Constituency
186. Bijapur
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-BIJAPUR
BJP 47.6%won by 6.5%INC 41.0%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 6.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 82.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 12.2% to 47.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,73,604
Turnout
47.3%
Valid votes
6,49,631
Margin
42,404
6.53%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,08,93947.6%
- 2PRAKASH KUBASING RATHODIndian National Congress · INC2,66,53541.0%
- 3ALMELKAR VILASABABU BASALINGAPPAJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS33,1775.1%
- 4HARIJAN AMBANNA TUKARAMIndependent · IND13,0212.0%
- 5NARASAPPA TIPPANNA BANDIWADDARSwayam Krushi Party · SKP6,6891.0%
- 6KANAMADI SUDHAKAR MALLESHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,0340.9%
- 7SEVALAL SOMASHEKAR PURAPPAIndependent · IND4,6330.7%
- 8CHALAWADI RAMANNAIndependent · IND3,7600.6%
- 9ARAKERI NIRMALA SRINIVASIndependent · IND3,5730.6%
- 10LAMANI CHANDRAKANT ROOPSINGLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3,2700.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +1.8%
- BJP share
- 43.7% → 47.6%
- INC share
- 38.9% → 41.0%
- Turnout
- 59.5% → 47.3%