Karnataka assembly election, Oct 1999
224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 64.83% turnout.
Seats
224
Candidates
1,341
62 women, 6 elected
Turnout
64.83%
2.22 cr of 3.43 cr
Leading party
INC
132 of 224 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Karnataka
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 132 | +98 | 222 | 90,77,815 | 40.84% | +13.89 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 44 | +4 | 149 | 45,98,741 | 20.69% | +3.70 |
| INDIndependent | 19 | +1 | 476 | 26,66,444 | 12.00% | +2.34 |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 18 | +18 | 112 | 30,06,253 | 13.53% | — |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 10 | +10 | 203 | 23,16,885 | 10.42% | — |
| ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1 | 0 | 13 | 39,865 | 0.18% | -0.07 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | -1 | 85 | 2,08,820 | 0.94% | +0.16 |
| KRRSKRRS | 0 | -1 | 9 | 89,594 | 0.40% | -1.86 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | -1 | 10 | 84,979 | 0.38% | -0.11 |
| KCVPKCVP | 0 | -1 | 10 | 37,680 | 0.17% | -0.01 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27,730 | 0.12% | -0.10 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23,449 | 0.11% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17,207 | 0.08% | +0.06 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12,659 | 0.06% | -0.26 |
| BRPPBRPP | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8,280 | 0.04% | — |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,692 | 0.02% | — |
| SYPSYP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,764 | 0.01% | — |
| PPOIPPOI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 836 | 0.00% | — |
| AJBPAJBP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 824 | 0.00% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 451 | 0.00% | — |
| ABHMABHM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 253 | 0.00% | — |
| ABHSABHS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 0.00% | — |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 0.00% | — |
- INC132 (59%)
- BJP44 (20%)
- IND19 (8%)
- JD(U)18 (8%)
- JD(S)10 (4%)
- ADMK1 (0%)
- INC132
- BJP44
- IND19
- JD(U)18
- JD(S)10
- ADMK1
- INC132
- BJP44
- IND19
- JD(U)18
- JD(S)10
- ADMK1
Constituency performance
From the 224 results in Karnataka
Closest contest
BAGALKOT
won by 138 (0.16%)
Biggest victory
GURMITKAL
won by 47,124 (66.28%)
Highest turnout
PUTTUR
79.61%
Lowest turnout
UTTARAHALLI
46.68%
Seat change
Against Karnataka's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1994), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained53 (24%)
- Changed hands171 (76%)
53 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 171 changed hands.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Karnataka, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- BJP
- IND
- JD(U)
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 224 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 224
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHIKNAIKANAHALLI | JD(S)C.B. SURESH BABU | JD(U)J.C. MADHU SWAMY | 14,94316.77% | 75.0% |
| CHINCHOLI | INCKAILASHNATH PATIL | JD(S)VAIJNATH PATIL | 26,26332.13% | 59.4% |
| CHINTAMANI | INDCHOWDA REDDY | JD(U)K M KRISHNA REDDY | 15,66213.65% | 72.2% |
| CHITAPUR | INCBABU RAO BASWANNAPPA CHINCHANSOOR | JD(U)VISHWANATH PATIL HEBBAL | 8,05610.62% | 60.2% |
| CHITRADURGA | INDGH THIPPA REDDY | INDH EKANTHAIAH | 26,41625.26% | 65.3% |
| COONDAPUR | BJPHALADY SRINIVASA SHETTY | INCK PRATHAPCHANDRA SHETTY | 1,0211.07% | 66.6% |
| DAVANGERE | INCSS MALLIKARJUNA | BJPYASHAVANTHA RAO | 4,2933.83% | 60.8% |
| DEODURG | INCAKKARAKI YELLAPPA BANGAPPA | JD(U)SHIVALINGASWAMI | 25,37136.66% | 52.7% |
