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Karnataka · PC 26 · 1998Reserved (SC)

Chikkodi

Winner — Lok Sabha 1998

JIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA
LS· NDA (NDA)
LS 53.0%INC 33.7%7 others 13.3%
Votes
3,59,760
53.0% share
Winning margin
1,31,238
19.3% of votes
Total votes cast
6,78,886
Candidates
9
Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA
LS
NDA (NDA)
3,59,76053.0%
2
B.SHANKARANAND
INC
2,28,52233.7%
3
CHAUGULE SHAKUNTALA TUKARAM
76,16511.2%
4
AVINASH DATTA KATTI
IND
5,2970.8%
5
JAGADISH SHAMBHU SAVANT
KTVP
2,7970.4%
6
MURALE BASAVARAJ LAKSMAN
IND
2,5310.4%
7
PAKHARE VISHNU RAYAPPA
IND
2,0240.3%
8
DR.SHRIKANT BALAWANT VARALE
IND
1,0590.2%
9
S.MARUTI RAO
IND
7310.1%

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.

Low turnout (28th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
19.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.0% · min 0.8% · max 42.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
28th of 28

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.98
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 28

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
10th of 28

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.98EFFECTIVE PARTIES
LS 53.0%INC 33.7%JD 11.2%OTH 2.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
96,21,551
Density
4381 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,196 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.3%Muslim 13.0%Christian 5.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.1%
Electricity98.0%
Sanitation94.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Women literate87.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.5%
Clean cooking fuel97.2%
Health insurance28.8%

What's nearby?

5 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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