Constituency
40. Chittapur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-CHITTAPUR
INC 52.1%won by 18.2%BJP 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 28.1% to 52.1% of the vote here (+24.1%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.0% — 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
95,600
Margin
17,442
18.24%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUN KHARGEIndian National Congress · INC49,83752.1%
- 2VALMIKI KAMALU NAYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP32,39533.9%
- 3BASAVRAJ BENNURJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS6,5746.9%
- 4TIPPANNA B.ODEYRAJIndependent · IND2,4192.5%
- 5RAJU MUKKANNA WADIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1122.2%
- 6SAVITA H.RATHODJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,2541.3%
- 7HUSENAPPA HULAGAPPALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,0091.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +4.0%
- INC share
- 28.1% → 52.1%
- BJP share
- 13.8% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —