Constituency
113. Shimoga
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-SHIMOGA
BJP 53.6%won by 29.4%INC 24.1%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 29.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,10,086
Margin
32,419
29.45%
Candidates
13 contested · winner BJP- 1K.S.ESHWARAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,98253.6%
- 2ISMAIL KHANIndian National Congress · INC26,56324.1%
- 3M.SHREEKANTHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS19,23217.5%
- 4Y.H.NAGARAJSamajwadi Party · SP1,5111.4%
- 5D. HONNAPPA ALIYASIndependent · IND1,1221.0%
- 6M.ESURU LOKESHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8060.7%
- 7T.G.CHANDRASHEKHARAPPASUP · SUP5260.5%
- 8N.MANJULADEVIJanata Dal (United) · JDU3540.3%
- 9SHREEKANTH G.BHATRAHS · RAHS2800.3%
- 10S.Y.BHUVANESHWARIIndependent · IND2550.2%
- 11A.DAYANANDAIndependent · IND1800.2%
- 12G.N.DEVARAJIndependent · IND1460.1%
- 13S.ELUMALAIIndependent · IND1290.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +14.3%
- BJP share
- 54.3% → 53.6%
- INC share
- 39.2% → 24.1%
- Turnout
- — → —