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66. Gadag

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

KA-GADAG

INC 48.4%won by 1.2%BJP 47.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 1.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from BSRCP (BSRCP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 78.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 74.4%.

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

Electorate
2,15,621
Turnout
74.4%
Valid votes
1,60,490
Margin
1,868
1.16%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−36.8%
INC share
51.7% 48.4%
BJP share
13.7% 47.2%
Turnout
71.3% 74.4%