Constituency
115. Shikaripura
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-SHIKARIPURA
BJP 66.2%won by 36.4%SP 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.0% to 36.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
1,26,077
Margin
45,927
36.43%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1B.S.YEDDYURAPPABharatiya Janata Party · BJP83,49166.2%
- 2S.BANGARAPPASamajwadi Party · SP37,56429.8%
- 3DR. RIYAZ BASHAIndependent · IND1,3841.1%
- 4J.JAYAPPABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2261.0%
- 5BANGARAPPA.D.Independent · IND1,1390.9%
- 6B.SHIVANAGOWDASUP · SUP5440.4%
- 7D.S.ESHWARAPPA MAYAPPARIndependent · IND3040.2%
- 8BASAVARAJ PATILIndependent · IND2600.2%
- 9PRASANNA.T.V.Independent · IND1650.1%
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–SP swing
- −19.1%
- BJP share
- 55.5% → 66.2%
- SP share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —