Constituency
60. Kushtagi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-KUSHTAGI
INC 32.7%won by 1.7%JDS 31.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.5% to 32.7% of the vote here (+11.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 70.9% — 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
1,03,067
Margin
1,770
1.72%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1AMAREGOUDAIndian National Congress · INC33,69932.7%
- 2K SHARANAPPA VAKEELARUJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS31,92931.0%
- 3DODDANAGOUDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,31329.4%
- 4HIREMATH SANGAMESHIndependent · IND2,2342.2%
- 5CHETAN DESAIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7241.7%
- 6MALLIKARJUNSWAMYJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,3081.3%
- 7SHIVAKUMAR NAVALILoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,0501.0%
- 8MOHAMAD NAJIRSABSwayam Krushi Party · SKP8100.8%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JDS swing
- +11.2%
- INC share
- 21.5% → 32.7%
- JDS share
- 31.0% → 31.0%
- Turnout
- — → —