Constituency
204. Chamarajanagar
Community mirrorKarnataka · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-CHAMARAJANAGAR
INC 38.0%won by 0.4%BJP 37.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 32.0% to 38.0% of the vote here (+6.0%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.6% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 67.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,33,825
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
9,73,693
Margin
4,002
0.41%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1R.DHRUVANARAYANAIndian National Congress · INC3,69,97038.0%
- 2A.R.KRISHNAMURTHYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,65,96837.6%
- 3M.SHIVANNA(KOTE)Janata Dal (Secular) · JDS1,06,87611.0%
- 4N.MAHESHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP68,4477.0%
- 5SUBBAIAHIndependent · IND19,9842.1%
- 6Dr. M.C.RAJANNAIndependent · IND8,3330.9%
- 7RAMESH.MIndependent · IND6,0770.6%
- 8P.B.YOGENDRAIndependent · IND4,7610.5%
- 9R.JAGADISH NAIKBSC · BSC4,7580.5%
- 10PURUSHOTTHAMA.RIndependent · IND4,2430.4%
- 11M.K.KEMPASIDDAIAHSamajwadi Party · SP4,1760.4%
- 12BHEEMAIAHIndependent · IND3,5950.4%
- 13CHOWDAHALLY JAVARAIAHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,3420.3%
- 14K.C.SHIVANANDAJanata Dal (United) · JDU3,1630.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −31.5%
- INC share
- 32.0% → 38.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 37.6%
- Turnout
- 71.7% → 67.9%