Constituency
62. Gangavathi
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-GANGAVATHI
BJP 37.4%won by 2.9%JDS 34.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 31.5% to 37.4% of the vote here (+5.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 66.0% — 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
99,322
Margin
2,885
2.90%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1PARANNA ISHWARAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP37,12137.4%
- 2IQBAL ANSARIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS34,23634.5%
- 3NAGAPPA BHIMAPPA SALONIIndian National Congress · INC22,30822.5%
- 4S. HASHUMUDDIN ADVOCATEIndependent · IND2,2062.2%
- 5MAHABALESHWAR HASINALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0381.0%
- 6DEVAKKA VIRUPAXAPPAIndependent · IND8340.8%
- 7M GANGADHARIndependent · IND4610.5%
- 8UPPAR HANAMANTAPPAIndependent · IND4300.4%
- 9GUNJALLI NAGAPPAJanata Dal (United) · JDU3470.3%
- 10BHARDWAJ SUBBARAOCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3410.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JDS swing
- +5.9%
- BJP share
- 31.5% → 37.4%
- JDS share
- 34.5% → 34.5%
- Turnout
- — → —