Elections 98

State:	Karnataka
Constituency:	Kanakapura
Total Votes Polled:	1228049
Winner: BJP	M Srinivas	470387
Runner Up: INC	Dr D Ppremachandra Sagar	453946
Margin: 16441 (3%)

Elections 96

State:	Karnataka
Constituency:	Kanakapura
Total Votes Polled:	1066862
Winner: JD	H D Kumaraswamy	440444
Runner Up: INC	M V Chandraseekhara Murthy	333040
Margin: 107404 (10.27%)

Local Janata Party chief P G R Sindhia was trounced in 1984. In the 1991 election, it was the BJP that was in second place, not the JD. But the voter's choice was in favour of the Janata Dal's H D Kumaraswamy in the first time that the seat did not vote for the Congress. Significantly, the BJP won 23.60 % of the vote.