Constituency
223. Chamarajanagar
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-CHAMARAJANAGAR
INC 33.9%won by 2.1%BJP 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha (KCVP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.0% to 33.9% of the vote here (+11.0%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.8% of the vote between them, up from 55.0% — 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
1,23,823
Margin
2,612
2.11%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1C.PUTTARANGASHETTYIndian National Congress · INC42,01733.9%
- 2M.MAHADEVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,40531.8%
- 3VATAL NAGARAJKannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha · KCVP11,4269.2%
- 4M.SHIVAKUMARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS8,9197.2%
- 5G.M.GADKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,8667.2%
- 6SIDDARAJUIndependent · IND3,6773.0%
- 7MOHAMMAD INNAYATH ULLAIndependent · IND3,5492.9%
- 8A.M.MAHESH PRABHUSwayam Krushi Party · SKP1,8071.5%
- 9H.LAKSHMANA SHETRUIndependent · IND1,3351.1%
- 10RAJUIndependent · IND1,1220.9%
- 11RANGAIAHSamajwadi Party · SP8820.7%
- 12MAHAMMAD WASIM ULLAIndependent · IND8180.7%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- KCVP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −15.3%
- INC share
- 23.0% → 33.9%
- BJP share
- 5.5% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —