Constituency
92. Siruguppa
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-SIRUGUPPA
BJP 37.7%won by 4.2%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 4.5% to 4.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.2% of the vote between them, up from 65.1% — 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
1,15,020
Margin
4,824
4.19%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1SOMALINGAPPA M.SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP43,35937.7%
- 2NAGARAJ B.M.Indian National Congress · INC38,53533.5%
- 3MALLIKARJUNA BALAPPAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS26,22622.8%
- 4DODDA HANUMANTHAPPAIndependent · IND3,4093.0%
- 5DESAI JADEPPAIndependent · IND2,0341.8%
- 6DODDA SUNKAPPA BIndependent · IND1,4571.3%
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
- −3.4%
- BJP share
- 34.8% → 37.7%
- INC share
- 27.2% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —