Election
Constituency

47. Basavakalyan

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 2008

KA-BASAVAKALYAN

BJP 36.5%won by 7.4%INC 29.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 7.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 16.6% to 36.5% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.6% of the vote between them, up from 47.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,06,913
Margin
7,938
7.42%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
JDS
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+9.1%
BJP share
16.6% 36.5%
INC share
18.2% 29.1%
Turnout