Constituency
77. Karwar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-KARWAR
INC 40.9%won by 17.0%IND 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 15.2% to 40.9% of the vote here (+25.6%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 70.2% — 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
1,16,199
Margin
19,709
16.96%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1ASNOTIKAR ANAND VASANTIndian National Congress · INC47,47740.9%
- 2GANAPATI DUMMA ULVEKARIndependent · IND27,76823.9%
- 3PRASAD KARWARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,53716.8%
- 4R G NAIKSamajwadi Party · SP11,68910.1%
- 5BHAT GANGADHAR NAGESHIndependent · IND5,3034.6%
- 6P N KUVALEKARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,8621.6%
- 7LEO FRANCIS B LEWISSUP · SUP9640.8%
- 8RAMADAS GIRIYARAHS · RAHS8120.7%
- 9SANDHYA SANTOSHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7870.7%
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–IND swing
- +1.7%
- INC share
- 15.2% → 40.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —