Constituency
198. Arkalgud
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-ARKALGUD
INC 47.0%won by 6.2%JDS 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 40.3% to 47.0% of the vote here (+6.7%).
- 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
1,45,353
Margin
9,040
6.22%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MANJU. AIndian National Congress · INC68,25747.0%
- 2A. T. RAMASWAMYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS59,21740.7%
- 3K. NANJUNDE GOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,2066.3%
- 4K. S. RAMEGOWDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,5212.4%
- 5H. T. HUCHAPPASwayam Krushi Party · SKP2,5981.8%
- 6H. D. KRISHNAIndependent · IND2,5541.8%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JDS swing
- +8.9%
- INC share
- 40.3% → 47.0%
- JDS share
- 43.0% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → —