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← Karnataka · 1996

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DODDABALLAPUR · 1996

Karnataka · Constituency 97

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 4 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1R.G. VenkatachalaiahJD52,45046.68%
2A. NarasimhaiahIND50,50144.94%
3C.D. Sathya Narayana GowdaINC9,2188.20%
4Dr. D. R. Venkatesh GowdaIND1970.18%

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Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source112,366
Electors in source150,207

Boundary identifier: 3 · Dataset: tcpd-ae

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