| DEVANAHALLI | INCMUNINARASIMHAIAH | JD(S)G. CHANDRANNA | 19,44414.52% | 72.7% |
| DHARWAD | BJPBELLAD CHANDRAKANT GURAPPA | INCSR MOREY | 9880.98% | 59.7% |
| DHARWAD RURAL | INDAMBADAGATTI SHIVANAND RUDRAPPA | BJPSHIVANAND SHIVAGOUD HOLEHADAGALI | 2,9023.33% | 65.8% |
| DODDABALLAPUR | BJPV.KRISHNAPPA | INCR.G.VENKATACHALAIAH S/O R. GIRIRAO | 14,13012.57% | 67.5% |
| GADAG | INCD R PATIL | JD(U)CHANNAVEERAYYA SHANTAYYA MUTTINPENDIMATH | 20,63122.69% | 64.3% |
| GANDHINAGAR | INCDINESH GUNDURAO | INDNAGARAJ V | 1,1151.81% | 56.2% |
| GANDSI | INCB SHIVARAMU | JD(S)RAJESHAKARAPPA | 41,07540.96% | 73.0% |
| GANGAVATHI | INCSRIRANGADEVARAYALU | BJPH GIRE GOUDA | 17,56219.18% | 57.2% |
| GOKAK | INCRAMESHA LAXMANARAO JARAKIHOLI | JD(U)NAIK CHANDRASHEKHAR SADASHIVA | 56,95656.73% | 67.8% |
| GOWRIBIDANUR | INDN.H. SHIVASHANKARA REDDY | INCS.V. ASWATHANARAYANA REDDY | 8620.83% | 71.8% |
| GUBBI | JD(S)N. VEERANNA GOWDA | INCG.S. SHIVANANJAPPA | 4,0554.33% | 74.3% |
| GULBARGA | INCQAMARUL ISLAM | BJPCHANDRASHEKHAR D PATIL RAVOOR | 11,7797.26% | 60.6% |
| GULEDGUD | INCNANJAYYANAMATH SG | JD(S)METI HULLAPPA YAMANAPPA | 16,70321.10% | 65.2% |
| GUNDLUPET | JD(U)HS MAHADEVA PRASAD | INCHS NANJAPPA | 24,98124.18% | 71.1% |
| GURMITKAL | INCMALLIKARJUN KHARGE | JD(U)ASHOK GURUJI | 47,12466.28% | 53.3% |
| HADAGALLI | INCVB HALAPPA | JD(U)MP PRAKASH | 3,0903.04% | 71.2% |
| HALIYAL | INCRV DESHPANDE | JD(U)SK GOUDA | 13,72411.85% | 70.5% |
| HANAGAL | INCMANOHAR H TAHASILDAR | JD(U)UDASI CM | 15,25814.18% | 77.8% |
| HANUR | INCG. RAJUGOWDA | JD(U)H NAGAPPA | 16,21214.64% | 74.3% |
| HARAPANAHALLI | INCPT PARAMESHWARA NAIK | INDBH YANKA NAIK | 10,53711.80% | 66.9% |
| HARIHAR | INCDR Y NAGAPPA | JD(U)H SHIVAPPA | 2,4392.13% | 68.8% |
| HASSAN | BJPK.H.HANUMEGOWDA | INCK.M.RAJEGOWDA | 5,6044.73% | 61.7% |
| HAVERI | JD(S)SHIVANNAVAR BASAVARAJ NEELAPPA | INDDR. CHITTARANJAN KALKOTI | 2,6952.73% | 68.0% |
| HEGGADADEVANAKOTE | INCM SHIVANNA | INDM P VENKATESH | 15,86813.92% | 75.3% |
| HIREKERUR | INDBH RANNIKOD | BJPUB BANAKAR | 3,9284.08% | 70.4% |
| HIRIYUR | INCKH RANGANATH | JD(S)D MANJUNATH | 9,66010.21% | 65.5% |
| HOLALKERE | BJPP RAMESH | INDAV UMAPATHI | 1,4551.41% | 75.1% |
| HOLEHONNUR | INCKARIYANNA | JD(U)BASAVANNAPPA | 15,38915.94% | 67.8% |
| HOLENARASIPUR | INCA DODDEGOWDA | JD(S)HD REVANNA | 22,18719.00% | 77.8% |
| HONNALI | INDD.G. SHANTANA GOWDA | INCH.B. KRISHNAMURTHY | 28,99326.98% | 71.8% |
| HOSADURGA | INDBG GOVINDAPPA | INDELKAL VIJAYAKUMAR | 1,2271.12% | 73.2% |
| HOSAKOTE | JD(U)BACHEGOWDA BN | INCMUNEGOWDA | 7,3034.81% | 78.7% |
| HOSANAGAR | INCDR. G.D. NARAYANAPPA | JD(U)G. NANJUNDAPPA | 11,33110.48% | 70.2% |
| HOSPET | INCJAYALAKSHMI GUJJAL | BJPG SHANKARGOUD | 11,20511.92% | 53.8% |
| HUBLI | INCHONNALLI JABARKHAN HAIYAT KHAN | BJPASHOK KATWE | 1,7492.10% | 61.6% |
| HUBLI RURAL | BJPJAGADISH SHETTAR | INCGOPINATH RANGASWAMY SANDRA | 25,25421.55% | 57.3% |
| HUKKERI | JD(U)UMESH VISHWANATH KATTI | INCPATIL D.T. | 9,98210.96% | 76.7% |
| HULIYURDURGA | INCY.K. RAMAIAH | JD(S)D. NAGARAJAIAH | 21,56526.99% | 70.3% |
| HULSOOR | BJPRAJENDRA VERMA | INCSHIVARAJ HASANKAR | 12,45717.30% | 50.5% |
| HUMNABAD | BJPSUBHAS KALLUR | INCRAJASHEKHAR BASAVARAJ PATIL | 3,5703.67% | 64.0% |
| HUNGUND | INCKASHAPPANAVAR SHIVASHANKARAPPA RACHAPPA | JD(U)PATIL GAVISHIDHANAGOUDA PARANAGOUDA | 9361.21% | 63.1% |
| HUNSUR | BJPV PAPANNA | INDCHIKKAMADU S | 2,7902.28% | 74.9% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Karnataka alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Karnataka assembly election, Oct 1999?
Indian National Congress won 132 of 224 seats in Karnataka, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, Oct 1999?
Turnout was 64.83% — 2.22 cr of 3.43 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 224 assembly seats.
