Constituency
8. Arbhavi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-ARBHAVI
JDS 41.8%won by 4.2%BJP 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal (Secular) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 4.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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
1,27,252
Margin
5,368
4.22%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JDS- 1BALACHANDRA LAXMANRAOJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS53,20641.8%
- 2VIVEKRAO VASANTRAO PATILBharatiya Janata Party · BJP47,83837.6%
- 3KOUJALAGI VEERANNAIndian National Congress · INC17,10613.4%
- 4SURESH MAHALINGAPPABahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,7352.9%
- 5ASHOK PANDAPPA HANAJIIndependent · IND2,9442.3%
- 6GOUDAR SHIVANGOUDASwayam Krushi Party · SKP1,4691.2%
- 7UNDRI GOPAL BHARAMAPPASamajwadi Party · SP9540.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- JDS
- JDS–BJP swing
- −26.6%
- JDS share
- 47.1% → 41.8%
- BJP share
- 16.2% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- — → —