Constituency
157. Malleshwaram
Community mirrorKarnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018
KA-MALLESHWARAM
BJP 67.2%won by 43.7%INC 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.5% to 43.7%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 57.9%.
- Safe seatBharatiya Janata Party won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,13,537
Turnout
57.9%
Valid votes
1,23,665
Margin
54,000
43.67%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1DR. ASHWATH NARAYAN.C.N.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP83,13067.2%
- 2KENGAL SHREEPADHARENUIndian National Congress · INC29,13023.6%
- 3MADHUSUDHAN NJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS7,8846.4%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,1571.7%
- 5SUBRAMANYA SHARMA GOURAVARAMAIMEP · AIMEP2730.2%
- 6N RAJANNAIndependent · IND1850.1%
- 7ADITYA .R .AIndependent · IND1580.1%
- 8R VENKATESHJBJSP · JBJSP1570.1%
- 9ANAND M.B.KP · KP1260.1%
- 10KRISHNAIAHRMVP · RMVP1060.1%
- 11MANDAGERE RAMAKUMARKAP · KAP950.1%
- 12MALLIKARJUN L SJSMPK · JSMPK910.1%
- 13PRAKASH K RIndependent · IND880.1%
- 14P R PRADEEPIndependent · IND850.1%
Since 2013
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +24.2%
- BJP share
- 53.2% → 67.2%
- INC share
- 33.7% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- 62.3% → 57.9%