Constituency
217. Chamaraja
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-CHAMARAJA
BJP 41.9%won by 8.9%INC 33.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 8.9%.
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 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.0% between them, down from 81.8% — 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
1,05,497
Margin
9,399
8.91%
Candidates
12 contested · winner BJP- 1H.S.SHANKARALINGEGOWDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,24341.9%
- 2VASUIndian National Congress · INC34,84433.0%
- 3M.PRATHAPJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS20,80619.7%
- 4M. LAKSHMANAIndependent · IND1,8551.8%
- 5SHASHIDHAR. MIndependent · IND1,0121.0%
- 6G. SURESH BABUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP9030.9%
- 7SHAFEEQ AHAMEDCommunist Party of India · CPI8030.8%
- 8MAHADEVAIndependent · IND2980.3%
- 9AYUB AHAMED KHANIndependent · IND2620.2%
- 10MOHAMMED ASLAMIndependent · IND1680.2%
- 11B.D. NINGAPPAIndependent · IND1570.1%
- 12ABDUL AZEEZIndependent · IND1460.1%
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
- −10.7%
- BJP share
- 50.7% → 41.9%
- INC share
- 31.1% → 33.0%
- Turnout
- — → —