Constituency
216. Krishnaraja
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-KRISHNARAJA
BJP 54.6%won by 16.7%INC 37.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 16.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 37.3% to 54.6% of the vote here (+17.3%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — 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
1,16,042
Margin
19,422
16.74%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1S.A.RAMADASSBharatiya Janata Party · BJP63,31454.6%
- 2M.K.SOMASHEKARIndian National Congress · INC43,89237.8%
- 3SHIVABASAPPAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS5,3984.7%
- 4M.SOMASHEKARIndependent · IND1,1071.0%
- 5K.N.SUNDAR RAJUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0050.9%
- 6G.L.BASAVANNAIndependent · IND5350.5%
- 7P.RAMASWAMYIndependent · IND2200.2%
- 8R.SRINIVASAIndependent · IND2170.2%
- 9P.N.SRINATHIndependent · IND1830.2%
- 10SHANKARIndependent · IND1710.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- −6.0%
- BJP share
- 37.3% → 54.6%
- INC share
- 14.6% → 37.8%
- Turnout
- — → —