Winner, Votes & Party Details
Karnataka Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency election result 1996: B L Shankar of JD won with 195,857 votes, defeating D K Taradevi Siddartha of INC, who received 191,798 votes. Total votes polled were 635,016. Full results and vote share details are given below.
JD
195,857
30.84%
INC
191,798
30.20%
BJP
151,949
23.93%
CPI
71,086
11.19%
KCP
7,311
1.15%
IND
2,788
0.44%
IND
2,307
0.36%
IND
2,020
0.32%
IND
1,744
0.27%
IND
1,654
0.26%
IND
1,562
0.25%
IND
1,397
0.22%
AIIC(T)
1,219
0.19%
IND
699
0.11%
IND
684
0.11%
IND
503
0.08%
IND
438
0.07%