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78. Kumta

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Karnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2023

KA-KUMTA

BJP 40.4%won by 0.5%JDS 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.4% to 0.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.3% of the vote between them, up from 58.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 77.1%.

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

Electorate
1,92,671
Turnout
77.1%
Valid votes
1,48,530
Margin
676
0.46%

Candidates

10 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1DINAKAR KESHAV SHETTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP59,96540.4%
  2. 2SURAJ NAIK SONIJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS59,28939.9%
  3. 3ALVA NIVEDITHIndian National Congress · INC19,27013.0%
  4. 4ISHWAR GOUDAIndependent · IND3,5882.4%
  5. 5NOTANOTA · NOTA2,0851.4%
  6. 6ROOPA GAJANAN NAIKAam Aadmi Party · AAP1,9601.3%
  7. 7DINESHCHANDRA N ANGADIKERILok Shakti · LS7070.5%
  8. 8GANI IMAMSAB JAINUDDINIndependent · IND6860.5%
  9. 9SUBRAHMANYA BHAT MADGUNIIndependent · IND5220.4%
  10. 10NAGARAJ SRIDHAR SHETRJSMP · RJSMP4580.3%

Since 2018

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JDS swing
−28.8%
BJP share
40.6% → 40.4%
JDS share
11.3% → 39.9%
Turnout
81.6% → 77.1%
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