Constituency
77. Karwar
Community mirrorKarnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018
KA-KARWAR
BJP 37.7%won by 8.8%JDS 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.8%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 30.8% to 37.7% of the vote here (+6.9%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 28.9% — it polled just 1.1% in 2013.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 86.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.4% to 74.0%.
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Electorate
2,16,244
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
1,60,098
Margin
14,064
8.78%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1ROOPALI SANTOSH NAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP60,33937.7%
- 2ANAND VASANT ASNOTIKARJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS46,27528.9%
- 3SATISH KRISHNA SAILIndian National Congress · INC45,07128.2%
- 4MADHAV BABU NAYAKNationalist Congress Party · NCP3,7512.3%
- 5None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,3591.5%
- 6KUNDABAI PARULEKARRJSMP · RJSMP1,6171.0%
- 7KISHORE JAGANNATH SAWANTIndependent · IND6860.4%
Since 2013
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–JDS swing
- −21.0%
- BJP share
- 30.8% → 37.7%
- JDS share
- 1.1% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- 70.7% → 74.0%