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State: Karnataka
Constituency: Dharwad South
Total Votes Polled: 622321
Winner: INC I G Sanadi 196677
Runner Up: JD B M Mensinkai 187068
Margin: 9609 (1.59%)

An out and out Congress stronghold, the 1977 election saw Chand Mahal Ibrahim contesting on the Lok Dal ticket and losing out to the pro-Indira sentiments blowing down south. In 1996 election, too, the Congress was returned to Parliament, but the margin between its and the JD candidate was less than 10,000 votes.

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