Constituency
178. Kalghatgi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2004
KA-KALGHATGI
BJP 26.9%won by 1.9%JP 25.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.1% to 1.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.9% between them, down from 68.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,04,280
Margin
1,958
1.88%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1CHIKKANAGOUDRA SIDDANAGOUDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP28,06526.9%
- 2BABUSAB K KASHIMANAVARJanahitha Paksha · JP26,10725.0%
- 3SIDDANAGOUDA PARVATAGOUDAIndian National Congress · INC26,01624.9%
- 4KESHAV M YADAVJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS10,0969.7%
- 5VISHWAPRAKASH RAJASHEKHARIAHIndependent · IND6,8806.6%
- 6PARASHURAM D KODDADDIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,5922.5%
- 7SWAMY SHIVANAND HIndependent · IND1,6931.6%
- 8DR. DAMBAL Y BKNDP · KNDP1,4161.4%
- 9RENUKA BHIMAPPA MARADITOTASPSP · SPSP1,4151.4%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–JP swing
- −34.2%
- BJP share
- 36.1% → 26.9%
- JP share
- 0.0% → 25.0%
- Turnout
- — → —