Constituency
208. Madikeri
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-MADIKERI
BJP 47.1%won by 5.2%INC 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 5.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — 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
1,27,682
Margin
6,585
5.16%
Candidates
11 contested · winner BJP- 1APPACHU (RANJAN)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP60,08447.1%
- 2B.A. JEEVIJAYAIndian National Congress · INC53,49941.9%
- 3K.N. VASANTHJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS8,5366.7%
- 4SANTHOSH KUMAR. M.V.Independent · IND1,6321.3%
- 5K.H. VITTALABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,4831.2%
- 6SABJANIndependent · IND5970.5%
- 7APPAIAH. K.P.Independent · IND4980.4%
- 8KALACHANDA U. RAVISamajwadi Party · SP3840.3%
- 9B.M. THIMMAIAHIndependent · IND3340.3%
- 10H.E. SANNAPPAIndependent · IND3300.3%
- 11I.P. BHAVERAPPAIndependent · IND3050.2%
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–INC swing
- −8.5%
- BJP share
- 37.6% → 47.1%
- INC share
- 24.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- — → —