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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2023

KA-ARABHAVI

BJP 60.7%won by 37.6%IND 23.1%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.7% to 37.6%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.1% — it polled just 1.7% in 2018.
  • 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
2,48,114
Turnout
76.6%
Valid votes
1,90,105
Margin
71,540
37.63%

Candidates

14 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1BALACHANDRA LAXMANRAO JARKIHOLIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,15,40260.7%
  2. 2BHIMAPPA GUNDAPPA GADADIndependent · IND43,86223.1%
  3. 3ARVIND MAHADEVARAO DALWAIIndian National Congress · INC23,95612.6%
  4. 4PRAKASH RAMAPPA KALASHETTIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,2170.6%
  5. 5NOTANOTA · NOTA9300.5%
  6. 6BASAPPA SHIVAPPA NAGANURIndependent · IND9190.5%
  7. 7BASAVANTH IRAPPA VADERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7040.4%
  8. 8GULAPPA BASALINGAPPA METISwayam Krushi Party · SKP6980.4%
  9. 9SIDDAPPA YALLAPPA HOSURIndependent · IND5560.3%
  10. 10GURUPUTRA KEMPANNA KULLURIndependent · IND4850.3%
  11. 11IJAJAHMAD I KOTTALAGIAam Aadmi Party · AAP4540.2%
  12. 12SUDHA ALLAMPRABHU HIREMATHIndependent · IND3380.2%
  13. 13ASHOK PANDAPPA HANAJIIndependent · IND3110.2%
  14. 14SHIVANAND VENKATARAO DESAIKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS2730.1%

Since 2018

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–IND swing
−15.0%
BJP share
54.3% → 60.7%
IND share
1.7% → 23.1%
Turnout
77.5% → 76.6%
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