1998 Indian general election in Karnataka

Parliamentary election in India February 2026 Indian general election in Karnataka, 1998 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Karnataka, 1996 1996 1999 in Indian general election in Karnataka 1999 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 28 (of 543) seats in the Lok Sabha PM at the inauguration of the Shivamogga Airport with Sri Yediyurappa, in Karnataka on February 27, 2023 (cropped).jpg 120 100 120 05 0 B. S. Yediyurappa Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance (India) Did not ContestYediyurappa was the sitting MLA for Shikaripura 13 7 5,686,151 26.95% 2.10% Hand INC.svg 140 100 120 16 0 Indian National Congress - 9 4 7,642,756 36.22% 5.93% H. D. Deve Gowda, 2005.jpg 140 100 120 10 0 H. D. Deve Gowda Hassan (won) Janata Dal UF 3 13 4,576,244 21.69% 13.22% Ramakrishna Hegde Rajya Sabha Lok Shakti National Democratic Alliance (India) 3 3 2,425,799 11.50% 11.50% 200px Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Inder Kumar Gujral JD Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 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.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-757497.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121103054302/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-757497.html usurped 3 November 2012 Government Falls, Indian Premier Quits; Coalition Splits Amid Gandhi Assassination Debate The Washington Post 29 November 1997 HighBeam Research subscription 22 March 2019 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.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJPs-one-vote-defeat-in-1999-was-narrowest-in-history/articleshow/3261721.cms BJP's one-vote defeat in 1999 was narrowest in history The Times of India 22 March 2019 25 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201225090822/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJPs-one-vote-defeat-in-1999-was-narrowest-in-history/articleshow/3261721.cms live This led to fresh elections in 1999.https://www.thequint.com/news/india/no-confidence-motion-atal-bihari-vajpayee The 1999 No-Trust Motion That Former PM Vajpayee Lost by One Vote The Quint 22 March 2019 20 July 2018 6 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044456/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/no-confidence-motion-atal-bihari-vajpayee live 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 National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Bharatiya Janata Party 50px 50px Atal Bihari Vajpayee 18 Lok Shakti 50px Ramakrishna Hegde 10 Total28 Indian National Congress Indian National Congress No. Party Flag SymbolLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress50px 50px Sitaram Kesri 28 Janata Dal PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedJanata DalJanata Dal50pxH. 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)Bharatiya Janata Party Ramchandra VeerappaIndian National Congress Gundappa KorwarJanata Dal Babu Honna Naik2GulbargaBharatiya Janata Party Basavaraj Patil SedamIndian National Congress Basawaraj JawaliJanata Dal Qamar ul Islam3RaichurLok Shakti LS Abdul Samad SiddiquiIndian National Congress Venkatesh NayakJanata Dal Raja Rangappa Naik4KoppalLok Shakti LS Agadi Virupakshappa SangannaIndian National Congress H. G. RamuluJanata Dal Basavaraj Rayareddy5BellaryLok Shakti LS N. ThippannaIndian National Congress K. C. KondaiahJanata Dal Y. Nettakallappa6DavangereBharatiya Janata Party G. M. SiddeshwaraIndian National Congress Shamanuru ShivashankarappaJanata Dal S.H. Patel7ChitradurgaLok Shakti LS P. KodandaramaiahIndian National Congress C. P. MudalagiriyappaJanata Dal Thippeswamy8TumkurBharatiya Janata Party S. MallikarjunaiahIndian National Congress R. NarayanaJanata Dal C. N. Bhaskarappa9ChikballapurLok Shakti LS JayanthiIndian National Congress R. L. JalappaJanata Dal C. Byre Gowda10Kolar (SC)Bharatiya Janata Party V. HanumappaIndian National Congress K. H. MuniyappaJanata Dal Balaji Channaiah11KanakapuraBharatiya Janata Party M. SrinivasIndian National Congress Dr. D. Premachandra SagarJanata Dal H. D. Kumaraswamy12Bangalore NorthLok Shakti LS Jeevaraj AlvaIndian National Congress C. K. Jaffer ShariefJanata Dal C. Narayanaswamy13Bangalore SouthBharatiya Janata Party Ananth KumarIndian National Congress D.P. SharmaJanata Dal V. Somanna14MandyaBharatiya Janata Party H. SrinivasIndian National Congress G. Made GowdaJanata Dal Ambareesh15Chamarajanagar (SC)Lok Shakti LS Susheela KeshavamurthyIndian National Congress Srinivasa PrasadJanata Dal A. Siddaraju16MysoreBharatiya Janata Party C. H. VijayashankarIndian National Congress S. ChikkamaduJanata Dal G. T. Devegowda17MangaloreBharatiya Janata Party V. Dhananjay KumarIndian National Congress Janardhana PoojaryJanata Dal Mathanda Ramesh18UdupiBharatiya Janata Party I. M. Jayarama ShettyIndian National Congress Oscar FernandesJanata Dal Mattar Rathnakar Hegde19HassanBharatiya Janata Party Susheela ShivappaIndian National Congress H. C. SrikantaiahJanata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda20ChikmagalurBharatiya Janata Party D. C. SrikantappaIndian National Congress Veerappa MoilyJanata Dal B. L. Shankar21ShimogaBharatiya Janata Party Ayanur ManjunathIndian National Congress D. B. ChandregowdaJanata Dal