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Constituency

90. Konta

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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election, 2008

CG-KONTA

INC 31.4%won by 0.3%BJP 31.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 0.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.5% between them, down from 75.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
68,889
Margin
192
0.28%

Since 2003

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−34.5%
INC share
51.5% 31.4%
BJP share
16.8% 31.1%
Turnout