Constituency
50. Bidar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-BIDAR
INC 37.8%won by 3.3%BSP 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 3.2% to 37.8% of the vote here (+34.6%).
- New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 34.5% — it polled just 0.5% in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 78.7% — the field split more ways.
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
88,700
Margin
2,930
3.30%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1GURUPADAPPAIndian National Congress · INC33,55737.8%
- 2RAHEEM KHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP30,62734.5%
- 3RAGHUNATHRAOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP20,56123.2%
- 4SURESH SWAMY MANHALLIIndependent · IND1,0971.2%
- 5RAJSHRI SHIRIKANTHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,0861.2%
- 6SHRIDHARIndependent · IND3910.4%
- 7MACHENDRAIndependent · IND3880.4%
- 8BASAVARAJ S/O RACHAPPAIndependent · IND2730.3%
- 9ABDUL JAMEEL KHANIndependent · IND1930.2%
- 10DHANRAJ S/O CHANDRAPPAIndependent · IND1920.2%
- 11C S DASIndependent · IND1700.2%
- 12ALI KHANIndependent · IND1650.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BSP swing
- +0.7%
- INC share
- 3.2% → 37.8%
- BSP share
- 0.5% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —