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Constituency

185. Bagalkot

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Karnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009

IN-BAGALKOT

BJP 48.1%won by 4.1%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 4.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.5% to 63.1%.

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

Electorate
13,63,359
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
8,59,928
Margin
35,446
4.12%

Since 2004

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJPINC swing
−15.2%
BJP share
52.9% 48.1%
INC share
33.6% 43.9%
Turnout
65.5% 63.1%