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Madras · PC 57 · 1951

South Kanara South

Winner — Lok Sabha 1951

B. SHIVA RAO
Indian National Congress
INC 46.9%KMPP 42.6%1 others 10.5%
Votes
96,619
46.9% share
Winning margin
8,841
4.3% of votes
Total votes cast
2,06,101
Candidates
3
Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. SHIVA RAO
INC
96,61946.9%
2
K. R. KARANTH
KMPP
87,77842.6%
3
R. S. SHARMA
IND
21,70410.5%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

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marginal
4.3%
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mean 4.3% · min 4.3% · max 4.3%

How contested is turnout?

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61%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

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2.43
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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How often does it back the winner?

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matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

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2.43EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.9%KMPP 42.6%IND 10.5%

Who ran, on record?

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Historical constituency — last contested in 1951. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.

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