Constituency
178. Hosakote
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-HOSAKOTE
BJP 50.1%won by 2.7%INC 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 6.9% to 50.1% of the vote here (+43.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 90.5% — a tighter two-way 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
1,41,953
Margin
3,878
2.73%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1B.N.BACHHE GOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP71,06950.1%
- 2M.T.B.NAGARAJUIndian National Congress · INC67,19147.3%
- 3N.KUMARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,3430.9%
- 4S.R.RANGANATHABahujan Samaj Party · BSP9460.7%
- 5BHATTEGOWDAIndependent · IND4190.3%
- 6A.N.BACHHEGOWDAIndependent · IND2150.2%
- 7M.NAGARAJA (MTB)Independent · IND2050.1%
- 8BACHHANNAIndependent · IND1440.1%
- 9H.T.VENKATESHASamajwadi Party · SP1420.1%
- 10N.NAGARAJAIndependent · IND1050.1%
- 11L.NAGARAJIndependent · IND1000.1%
- 12B.K.NARAYANASWAMYIndependent · IND740.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +41.4%
- BJP share
- 6.9% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 45.5% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- — → —