Rediff Logo News Banner Ads Find/Feedback/Site Index
HOME | NEWS | ELECTIONS '98 | POLLING BOOTH | ELECTIONS '96 | KARNATAKA

NEWS
VIEWS
INTERVIEWS
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
ISSUES '98
MANIFESTOS
OVERHEARD
INDIA SPEAKS!
YEH HAI INDIA
CHAT

State: Karnataka
Constituency: Chikkodi (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 584189
Winner: JD Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor 309435
Runner Up: INC B Shankaranand 196676
Margin: 112759 (19.92%)

Among the senior most parliamentarians, B Shankaranand had represented this constituency for the Congress from 1967 till 1991. In 1996, however, he was ousted by the Janata Dal's Ratnamala Savanoor by more than 100,000 votes.

HOME | NEWS | BUSINESS | CRICKET | MOVIES | CHAT
INFOTECH | TRAVEL | LIFE/STYLE | FREEDOM | FEEDBACK