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State: Karnataka
Constituency: Bijapur
Total Votes Polled: 519633
Winner: JD Patil Basangouda Rudragouda 185504
Runner Up: BJP Basanagouda Ramanagouda Patil (Yat) 154911
Margin: 30593 (6.04%)

The Congress, which had lost the constituency only once before 1996, found it had been relegated to the third position the last time. The BJP, cornering 30.59 % of the vote, was the runner-up ahead of the Congress.

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