Constituency
205. Bantval
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-BANTVAL
INC 45.5%won by 0.9%BJP 44.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.9%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 1,251 votes (0.93%) — 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
1,35,234
Margin
1,251
0.93%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1B.RAMANATHA RAIIndian National Congress · INC61,56045.5%
- 2NAGARAJ SHETTY BBharatiya Janata Party · BJP60,30944.6%
- 3K.M.IBRAHIMJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS6,2984.7%
- 4SATHISH KUMAR BANTWALCommunist Party of India · CPI3,1272.3%
- 5RAMANATHA PAIIndependent · IND2,5441.9%
- 6P.A. RAHEEMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3961.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +6.3%
- INC share
- 44.8% → 45.5%
- BJP share
- 50.2% → 44.6%
- Turnout
- — → —