Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2024

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Parliamentary constituency 14 (GEN) · Karnataka

State boardKarnataka 2024

[01]Result · 2024

#14 · GEN

Poll date19 Apr 2024

Contestants23Candidate lines

Electors17,52,885

Votes polled13,77,224

Turnout78.6%

NOTA4,3320.2% of votes

WinnerB.Y.RaghavendraBharatiya Janata Party7,78,72156.5% of votes

MARGIN2,43,715 votes · 17.7 pp7,78,721 − 5,35,006

Runner-upGeetha Shivarajkumar Indian National Congress5,35,00638.8% of votes

BJP 59.3% of top-two votesINC 40.7%

All candidates 23

01 B.Y.RaghavendraBJP7,78,721 56.5%
02 Geetha ShivarajkumarINC5,35,006 38.8%
03 K. S. EshwarappaIND30,050 2.2%
04 BandiIND7,266 0.5%
05 Ravikumara N.IND4,552 0.3%
06 Pooja N. AnnaiahIND3,457 0.3%
07 A.D. ShivappaBSP2,779 0.2%
08 N. V. Naveen KumarIND1,993 0.1%
09 Aruna KanahalliUPP1,478 0.1%
10 E.H. NayakIND954 0.1%
11 John BennyIND867 0.1%
12 Ganesh. B (BELLI)IND747 0.1%
13 D.S. EshwarappaIND695 0.1%
14 Kunaje Manjunatha GowdaIND683 0.0%
15 S.K PrabhuKRS617 0.0%
16 Shivarudraiah SwamyIND599 0.0%
17 Imtiyaz A. AttarIND442 0.0%
18 Mohammed Yusuf KhanYSEP404 0.0%
19 G. JayadevaIND368 0.0%
20 Chandrashekar. H CIND357 0.0%
21 P. Sripathi. BhatIND344 0.0%
22 Sandesh Shetty. AIND293 0.0%
23 H Suresh PoojariIND220 0.0%

Turnout 78.6%

Male 8.76 lakh50.0% Female 8.76 lakh50.0%

Share of 17,52,885 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,000
NOTAcounted within the total4,332 · 0.2%
State median turnoutmedian of 28 seats, 202474.2%
ReconciliationΣ 23 candidates = 13,72,892Verified

Seat history 2024–1962

2024
17.7 pp
B.Y.RaghavendraBharatiya Janata Party
2019
17.4 pp
B.Y.Raghavendra.Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
4.9 pp
B.Y. Raghavendra 'E'Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
32.2 pp
B. S. YeddyurappaBharatiya Janata Party
2009
5.5 pp
B.Y. RaghavendraBharatiya Janata Party
2004
14.5 pp
Ambareesh M. H.Indian National Congress
1999
18.3 pp
Ambareesh @ Amaranatha .M.HIndian National Congress
1998
22.7 pp
AmbareeshJanata Dal
1996
4.5 pp
KrishnaJanata Dal
1991
15.3 pp
G. MadegowdaIndian National Congress
1989
10.2 pp
G.Made GowdaIndian National Congress
1984
21.6 pp
K. V. ShankaragowdaJanata Party
1980
26.1 pp
S.M. KrishnaIndian National Congress
1977
1.3 pp
K. ChickalingaiahIndian National Congress
1971
26.6 pp
S. M. SiddaiyaIndian National Congress
1967
9.9 pp
S. M. SiddaiahIndian National Congress
1962
5.4 pp
S. V. Krishnamoorthy RaoIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 95.4% of votes; the other 21 candidates 4.3% between them.
(7,78,721 + 5,35,006) ÷ 13,77,224 = 95.4% · 59,165 ÷ 13,77,224 = 4.3%
Turnout of 78.6% was 4.4 pp above the state's median seat (74.2%).
78.6 − 74.2 = +4.4
The margin widened from 17.4 pp in 2019 to 17.7 pp.
17.7 − 17.4 = +0.3 pp
B.Y.Raghavendra also won in 2019.
2019 winner name = 2024 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 23 candidate lines13,72,892
NOTAcounted within the total4,332
Published totalVotes polled13,77,224
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2024 · Karnataka · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates23 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 28 seats on the Karnataka Lok Sabha 2024 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database