Constituency
89. Bijapur
Community mirrorChhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008
CG-BIJAPUR
BJP 46.0%won by 24.1%INC 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 24.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 26.6% to 46.0% of the vote here (+19.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.8% of the vote between them, up from 58.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,628
Margin
10,521
24.12%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1MAHESH GAGDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,04946.0%
- 2RAJENDRA PAMBHOIIndian National Congress · INC9,52821.8%
- 3DASHARATH HEMLABahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,51710.4%
- 4CHINNARAM GOTAIndependent · IND3,8908.9%
- 5LAXMINARAYAN GOTACommunist Party of India · CPI2,5145.8%
- 6SANTOSH POONEMBJSH · BJSH1,5803.6%
- 7ANIL BURKAIndependent · IND1,5503.6%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +29.6%
- BJP share
- 26.6% → 46.0%
- INC share
- 32.1% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —