Constituency
97. Molakalmuru
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-MOLAKALMURU
INC 37.1%won by 3.7%BJP 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.6% to 3.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 70.6% of the vote between them, up from 53.3% — 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
1,38,495
Margin
5,076
3.67%
Candidates
13 contested · winner INC- 1N.Y.GOPALA KRISHNAIndian National Congress · INC51,40237.1%
- 2S THIPPESWAMYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,32633.4%
- 3PATEL G.M. THIPPESWAMYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS27,77420.1%
- 4SANNA MARANNAIndependent · IND2,9382.1%
- 5PATEL GCommunist Party of India · CPI2,7322.0%
- 6DR N.P.VENKATESHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,0631.5%
- 7P SHIVANNASUP · SUP1,1600.8%
- 8N. R. MALLAIAHSWAMYIndependent · IND9110.7%
- 9D MAHESH KUMARIndependent · IND8920.6%
- 10N BOREGOWDAIndependent · IND6430.5%
- 11S CHANDARANNAIndependent · IND6160.4%
- 12Y. B. CHANDRASHEKARIndependent · IND5230.4%
- 13K.S.PAPANAYAKALoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP5150.4%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −25.8%
- INC share
- 29.5% → 37.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- — → —