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79. Bhatkal

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

KA-BHATKAL

BJP 50.1%won by 3.6%INC 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 3.6%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 11.0% to 50.1% of the vote here (+39.1%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 48.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 78.0%.

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

Electorate
2,12,646
Turnout
78.0%
Valid votes
1,65,886
Margin
5,930
3.57%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+8.8%
BJP share
11.0% 50.1%
INC share
16.2% 46.6%
Turnout
70.9% 78.0%