Constituency
24. Bagalkot
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-BAGALKOT
BJP 42.0%won by 8.4%INC 33.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.3% to 8.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.7% of the vote between them, up from 61.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,10,550
Margin
9,246
8.36%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1CHARANTIMATH VIRANNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,45242.0%
- 2METI HULLAPPA YAMANAPPAIndian National Congress · INC37,20633.7%
- 3P. H. PUJARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS17,38915.7%
- 4TAPASHETTI PRAKASHIndependent · IND4,5134.1%
- 5ABBASKHAN SHANUKHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,6691.5%
- 6KHAJI KUTUBSAB BASHASABSamajwadi Party · SP1,3971.3%
- 7GODI SIDDAPPA SATYAPPAIndependent · IND1,1331.0%
- 8GIRISH TAMMANNARAOIndependent · IND7910.7%
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
- +2.9%
- BJP share
- 33.3% → 42.0%
- INC share
- 27.8% → 33.7%
- Turnout
- — → —