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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 149

BaindurAssembly by-election result, 1998

K. Gopala Poojary (INC) won Baindur in the 1998 assembly by-election with 59.8% of the vote, beating Appanna Hegde. B. (BJP) by 21,244 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2008, seat no. 149 is Malur.

Winner

K. Gopala Poojary
INC
INC 59.8%BJP 31.5%3 others 8.8%
Votes
44,864
59.8% share
Winning margin
21,244
28.3% of votes
Candidates
5

A comfortable win — K. Gopala Poojary won by 28.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
K. Gopala Poojary
INC
INC
44,86459.8%
2
Appanna Hegde. B.
BJP
BJP
23,62031.5%
3
Prakashchandra Shetty S.
JD
JD
5,8057.7%
4
Ganapa Ganiga
IND
IND
4770.6%
5
M.P. Sridhar
IND
IND
2780.4%

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A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
28.3%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and BJP took 91% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.16

How did the vote split?

SEAT
59.8%won by INC
INC 59.8%BJP 31.5%JD 7.7%Others 1.0%

This seat number was reused from 2008. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2008, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Baindur, 1978–2004

  1. 1978GOPALRISHNA KODGI (INC(I)), margin 23.9%
  2. 1983APPANNA HEGDE (JNP), margin 0.1%
  3. 1985G. S. ACHAR (INC), margin 0.7%
  4. 1989G. S. ACHAR (INC), margin 0.7%
  5. 1994I.M. JAYARMA SHETTY (BJP), margin 14.2%
  6. 1999K GOPALA POOJARY (INC), margin 6.2%
  7. 2004GOPALA POOJARY K (INC), margin 3.2%