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Chikmagalur

Name: Chikmagalur
Address: IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

← Lok Sabha General Election 1996 ·

996,548

Electors

635,016

Votes polled

63.72%

Turnout

4,059

Margin

Winner

B L Shankar

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	B L Shankar Won Male	JD	195,857	30.84%
2	D K Taradevi Siddartha Female	INC	191,798	30.20%
3	H R Laxmana Gowda Male	BJP	151,949	23.93%
4	S L Radha Sundaresh Male	CPI	71,086	11.19%
5	D R Raju Male	KCP	7,311	1.15%
6	P L Lokeshappa Male	IND	2,788	0.44%
7	P C John Male	IND	2,307	0.36%
8	D Doddaiah Male	IND	2,020	0.32%
9	D Sadashiva Male	IND	1,744	0.27%
10	U Babu Mogera Male	IND	1,654	0.26%
11	Nirmala Kumar Jain Female	IND	1,562	0.25%
12	Krishna Naik Male	IND	1,397	0.22%
13	Margada Mallappa Male	AIIC(T)	1,219	0.19%
14	M K Vijaya Dev Male	IND	699	0.11%
15	B K Manje Gowda Male	IND	684	0.11%
16	P Moosa Male	IND	503	0.08%
17	Guinness Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy Male	IND	438	0.07%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	D. C. Srikantappa Male BJP	41.67%	B L Shankar Male INC	32.68%
1999	D.C.Srikantappa Male BJP	45.39%	D.M.Putte Gowda Male INC	41.16%
1998	Sreekantappa D.C. Male BJP	44.00%	M.Veerappa Moily Male INC	36.69%
1996	B L Shankar Male JD	30.84%	D K Taradevi Siddartha Female INC	30.20%
1991	D.K. Tharadevi (w) Female INC	42.77%	D.C. Srikantappa Male BJP	36.50%
1989	D.M.Putte Gowda Male INC	47.55%	B.K.Sundaresh Male CPI	22.24%
1984	D. K. Taradevi Female INC	61.80%	B. K. Sundaresh Male CPI	29.62%
1980	D.M. Puttegowda Male INC(I)	63.53%	K.M. Thammaiah Male JnP	20.00%
1977	D. B. Chandre Gowda Male INC	59.17%	B. L. Subbamma Female BLD	40.83%