Constituency
16. Bailhongal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-BAILHONGAL
BJP 46.8%won by 8.8%INC 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.1% to 8.8%.
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 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- 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
1,04,564
Margin
9,240
8.84%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1METGUD VIRUPAXIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,98846.8%
- 2KOUJALAGI MAHANTESHIndian National Congress · INC39,74838.0%
- 3CHANDRASHEKHARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS10,92310.4%
- 4BALAPPA SOMAPPAIndependent · IND1,6081.5%
- 5BATAGI MALLIKARJUNLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,0171.0%
- 6PANCHAKSHARAYYABahujan Samaj Party · BSP7860.8%
- 7SHRIKANT YALLAPPAAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM5610.5%
- 8DURGAMMA BASAPPAIndependent · IND5380.5%
- 9SURESH MADIVALAPPAJanata Dal (United) · JDU3950.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −3.3%
- BJP share
- 50.6% → 46.8%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- — → —