Constituency
41. Sedam
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-SEDAM
INC 37.2%won by 5.3%BJP 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.2% to 5.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.2% of the vote between them, up from 52.5% — 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
1,11,981
Margin
5,924
5.29%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1DR. SHARAN PRAKASHIndian National Congress · INC41,68637.2%
- 2RAJKUMAR PATIL TELKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,76231.9%
- 3MUKRAM KHANJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS21,39619.1%
- 4NARESH MALKUDIndependent · IND8,8547.9%
- 5DR. KUMAR SWAMY KODLIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,3702.1%
- 6SIRAJODDINSamajwadi Party · SP1,9131.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +0.5%
- INC share
- 27.8% → 37.2%
- BJP share
- 23.0% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —