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109. Channagiri

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Karnataka Assembly Election, 2008

KA-CHANNAGIRI

BJP 34.8%won by 0.9%INC 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 22.9% to 34.8% of the vote here (+11.9%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 993 votes (0.87%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,13,596
Margin
993
0.87%

Candidates

8 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1K.MADAL VIRUPAKSHAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,52634.8%
  2. 2VADNAL RAJANNAIndian National Congress · INC38,53333.9%
  3. 3HODIGERE RAMESHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS21,49918.9%
  4. 4MAHIMA J PATELSUP · SUP9,5198.4%
  5. 5A.C.S.CYCLIST BABUIndependent · IND1,5241.3%
  6. 6K.G.PURUSHOTHAMA NAIKBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3721.2%
  7. 7DURUGAPPAIndependent · IND9650.8%
  8. 8RAMANNA T.BSamajwadi Party · SP6580.6%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
JDS
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+8.5%
BJP share
22.9% → 34.8%
INC share
30.5% → 33.9%
Turnout
— → —
108. Mayakonda110. Honnali
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