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206. Puttur

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2018

KA-PUTTUR

BJP 54.2%won by 11.7%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 11.7%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 43.5% to 54.2% of the vote here (+10.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 89.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 84.0%.

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

Electorate
1,97,987
Turnout
84.0%
Valid votes
1,66,271
Margin
19,477
11.71%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJPINC swing
+14.7%
BJP share
43.5% 54.2%
INC share
46.5% 42.5%
Turnout
79.5% 84.0%