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Winner — 1978
M.MANCHEGOWDA
JNP· Janata
JNP 57.2%INC(I) 22.6%6 others 20.3%
Votes
37,261
57.2% share
Winning margin
22,561
34.6% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
81.5%
of 79,976
Maddur is a safe seat — M.MANCHEGOWDA won by 34.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
8 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M.MANCHEGOWDA | Janata | 37,261 | 57.2% |
| 2 | A.D.BILLIGOWDA |  INC(I)INC | 14,700 | 22.6% |
| 3 | S.K. CHIKKANNA | INC | 11,765 | 18.1% |
| 4 | N.NARASIMBHEGOWDA | IND | 492 | 0.8% |
| 5 | B.N.KRISHNASETTY | IND | 416 | 0.6% |
| 6 | VENKATAIAH ALIAS GANJAIAH | IND | 311 | 0.5% |
| 7 | T.CHANNEGOWDA | IND | 187 | 0.3% |
| 8 | B.H. SHANKAR | IND | 52 | 0.1% |
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.
High turnout (44th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean34.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.8% · min 2.9% · max 34.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
83%
lowerhigher
44th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.56
fewer partiesmore parties
82nd of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
120th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.56EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 57.2%INC(I) 22.6%INC 18.1%OTH 2.2%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,59,456
Density
197 / km²
Sex ratio
974 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,436 km²
SC population23.4%
ST population18.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 7.8%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.6%
Electricity86.8%
Sanitation30.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated94.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.0%
Children underweight (under 5)32.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate75.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.7%
Clean cooking fuel80.6%
Health insurance35.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Molakalmuru SareesGI
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.