B. P. Shivakumar22KanaraBharatiya Janata Party Ananth KumarIndian National Congress Margaret AlvaJanata Dal Bobati Udachappa Kheerappa23Dharwad SouthLok Shakti LS B.M. MenasinakaiIndian National Congress Prof. I.G. SanadiJanata Dal Basavaraj Shivannanavar24Dharwad NorthBharatiya Janata Party Vijay SankeshwarIndian National Congress D. K. NaikarJanata Dal Shankaranna Munvalli25BelgaumBharatiya Janata Party Babagouda Rudragouda PatilIndian National Congress Sidnal Shanmukhappa BasappaJanata Dal Shivanand H. Koujalagi26Chikkodi (SC)Lok Shakti LS Ramesh JigajinagiIndian National Congress B. ShankaranandJanata Dal Chaugule Shakuntala Tukaram27BagalkotLok Shakti LS Ajaykumar Sambasadashiv SarnaikIndian National Congress Siddu NyamagoudaJanata Dal H. Y. Meti28BijapurBharatiya Janata Party Patil Basanagouda LinganagoudaIndian National Congress M. B. PatilJanata Dal Patil Ravikant Shankareppa Results Result by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 56,86,151 26.95 2.10 18 13 7 Lok Shakti LS 24,25,799 11.50 10 3 Total 81,11,950 38.45 28 16 Indian National CongressINC 76,42,756 36.22 5.93 28 9 4 Janata DalJD 45,76,244 21.69 13.22 28 3 13 Karnataka Vikas PartyKVP 3,71,346 1.76 19 0 Other Others 2,40,806 1.13 33 0 Independent (politician) 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 VeerappaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,17,50453.25Babu Honna NaikJanata DalJD1,32,87122.281,84,63330.972GulbargaBasavaraj Patil SedamBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,28,98244.72Qamarul IslamJanata DalJD1,97,18426.801,31,79817.923RaichurA. Venkatesh NaikIndian National CongressINC2,64,18744.89Raja Rangappa NaikJanata DalJD1,85,90931.5978,27813.304KoppalH. G. RamuluIndian National CongressINC2,89,68140.94Basavaraj RayareddyJanata DalJD2,06,55929.1983,12211.755BellaryK. C. KondaiahIndian National CongressINC2,84,90939.76N. ThippannaLok ShaktiLS2,21,17130.8663,7388.906DavangereShamanuru Sh.Indian National CongressINC3,43,70442.21G. MallikarjunappaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,32,37240.8211,3321.397ChitradurgaC. P. MudalagiriyappaIndian National CongressINC3,21,93042.88P. KodandaramaiahLok ShaktiLS2,63,60935.1158,3217.778TumkurS. MallikarjunaiahBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,27,31245.50R. NarayanaIndian National CongressINC2,56,12535.6071,1879.909ChikballapurR. L. JalappaIndian National CongressINC3,60,76144.41C. Byre GowdaJanata DalJD2,33,70628.771,27,05515.6410Kolar (SC)K. H. MuniyappaIndian National CongressINC3,04,26139.62Balaji ChannaiahJanata DalJD2,26,28929.4777,97210.1511KanakapuraM. SrinivasBharatiya Janata PartyBJP4,70,38739.00D. Premachandra SagarIndian National CongressINC4,53,94637.6416,4411.3612Bangalore NorthC. K. Jaffer ShariefIndian National CongressINC3,99,58242.11Jeevaraj AlvaLok ShaktiLS3,27,13534.4872,4477.6313Bangalore SouthAnanth KumarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP4,29,64853.83D.P. SharmaIndian National CongressINC2,49,60131.271,80,04722.5614MandyaAmbareeshJanata DalJD4,31,43954.97G. Made GowdaIndian National CongressINC2,50,91631.971,80,52323.0015Chamarajanagar (SC)A. SiddarajuJanata DalJD3,40,49046.49Srinivasa PrasadIndian National CongressINC2,70,17536.8970,3159.6016MysoreC. H. VijayashankarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,55,84642.10S. ChikkamaduIndian National CongressINC2,52,82229.911,03,02412.1917MangaloreV. Dhananjay KumarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,41,36248.15Janardhana PoojaryIndian National CongressINC3,34,45547.186,9070.9718UdupiI. M. Jayarama ShettyBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,41,46650.83Oscar FernandesIndian National CongressINC2,84,89842.4156,5688.4219HassanH.D. DevegowdaJanata DalJD3,36,40739.41H. C. SrikantaiahIndian National CongressINC3,04,75335.7031,6543.7120ChikmagalurD. C. SrikantappaBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,16,13744.00Veerappa MoilyIndian National CongressINC2,63,64136.6952,4967.3121ShimogaAyanur ManjunathBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,52,27745.40D. B. ChandregowdaIndian National CongressINC1,92,37024.791,59,90720.6122KanaraAnanth KumarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,63,05150.74Margaret AlvaIndian National CongressINC2,76,00438.5787,04712.1723Dharwad SouthB.M. MenasinakaiLok ShaktiLS3,28,33346.61Prof. I.G. SanadiIndian National CongressINC2,41,37134.2786,96212.3424Dharwad NorthVijay SankeshwarBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,39,66050.15D. K. NaikarIndian National CongressINC2,10,45931.071,29,20119.0825Belgaum Babagouda PatilBharatiya Janata PartyBJP3,27,89145.28Sidnal S. BasappaIndian National CongressINC2,30,83431.8797,05713.4126Chikkodi (SC)Ramesh JigajinagiLok ShaktiLS3,59,76052.99B. ShankaranandIndian National CongressINC2,28,52233.661,31,23819.3327BagalkotAjaykumar SarnaikLok ShaktiLS3,52,79549.73Siddu NyamagoudaIndian National CongressINC2,69,16337.9483,63211.7928BijapurM. B. PatilIndian National CongressINC2,61,62340.92Basanagouda L. PatilBharatiya Janata PartyBJP2,08,80132.6552,8228.27 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 Oct1999Lok Shakti LS2Ananth KumarBangalore SouthCabinet MinisterCivil AviationBharatiya Janata Party 2Tourism30 Jan1999 Notes References Karnataka Category:Indian general elections in Karnataka