Karnataka polls, Winner with highest vote share was 77 per cent, lowest 24 

In the recently concluded Karnataka assembly elections, the win by the highest vote share was 77 per cent while the lowest was 24 per cent. Data prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms states that 44(57%) out of 77 winners with declared criminal cases have won with a vote share of 50% and above. 

Vote share margin: The Congress candidate from Pulakeshinagar, Akhanda Srinivasamurthy polled 97574 votes and won with a vote share of 77 per cent. In the constituency there are 231913 voters and the total votes was 126432. Second on the list is D K Shivakumar of the Congress who contested from Kanakapura. Of the 220409 registered voters, 186152 voted. Shivakumar polled 127552 and won with a vote share of 69 per cent.

Dr. Ashwathnarayan of the BJP who contested from Malleshwaram comes third on the list with a vote share of 67 per cent. Malleshwaram has 213537 voters of which 123665 voted. He bagged 83130 votes. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar of the Congress who contested the Khanapur seat polled 36649 votes and won with a 24 per cent vote share. Y V Patil of the Congress who contested from India polled 50401 votes and won with a vote share of 30 per cent. D S Suresh of the BJP won the Tarikere seat with a vote share of 30 per cent and polled 44940 votes.

Other statistics: The voter turnout for the Karnataka Assembly was 74% whereas voter turnout in 2013 assembly elections was 71%. Out of 104 winner of BJP, 53(51%) won with less than 50 % of total votes polled in their constituencies. 48(61%) out of 78 winners from INC; 19(50%) out of 38 winners from JD(S); 1(100%) winner each from KPJP and BSP have won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituency.