Constituency
71. Dharwad
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-DHARWAD
BJP 31.8%won by 0.6%INC 31.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 71.3% — the field split more ways.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 723 votes (0.65%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,11,549
Margin
723
0.65%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1SEEMA ASHOK MASUTIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP35,41731.8%
- 2VINAY KULKARNIIndian National Congress · INC34,69431.1%
- 3AMRUT AYYAPPA DESAIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS21,30219.1%
- 4ASTAGI TAVANAPPA PAYAPPAIndependent · IND6,1135.5%
- 5RAMANAGOUDARIndependent · IND2,7892.5%
- 6ISHWAR SANIKOPPAIndependent · IND2,1782.0%
- 7BELLAD SHIVANNAIndependent · IND2,0751.9%
- 8DESAI SUBHAS NINGAPPAIndependent · IND1,7101.5%
- 9AMBADGATTI SHIVANANDIndependent · IND1,4221.3%
- 10IMAMHUSAIN KUNDGOLBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3021.2%
- 11MUGUR MAKABOOLAHMEDIndian Union Muslim League · IUML8100.7%
- 12YASHWAN.T K JALAYIIndependent · IND6510.6%
- 13SHASHIKALA ISHWARSUP · SUP6100.5%
- 14SAVITRI M. GUNDIJanata Dal (United) · JDU4760.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +5.7%
- BJP share
- 33.1% → 31.8%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 31.1%
- Turnout
- — → —