1998 Indian general election in Karnataka

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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

Party	Symbol	Leader	Seats
colspan="6" Template:Party color cell
National Democratic Alliance
Template:Full party name with color	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	18
Template:Full party name with color	Ramakrishna Hegde	10
Total			28

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No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"\|1.	Indian National Congress			Sitaram Kesri	28

Janata Dal

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Template:Party color cell	Janata Dal			H. D. Deve Gowda	28

List of Candidates

Source: ^[4]

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

Results

Result by Party/Alliance

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

Detailed Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Bidar (SC)	Ramchandra Veerappa	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,17,504	53.25	Babu Honna Naik	Template:Party color cell	JD	1,32,871	22.28	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,84,633	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|30.97
2	Gulbarga	Basavaraj Patil Sedam	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,28,982	44.72	Qamarul Islam	Template:Party color cell	JD	1,97,184	26.80	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,31,798	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|17.92
3	Raichur	A. Venkatesh Naik	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,64,187	44.89	Raja Rangappa Naik	Template:Party color cell	JD	1,85,909	31.59	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|78,278	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|13.30
4	Koppal	H. G. Ramulu	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,89,681	40.94	Basavaraj Rayareddy	Template:Party color cell	JD	2,06,559	29.19	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|83,122	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|11.75
5	Bellary	K. C. Kondaiah	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,84,909	39.76	N. Thippanna	Template:Party color cell	LS	2,21,171	30.86	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|63,738	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|8.90
6	Davangere	Shamanuru Shivashankarappa	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,43,704	42.21	G. Mallikarjunappa	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,32,372	40.82	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|11,332	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1.39
7	Chitradurga	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,21,930	42.88	P. Kodandaramaiah	Template:Party color cell	LS	2,63,609	35.11	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|58,321	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|7.77
8	Tumkur	S. Mallikarjunaiah	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,27,312	45.50	R. Narayana	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,56,125	35.60	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|71,187	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|9.90
9	Chikballapur	R. L. Jalappa	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,60,761	44.41	C. Byre Gowda	Template:Party color cell	JD	2,33,706	28.77	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,27,055	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|15.64
10	Kolar (SC)	K. H. Muniyappa	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,04,261	39.62	Balaji Channaiah	Template:Party color cell	JD	2,26,289	29.47	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|77,972	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|10.15
11	Kanakapura	M. Srinivas	Template:Party color cell	BJP	4,70,387	39.00	Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar	Template:Party color cell	INC	4,53,946	37.64	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|16,441	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1.36
12	Bangalore North	C. K. Jaffer Sharief	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,99,582	42.11	Jeevaraj Alva	Template:Party color cell	LS	3,27,135	34.48	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|72,447	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|7.63
13	Bangalore South	Ananth Kumar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	4,29,648	53.83	D.P. Sharma	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,49,601	31.27	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,80,047	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|22.56
14	Mandya	Ambareesh	Template:Party color cell	JD	4,31,439	54.97	G. Made Gowda	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,50,916	31.97	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,80,523	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|23.00
15	Chamarajanagar (SC)	A. Siddaraju	Template:Party color cell	JD	3,40,490	46.49	Srinivasa Prasad	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,70,175	36.89	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|70,315	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|9.60
16	Mysore	C. H. Vijayashankar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,55,846	42.10	S. Chikkamadu	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,52,822	29.91	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,03,024	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|12.19
17	Mangalore	V. Dhananjay Kumar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,41,362	48.15	Janardhana Poojary	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,34,455	47.18	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|6,907	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|0.97
18	Udupi	I. M. Jayarama Shetty	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,41,466	50.83	Oscar Fernandes	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,84,898	42.41	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|56,568	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|8.42
19	Hassan	H.D. Devegowda	Template:Party color cell	JD	3,36,407	39.41	H. C. Srikantaiah	Template:Party color cell	INC	3,04,753	35.70	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|31,654	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|3.71
20	Chikmagalur	D. C. Srikantappa	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,16,137	44.00	Veerappa Moily	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,63,641	36.69	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|52,496	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|7.31
21	Shimoga	Ayanur Manjunath	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,52,277	45.40	D. B. Chandregowda	Template:Party color cell	INC	1,92,370	24.79	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,59,907	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|20.61
22	Kanara	Ananth Kumar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,63,051	50.74	Margaret Alva	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,76,004	38.57	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|87,047	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|12.17
23	Dharwad South	B.M. Menasinakai	Template:Party color cell	LS	3,28,333	46.61	Prof. I.G. Sanadi	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,41,371	34.27	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|86,962	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|12.34
24	Dharwad North	Vijay Sankeshwar	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,39,660	50.15	D. K. Naikar	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,10,459	31.07	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,29,201	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|19.08
25	Belgaum	Babagouda Rudragouda Patil	Template:Party color cell	BJP	3,27,891	45.28	Sidnal Shanmukhappa Basappa	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,30,834	31.87	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|97,057	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|13.41
26	Chikkodi (SC)	Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa	Template:Party color cell	LS	3,59,760	52.99	B. Shankaranand	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,28,522	33.66	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|1,31,238	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|19.33
27	Bagalkot	Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv Sarnaik	Template:Party color cell	LS	3,52,795	49.73	Siddu Nyamagouda	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,69,163	37.94	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|83,632	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|11.79
28	Bijapur	Patil Mallanagouda Basanagouda	Template:Party color cell	INC	2,61,623	40.92	Patil Basanagouda Linganagouda	Template:Party color cell	BJP	2,08,801	32.65	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|52,822	style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"\|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	Template:Party name with color
2	Ananth Kumar	Bangalore South	Cabinet Minister	Civil Aviation	19 March 1998		Template:Party name with color
2	Ananth Kumar	Bangalore South	Cabinet Minister	Tourism	30 Jan 1999

Notes

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References

↑ Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate. The Washington Post(29 November 1997). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
↑ BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history. The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
↑ The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote. The Quint(20 July 2018). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
↑ https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/closecontest/12/43#:~:text=Electors:%203%2C30%2C98%2C338,6%2C55%2C370
↑ https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/

[1] Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate. The Washington Post(29 November 1997). Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[2] BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history. The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[3] The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote. The Quint(20 July 2018). Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[4] ttps://www.indiavotes.com/pc/closecontest/12/43#:~:text=Electors:%203%2C30%2C98%2C338,6%2C55%2C370

[5] ttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/

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