Constituency
209. Virajpet
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-VIRAJPET
BJP 41.8%won by 13.0%INC 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.7% to 13.0%.
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 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 91.3% — the field split more ways.
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
1,16,346
Margin
15,073
12.96%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJP- 1BOPAIAH. K.G.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP48,60541.8%
- 2VEENA ACHAIAHIndian National Congress · INC33,53228.8%
- 3ARUN MACHAIAH. C.S.Janata Dal (Secular) · JDS29,92025.7%
- 4ACHAPANDA GIRI UTHAPPASamajwadi Party · SP2,4642.1%
- 5KUNHI ABDULLA. K.M.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8251.6%
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
- +1.3%
- BJP share
- 51.5% → 41.8%
- INC share
- 39.8% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- — → —