Constituency
121. Kaup
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-KAUP
BJP 46.6%won by 1.0%INC 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.9% to 1.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 967 votes (0.98%) — among the closest results anywhere.
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
98,653
Margin
967
0.98%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1LALAJI R. MENDONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP45,96146.6%
- 2VASANTHA V. SALIANIndian National Congress · INC44,99445.6%
- 3LEELADHARA SHETTYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS3,3413.4%
- 4NAGESH RAOIndependent · IND2,0302.1%
- 5STEVAN JOHN MENEZESBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,1091.1%
- 6GURURAJ BHAT ALIAS SURYAIndependent · IND6800.7%
- 7KARUNAKAR PRABHUSamajwadi Party · SP5380.5%
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
- −1.0%
- BJP share
- 46.7% → 46.6%
- INC share
- 44.8% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —