Election
Constituency

184. Gulbarga

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004

IN-GULBARGA

INC 37.8%won by 6.9%BJP 30.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 6.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.6% between them, down from 85.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
14,39,006
Turnout
57.5%
Valid votes
8,27,894
Margin
57,471
6.94%

Since 1999

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−2.5%
INC share
47.6% 37.8%
BJP share
38.2% 30.8%
Turnout
57.8% 57.5%