EElectionLens
Explorer

Karnataka Assembly Election, 2008

224 seats · 103 changed party since 2004

Community mirrorDataMeet · india-election-data (mirror of ECI)Open in Scenario Lab

Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 2008 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 110 seatsIndian National Congress — 80 seatsJanata Dal (Secular) — 28 seatsIndependent — 6 seats113224of 224 seats
  • BJP110
  • INC80
  • JDS28
  • IND6

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11049%88,57,75433.9%224
INCIndian National Congress8036%90,91,36434.8%222
JDSJanata Dal (Secular)2813%49,59,25219.0%219
INDIndependent63%18,10,5256.9%944
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%7,16,7702.7%217

+ 27 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 2008 · winner by seat

224 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 113

2008 · selected
Majority 113
BJP110INC80JDS28IND6
2004 · previous
Majority 113

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2004 → 2008

2004 2008· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
28.3
33.9
35.3
34.8
20.8
19.0
6.9
6.9
BJPINCJDSIND

Seat change

2008 seats minus 2004 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
79 → 110
+31
INC
65 → 80
+15
JDS
58 → 28
−30
IND
13 → 6
−7
JDU
5 → 0
−5
CPM
1 → 0
−1
RPI
1 → 0
−1
KCVP
1 → 0
−1
KNDP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2004 → 2008

share lostshare gained
BJP
28.3% → 33.9%
+5.5%
BSP
1.7% → 2.7%
+1.0%
SP
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
SKP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
INC
35.3% → 34.8%
−0.5%
KNDP
1.3% → 0.0%
−1.3%
JDU
2.1% → 0.3%
−1.7%
JDS
20.8% → 19.0%
−1.8%
JP
2.0% → 0.0%
−2.0%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2004 → 2008. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (BJP share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward BJP; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward BJP
Lingsugur
+63.6%
Gandhi Nagar
+59.7%
Harpanahalli
+56.8%
Karwar
−54.0%
Raibag
+50.9%
Shikaripura
+49.2%
Shirhatti
+47.9%
Aurad
+47.2%
Malavalli
+42.8%
Hosakote
+41.4%
Arbhavi
+40.3%
Holalkere
+40.0%

Closest races · 2008

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2008

224 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2004