Constituency
149. Malur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-MALUR
BJP 65.8%won by 44.1%JDS 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.1% to 44.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 21.8% — it polled just 1.3% in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 95.8% — the field split more ways.
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
1,18,914
Margin
52,401
44.07%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1ES.EN.KRISHNAIAH SHETTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP78,28065.8%
- 2R.PRABHAKARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS25,87921.8%
- 3J.KRISHNA SINGHIndian National Congress · INC9,4968.0%
- 4DR.R.S.KUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5711.3%
- 5A.NAGARAJAIndependent · IND1,0490.9%
- 6S.N.PRABHAKARIndependent · IND8370.7%
- 7T.MUNIRAJAPPAIndependent · IND7780.7%
- 8C.KRISHNA MURTHYANC · ANC4470.4%
- 9NARAYANA GOWDA.S.GIndependent · IND3200.3%
- 10C.THAMAPPASamajwadi Party · SP2570.2%
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–JDS swing
- −14.1%
- BJP share
- 59.4% → 65.8%
- JDS share
- 1.3% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- — → —