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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 174

Dharwad RuralAssembly by-election result, 1998

Ambadagatti S. R. (INC) won Dharwad Rural in the 1998 assembly by-election with 35.8% of the vote, beating A. B. Desai (JD) by 2,478 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2008, seat no. 174 is Mahadevapura.

Winner

Ambadagatti S. R.
INC
INC 35.8%JD 33.0%5 others 31.3%
Votes
31,884
35.8% share
Winning margin
2,478
2.8% of votes
Candidates
7

A closely fought contest. Ambadagatti S. R. won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
Ambadagatti S. R.
INC
INC
31,88435.8%
2
A. B. Desai
JD
JD
29,40633.0%
3
S. S. Holehadagali
BJP
BJP
20,30922.8%
4
Narendra K. B.
KRRS
KRRS
5,4806.2%
5
K. D. Haveripeth
KVP
KVP
1,0991.2%
6
B. G. Dandagi
IND
IND
6360.7%
7
C. V. Marad (Jyoti)
LS
LS
3490.4%

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A close contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
2.8%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
A crowded field

The top three took 92% of the votes.

Parties in the race 3.42

How did the vote split?

SEAT
35.8%won by INC
INC 35.8%JD 33.0%BJP 22.8%KRRS 6.2%Others 2.3%

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 Dharwad Rural, 1978–2004

  1. 1978MADIMAN SUMATI BHALACHANDRA (INC(I)), margin 31.4%
  2. 1983PUDAKALAKATTI CHANABASAPPA VIRUPAXAPPA (INC), margin 15.4%
  3. 1985DESAI AYYAPPA BASAVARAJ (JNP), margin 16.8%
  4. 1989PATIL BABAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA (KRS), margin 17.8%
  5. 1994AMBADAGATTI SHRIKANT RUDRAPPA (INC), margin 3.9%
  6. 1999AMBADAGATTI SHIVANAND RUDRAPPA (IND), margin 3.3%
  7. 2004VINAY KULKARNI (IND), margin 3.1%