Constituency
206. Puttur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-PUTTUR
BJP 37.8%won by 1.2%INC 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.7% to 1.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.4% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,23,403
Margin
1,425
1.15%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BJP- 1MALLIKA PRASADABharatiya Janata Party · BJP46,60537.8%
- 2BONDALA JAGANNATHAIndian National Congress · INC45,18036.6%
- 3AKKA SHAKUNTHALA SHETTYIndependent · IND25,17120.4%
- 4NALINI LOKAPPA GOWDAIndependent · IND2,7212.2%
- 5ABDUL HAMEEDBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,5532.1%
- 6PRASAD H.M.Samajwadi Party · SP1,1731.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −7.5%
- BJP share
- 50.9% → 37.8%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —