Karnataka, Lok Sabha election 1996

28 constituencies in Karnataka, 58.83% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

978

71 women, 1 elected

Turnout

58.83%

1.87 cr of 3.18 cr

Leading party

16 of 28 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
JD Janata Dal	16	+16	27	65,33,204	34.91%	+17.19
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	6	+2	28	46,49,598	24.85%	-4.44
INC Indian National Congress	5	-18	28	56,68,988	30.29%	-11.84
KCP KCP	1	+1	11	5,81,868	3.11%	—
IND Independent	0	0	853	8,51,630	4.55%	+1.77
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	1	1,27,161	0.68%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	1	71,086	0.38%	-0.25
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	1	71,023	0.38%	+0.20
AIICT AIICT	0	0	8	45,628	0.24%	—
JP JP	0	-1	5	38,182	0.20%	-3.62
KCVP KCVP	0	0	2	31,136	0.17%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	3	27,257	0.15%	+0.12
PSSS PSSS	0	0	2	8,224	0.04%	—
SUP SUP	0	0	1	4,917	0.03%	0.00
BNJP BNJP	0	0	2	2,024	0.01%	—
PHK PHK	0	0	2	745	0.00%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	1	673	0.00%	—
KP Kannada Paksha	0	0	1	648	0.00%	—
UIDC UIDC	0	0	1	374	0.00%	—

JD16 (57%)
BJP6 (21%)
INC5 (18%)
KCP1 (4%)

JD16
BJP6
INC5
KCP1

JD16
BJP6
INC5
KCP1

Constituency performance

From the 28 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

UDUPI

won by 2,454 (0.39%)

Biggest victory

BIDAR

won by 1,59,413 (32.94%)

Highest turnout

MANGALORE

70.78%

Lowest turnout

RAICHUR

42.50%

Seat change

Against Karnataka's previous Lok Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained8 (29%)
Changed hands20 (71%)

8 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 20 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 Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 28 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–28 of 28

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
BAGALKOT	JDMETI HULLAPPA YAMANAPPA	INCIDDAPPA BHIMAPPA NYAMAGOUDA	21,3323.24%	62.5%
BANGALORE NORTH	JDC NARAYANASWAMY	INCMOHD. OBAIDULLA SHARIEF	1,33,30216.26%	53.3%
BANGALORE SOUTH	BJPANANTH KUMAR	INCVARALAKSHMI GUNDURAO	21,9683.07%	55.1%
BELGAUM	JDKOUJALAGI SHIVANAND HEMAPPA	BJPBABAGOUDA PATIL	70,63711.01%	55.0%
BELLARY	INCK C KONDAIAH	JDN THIPPANNA	4,5190.72%	53.9%
BIDAR	BJPRAMACHANDRA VEERAPPA	INCTATYA RAO KAMBLE	1,59,41332.94%	42.9%
BIJAPUR	JDPATIL BASANGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA	BJPBASANAGOUDA RAMANAGOUDA PATIL(YATNAL)	30,5936.04%	46.2%
CHAMARAJANAGAR	JDA SIDDARAJU	INCL H BALAKRISHNA	23,5763.38%	66.0%
CHIKBALLAPUR	JDR L JALAPPA	INCV MUNIYAPPA	16,8142.20%	69.3%
CHIKKODI	JDRATNAMALA DHARESHWAR SAVANOOR	INCB SHANKARANAND	1,12,75919.92%	55.1%
CHIKMAGALUR	JDB L SHANKAR	INCD K TARADEVI SIDDARTHA	4,0590.64%	63.7%
CHITRADURGA	JDP.KODANDARAMAIAH	INCC P MUDALAGIRIYAPPA	19,3822.75%	63.1%
DAVANGERE	BJPG MALLIKARJUNAPPA	JDS H PATEL	97,08713.29%	63.9%
DHARWAD NORTH	BJPVIJAY SANKESHWAR	JDMUNAVALLI SHANKARANNA ISHWARAPPA	40,3516.91%	54.5%
DHARWAD SOUTH	INCI G SANADI	JDB M MENSHINKAI	9,6091.59%	58.2%
GULBARGA	JDQAMARUL ISLAM	BJPBASAWARAJ PATIL SEDAM	15,5452.74%	47.1%
HASSAN	JDY N RUDRESHAGOWDA	INCS M ANAND	80,78710.66%	66.8%
KANAKAPURA	JDH D KUMARASWAMY	INCM V CHANDRASEEKHARA MURTHY	1,07,40410.27%	60.7%
KANARA	BJPANANT D. HEGDE	JDPRAMOD HEGDE	55,8968.68%	60.3%
KOLAR	INCK H MUNIYAPPA	JDBALAJI CHANNAIAH	17,0422.44%	66.9%
KOPPAL	JDBASAVARAJ RAYA REDDY	INCANWARI BASAVARAJ PATIL	75,84112.56%	51.7%
MANDYA	JDKRISHNA	INCG MADEGOWDA	33,3864.57%	70.2%
MANGALORE	BJPV DHANANJAYA KUMAR	INCJANARDHANA POOJARY	14,4992.12%	70.8%
MYSORE	INCSRIKANTADATTA NARASIMHARAJA WADEYAY	JDG T DEVE GOWDA	11,6761.57%	61.3%
RAICHUR	JDRAJA RANGAPPA NAIK	INCA VENKATESH NAIK	36,4057.57%	42.5%
SHIMOGA	KCPS BANGARAPPA	BJPAYANUR MANJUNATHA	72,23610.04%	66.7%
TUMKUR	JDC N BHASKARAPPA	BJPS MALLIKARJUNAIAH	15,7122.34%	64.0%
UDUPI	INCOSCAR FERNANDES	BJPI M JAYARAMA SHETTY	2,4540.39%	63.6%

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.