Elections 98

State:	Karnataka
Constituency:	Chikkodi
Total Votes Polled:	693358
Winner: LS	Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa	359760
Runner Up: INC	B Shankaranand	228522
Margin: 131238 (36%)

Elections 96

State:	Karnataka
Constituency:	Chikkodi (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	584189
Winner: JD	Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor	309435
Runner Up: INC	B Shankaranand	196676
Margin: 112759 (19.92%)

Among the senior most parliamentarians, B Shankaranand had represented this constituency for the Congress from 1967 till 1991. In 1996, however, he was ousted by the Janata Dal's Ratnamala Savanoor by more than 100,000 votes.