Constituency
188. Melukote
Community mirrorKarnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018
KA-MELUKOTE
JDS 54.9%won by 12.7%SWI 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Swayam Krushi Party (SKP) lost it to Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS), which now leads by 12.7%.
- JDS vote shareJDS went from 43.6% to 54.9% of the vote here (+11.2%).
- New challengerSWI (SWI) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 2013.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.6% to 90.7%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,93,010
Turnout
90.7%
Valid votes
1,74,965
Margin
22,224
12.70%
Candidates
14 contested · winner JDS- 1C S PUTTARAJUJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS96,00354.9%
- 2DARSHAN PUTTANNAIAHSWI · SWI73,77942.2%
- 3SUNDAHALLI SOMASHEKARABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5950.9%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA9790.6%
- 5B.K.PUTTARAJUIndependent · IND6890.4%
- 6MAHESH VAKEELARUAIMEP · AIMEP4980.3%
- 7DARSHAN.K.SEENEGOWDAIndependent · IND3010.2%
- 8D K RAVIKUMARAIndependent · IND2600.1%
- 9MAHESHAJSMPK · JSMPK2100.1%
- 10PUTTARAJUIndependent · IND1630.1%
- 11ROHINISamajwadi Party · SP1530.1%
- 12ARUNKUMARIndependent · IND1330.1%
- 13H NARAYANAIndependent · IND1170.1%
- 14G.M.RAMESHKerala Janatha Party · KJP850.0%
Since 2013
Derived- Winner then
- SKP
- Winner now
- JDSflipped
- JDS–SWI swing
- −30.9%
- JDS share
- 43.6% → 54.9%
- SWI share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 84.1% → 90.7%