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Winner — 1980

VISHWANATH GURMAITA
INC(I)· Congress (I)
INC(I) 24.2%JNP(SC) 23.7%8 others 52.1%
Votes
17,952
24.2% share
Winning margin
309
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
10
Turnout
60.9%
of 1,21,992

Kishanpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 309 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHWANATH GURMAITA
INC(I)
Congress (I)
17,95224.2%
2
YADUBANS KUMAR YADAV
JNP(SC)
17,64323.8%
3
HARI PRASAD SAH
IND
12,44116.8%
4
BAIDYANATH MEHTA
JNP(JP)
8,02510.8%
5
GUNA NAND THAKUR
6,0998.2%
6
CHANDRA SHEKHAR YADAV
IND
4,2145.7%
7
DEO KARAN BISHWAS
IND
3,2804.4%
8
RAJENDRA KAMAT
IND
2,3103.1%
9
SUKANI KAMAT
JNP(SR)
1,6472.2%
10
NARENDRA RAM
IND
6760.9%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (170th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 0.4% · max 51.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
170th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.28
fewer partiesmore parties
222nd of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.7%
lowerhigher
128th of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.28EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 24.2%JNP(SC) 23.8%IND 16.8%JNP(JP) 10.8%INC(U) 8.2%IND 5.7%OTH 10.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
33,30,464
Density
1501 / km²
Sex ratio
988 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,219 km²
SC population11.6%
ST population2.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
81%HINDU
Hindu 81.5%Muslim 18.3%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.5%
Electricity9.7%
Sanitation22.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.4%
Children fully vaccinated76.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.7%
Children underweight (under 5)30.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER53.1%
Women literate70.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.3%
Clean cooking fuel48.0%
Health insurance8.2%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Mentha

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