fresh elections in 1999.

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 resultPhase 1 Kanakapura16 February 199802 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 1998Phase 2 Bidar22 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 Turnout1Bidar (SC)51.33%2Gulbarga59.00%3Raichur50.62%4Koppal59.92%5Bellary62.61%6Davangere70.06%7Chitradurga66.20%8Tumkur67.45%9Chikballapur72.09%10Kolar (SC)72.27%11Kanakapura63.90%12Bangalore North57.78%13Bangalore South57.95%14Mandya74.48%15Chamarajanagar (SC)69.03%16Mysore69.22%17Mangalore73.66%18Udupi67.38%19Hassan73.74%20Chikmagalur69.25%21Shimoga70.87%22Kanara67.27%23Dharwad South67.65%24Dharwad North63.99%25Belgaum61.39%26Chikkodi (SC)64.86%27Bagalkot67.13%28Bijapur57.82%

List of Political Parties National Democratic Alliance colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Atal Bihari Vajpayee 18 Ramakrishna Hegde 10 Total28

No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress Sitaram Kesri 28

Janata Dal PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedJanata DalH. D. Deve Gowda28

List of Candidates Source: https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/closecontest/12/43#:~:text=Electors:%203%2C30%2C98%2C338,6%2C55%2C370 ConstituencyNDAINCJD No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Bidar (SC) Ramchandra Veerappa Gundappa Korwar Babu Honna Naik2Gulbarga Basavaraj Patil Sedam Basawaraj Jawali Qamar ul Islam3Raichur Abdul Samad Siddiqui Venkatesh Nayak Raja Rangappa Naik4Koppal Agadi Virupakshappa Sanganna H. G. Ramulu Basavaraj Rayareddy5Bellary N. Thippanna K. C. Kondaiah Y. Nettakallappa6Davangere G. M. Siddeshwara Shamanuru Shivashankarappa S.H. Patel7Chitradurga P. Kodandaramaiah C. P. Mudalagiriyappa Thippeswamy8Tumkur S. Mallikarjunaiah R. Narayana C. N. Bhaskarappa9Chikballapur Jayanthi R. L. Jalappa C. Byre Gowda10Kolar (SC) V. Hanumappa K. H. Muniyappa Balaji Channaiah11Kanakapura M. Srinivas Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar H. D. Kumaraswamy12Bangalore North Jeevaraj Alva C. K. Jaffer Sharief C. Narayanaswamy13Bangalore South Ananth Kumar D.P. Sharma V. Somanna14Mandya H. Srinivas G. Made Gowda Ambareesh15Chamarajanagar (SC) Susheela Keshavamurthy Srinivasa Prasad A. Siddaraju16Mysore C. H. Vijayashankar S. Chikkamadu G. T. Devegowda17Mangalore V. Dhananjay Kumar Janardhana Poojary Mathanda Ramesh18Udupi I. M. Jayarama Shetty Oscar Fernandes Mattar Rathnakar Hegde19Hassan Susheela Shivappa H. C. Srikantaiah H. D. Deve Gowda20Chikmagalur D. C. Srikantappa Veerappa Moily B. L. Shankar21Shimoga Ayanur Manjunath D. B. Chandregowda B. P. Shivakumar22Kanara Ananth Kumar Margaret Alva Bobati Udachappa Kheerappa23Dharwad South B.M. Menasinakai Prof. I.G. Sanadi Basavaraj Shivannanavar24Dharwad North Vijay Sankeshwar D. K. Naikar Shankaranna Munvalli25Belgaum Babagouda Rudragouda Patil Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa Shivanand H. Koujalagi26Chikkodi (SC) Ramesh Jigajinagi B. Shankaranand Chaugule Shakuntala Tukaram27Bagalkot Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik Siddu Nyamagouda H. Y. Meti28Bijapur Patil Basanagouda Linganagouda M. B. Patil Patil Ravikant Shankareppa

