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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.