Constituency
87. Ranibennur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-RANIBENNUR
BJP 47.3%won by 2.2%INC 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 2.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 84.7% — 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
1,25,603
Margin
2,732
2.18%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1G.SHIVANNABharatiya Janata Party · BJP59,39947.3%
- 2K.B.KOLIWADIndian National Congress · INC56,66745.1%
- 3RAMALINGANNANAVAR S.S.Janata Dal (Secular) · JDS3,7203.0%
- 4RAMACHANDRAPPAIndependent · IND2,2081.8%
- 5DR.B.G.PATILBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3881.1%
- 6KOTRESH.R. MEHARWADEJanata Dal (United) · JDU8280.7%
- 7NAGARAJA KRISHNAPPASamajwadi Party · SP5450.4%
- 8KULKARNIIndependent · IND4360.3%
- 9MANJULADEVI .S. HATTISUP · SUP4120.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −11.7%
- BJP share
- 49.3% → 47.3%
- INC share
- 35.4% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- — → —