Constituency
169. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2004
KA-BHATKAL
BJP 44.7%won by 4.0%INC 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 4.0%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,03,940
Margin
4,170
4.01%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1SHIVANANDA NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,47144.7%
- 2NAIK JDIndian National Congress · INC42,30140.7%
- 3YASHODHAR NAIKJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS9,3339.0%
- 4PROF TANAVEER ASIF ZERDIJanahitha Paksha · JP2,7742.7%
- 5HEGDE SHRIPAD NARAYANIndependent · IND2,0452.0%
- 6BHUSHAN KRIndependent · IND1,0161.0%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +6.7%
- BJP share
- 44.3% → 44.7%
- INC share
- 47.0% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —