Winner, Votes & Party Details
Karnataka Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Kanara Lok Sabha constituency election result 1998: Anant Kumar of BJP won with 363,051 votes, defeating Alva Margret of INC, who received 276,004 votes. Total votes polled were 715,543. Full results and vote share details are given below.
BJP
363,051
50.74%
INC
276,004
38.57%
JD
36,558
5.11%
KTVP
27,022
3.78%
IND
7,163
1.00%
SP
3,623
0.51%
IND
2,122
0.30%