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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 89

UttarahalliAssembly by-election result, 1998

R. Ashoka (BJP) won Uttarahalli in the 1998 assembly by-election with 46.5% of the vote, beating S. Ramesh (INC) by 19,974 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2004. From 2008, seat no. 89 is Hagaribommanahalli.

Winner

R. Ashoka
BJP
BJP 46.5%INC 38.2%5 others 15.3%
Votes
1,11,920
46.5% share
Winning margin
19,974
8.3% of votes
Candidates
7

A clear win with a 8.3% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
R. Ashoka
BJP
BJP
1,11,92046.5%
2
S. Ramesh
INC
INC
91,94638.2%
3
H. M. Muninarayana
JD
JD
34,95014.5%
4
C. Rajashekara
IND
IND
7120.3%
5
Guinness Hottepaksha Rangaswamy
IND
IND
6380.3%
6
S. Bhasha
IND
IND
3320.1%
7
Hiralal
IND
IND
2460.1%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A clear win, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
8.3%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Two or three

BJP, INC and JD took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.61

How did the vote split?

SEAT
46.5%won by BJP
BJP 46.5%INC 38.2%JD 14.5%Others 0.8%

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 Uttarahalli, 1978–2004

  1. 1978M.V. RAJASEKHARAN (JNP), margin 4.5%
  2. 1983M. SRINIVAS (JNP), margin 7.9%
  3. 1985M. SRINIVAS (JNP), margin 10.8%
  4. 1989S. RAMESH (INC), margin 23.3%
  5. 1994SRINIVAS M. (BJP), margin 13.7%
  6. 1999R ASHOKA (BJP), margin 5.2%
  7. 2004ASHOK R (BJP), margin 12.2%