1996 By-elections

Karnataka

9 seats contested

By-elections held in Karnataka during 1996 — 9 seats were contested, not the full assembly. Results are shown as a table: a map of a handful of seats would leave the rest of the state blank, which reads as "no result" rather than "not contested". Seat shares below are of the seats contested here, not of the assembly.

Seats won by party

JD555.6%
BJP222.2%
IND111.1%
KCP111.1%

Also polled — no seats won

INC16.4%

SP5.4%

Vote share of the vote across the seats contested here. Parties below 1% are not shown.

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Share	Margin	Turnout
10	Gulbarga	Kaiser Mahmood Maniyar	JD	48,923	38.8%	7,239	—
27	Yelburga	Rudragouda Hunsihal	JD	36,245	46.1%	2,562	—
79	Chickpet	P.S. Prakash	JD	14,430	29.6%	1,630	—
97	Doddaballapur	R.G. Venkatachalaiah	JD	52,450	46.7%	1,949	—
109	Krishnarajpet	B. Prakash	IND	29,524	29.4%	2,555	—
166	Sorab	S. Kumar Bangarappa	KCP	44,689	59.3%	32,581	—
169	Bhatkal	Shivanand Naik	BJP	46,145	56.3%	17,427	—
194	Bailhongal	Koujalagi Mahantesh Shivanand	JD	33,220	46.2%	12,279	—
215	Guledgud	Sheelavant Rajashekhar Veranna	BJP	35,932	47.3%	16,595	—

Election data: ECI