Constituency
187. Gulbarga
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-GULBARGA
INC 45.5%won by 1.8%BJP 43.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.9% to 1.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.2% of the vote between them, up from 68.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 8.3% to 49.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
15,43,771
Turnout
49.2%
Valid votes
7,59,385
Margin
13,404
1.77%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1MALLIKARJUN KHARGEIndian National Congress · INC3,45,24145.5%
- 2REVUNAIK BELAMGIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,31,83743.7%
- 3BABU HONNA NAIKJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS27,1303.6%
- 4SHIVAKUMAR . KOLLURIndependent · IND13,8181.8%
- 5MAHADEV. B. DHANNIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,5751.8%
- 6DR. K. T. PALUSKARPRCP · PRCP8,6561.1%
- 7H.V. DIWAKARIndependent · IND6,3480.8%
- 8SHANKAR JADHAVBHPP · BHPP5,2260.7%
- 9RAVIKUMAR SHALIMANI SEDAMANC · ANC3,7770.5%
- 10SHANKER KODLAJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,7770.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −5.2%
- INC share
- 37.8% → 45.5%
- BJP share
- 30.8% → 43.7%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 49.2%