Results Result by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" 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 % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Bidar (SC)Ramchandra VeerappaBJP3,17,50453.25Babu Honna NaikJD1,32,87122.281,84,63330.972GulbargaBasavaraj Patil SedamBJP3,28,98244.72Qamarul IslamJD1,97,18426.801,31,79817.923RaichurA. Venkatesh NaikINC2,64,18744.89Raja Rangappa NaikJD1,85,90931.5978,27813.304KoppalH. G. RamuluINC2,89,68140.94Basavaraj RayareddyJD2,06,55929.1983,12211.755BellaryK. C. KondaiahINC2,84,90939.76N. ThippannaLS2,21,17130.8663,7388.906DavangereShamanuru Sh.INC3,43,70442.21G. MallikarjunappaBJP3,32,37240.8211,3321.397ChitradurgaC. P. MudalagiriyappaINC3,21,93042.88P. KodandaramaiahLS2,63,60935.1158,3217.778TumkurS. MallikarjunaiahBJP3,27,31245.50R. NarayanaINC2,56,12535.6071,1879.909ChikballapurR. L. JalappaINC3,60,76144.41C. Byre GowdaJD2,33,70628.771,27,05515.6410Kolar (SC)K. H. MuniyappaINC3,04,26139.62Balaji ChannaiahJD2,26,28929.4777,97210.1511KanakapuraM. SrinivasBJP4,70,38739.00D. Premachandra SagarINC4,53,94637.6416,4411.3612Bangalore NorthC. K. Jaffer ShariefINC3,99,58242.11Jeevaraj AlvaLS3,27,13534.4872,4477.6313Bangalore SouthAnanth KumarBJP4,29,64853.83D.P. SharmaINC2,49,60131.271,80,04722.5614MandyaAmbareeshJD4,31,43954.97G. Made GowdaINC2,50,91631.971,80,52323.0015Chamarajanagar (SC)A. SiddarajuJD3,40,49046.49Srinivasa PrasadINC2,70,17536.8970,3159.6016MysoreC. H. VijayashankarBJP3,55,84642.10S. ChikkamaduINC2,52,82229.911,03,02412.1917MangaloreV. Dhananjay KumarBJP3,41,36248.15Janardhana PoojaryINC3,34,45547.186,9070.9718UdupiI. M. Jayarama ShettyBJP3,41,46650.83Oscar FernandesINC2,84,89842.4156,5688.4219HassanH.D. DevegowdaJD3,36,40739.41H. C. SrikantaiahINC3,04,75335.7031,6543.7120ChikmagalurD. C. SrikantappaBJP3,16,13744.00Veerappa MoilyINC2,63,64136.6952,4967.3121ShimogaAyanur ManjunathBJP3,52,27745.40D. B. ChandregowdaINC1,92,37024.791,59,90720.6122KanaraAnanth KumarBJP3,63,05150.74Margaret AlvaINC2,76,00438.5787,04712.1723Dharwad SouthB.M. MenasinakaiLS3,28,33346.61Prof. I.G. SanadiINC2,41,37134.2786,96212.3424Dharwad NorthVijay SankeshwarBJP3,39,66050.15D. K. NaikarINC2,10,45931.071,29,20119.0825Belgaum Babagouda PatilBJP3,27,89145.28Sidnal S. BasappaINC2,30,83431.8797,05713.4126Chikkodi (SC)Ramesh JigajinagiLS3,59,76052.99B. ShankaranandINC2,28,52233.661,31,23819.3327BagalkotAjaykumar SarnaikLS3,52,79549.73Siddu NyamagoudaINC2,69,16337.9483,63211.7928BijapurM. B. PatilINC2,61,62340.92Basanagouda L. PatilBJP2,08,80132.6552,8228.27

Source: https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Karnataka #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Ramakrishna HegdeRajya Sabha(Karnataka)Cabinet MinisterCommerce19 March199813 Oct19992Ananth KumarBangalore SouthCabinet MinisterCivil AviationTourism30 Jan1999

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