EElectionLens
Constituency

40. Chittapur

Community mirror

Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

KA-CHITTAPUR

INC 49.7%won by 3.1%BJP 46.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.2% to 3.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 86.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 61.4%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,28,618
Turnout
61.4%
Valid votes
1,40,369
Margin
4,393
3.13%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−22.1%
INC share
56.1% 49.7%
BJP share
30.9% 46.5%
Turnout
65.0% 61.4%