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Constituency

197. Belgaum

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 2004

KA-BELGAUM

INC 32.6%won by 1.0%BJP 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.3% to 1.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 73.5% — 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
98,820
Margin
1,017
1.03%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−14.5%
INC share
40.9% 32.6%
BJP share
25.4% 31.6%
Turnout