Constituency
79. Bhatkal
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-BHATKAL
INC 44.7%won by 11.1%BJP 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 11.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.7% to 44.7% of the vote here (+4.0%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% between them, down from 85.4% — 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
1,09,740
Margin
12,166
11.09%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1J D NAIKIndian National Congress · INC49,07944.7%
- 2NAIK SHIVANANDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,91333.6%
- 3YASHODHARA GANAPA NAIKSamajwadi Party · SP12,53811.4%
- 4NAIK PARAMESHWARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS4,2113.8%
- 5BHUSHAN NAIKIndependent · IND2,9462.7%
- 6SANTOSHA HANUMANTHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4371.3%
- 7S M ZAKRIYAIndependent · IND1,4371.3%
- 8SHETTY GIRISH LOKESHWARRAHS · RAHS1,1791.1%
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–BJP swing
- +15.1%
- INC share
- 40.7% → 44.7%
- BJP share
- 44.7% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —