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State: Karnataka
Constituency: Bidar (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 497707
Winner: BJP Ramachandra Veerappa 234707
Runner Up: INC Tatya Rao Kamble 75294
Margin: 159413 (32.94%)

It was one of the seats that threw a surprise in 1996. After consistently voting for the Congress since 1952, it returned the BJP's R Veerappa in 1991. Five years later, it remained loyal to him, rebuffing the Congress candidate with only 15.56 % of the votes.

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