Elections 98

State:	Karnataka
Constituency:	Bidar (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	610053
Winner: BJP	Ramchandra Veerappa	317504
Runner Up: JD	Babu Honna Naik	132871
Margin: 184633 (58%)

Elections 96

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.