Winner — 2004
Kalghatgi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,958 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
9 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIKKANAGOUDRA SIDDANAGOUDAISHWARAGOUDA | NDA (NDA) | 28,065 | 26.9% |
| 2 | BABUSAB K KASHIMANAVAR | JP | 26,107 | 25.0% |
| 3 | SIDDANAGOUDA PARVATAGOUDACHANAVEERANAGOUDA | UPA | 26,016 | 24.9% |
| 4 | KESHAV M YADAV | 10,096 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | VISHWAPRAKASH RAJASHEKHARIAHULLAGADDIMATH | IND | 6,880 | 6.6% |
| 6 | PARASHURAM D KODDADDI | BSP | 2,592 | 2.5% |
| 7 | SWAMY SHIVANAND H | IND | 1,693 | 1.6% |
| 8 | DR. DAMBAL Y B | KNDP | 1,416 | 1.4% |
| 9 | RENUKA BHIMAPPA MARADITOTA | SPSP | 1,415 | 1.4% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (2nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.