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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 117 · 1978

Chamundeswari

Winner — 1978

D.JAYADEVARAJA URS
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 36.4%JNP 34.4%6 others 29.2%
Votes
20,529
36.4% share
Winning margin
1,079
1.9% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
70.0%
of 80,642

Chamundeswari was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.9% — fewer than 1,079 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D.JAYADEVARAJA URS
INC(I)
INC
20,52936.4%
2
M.RAJASHEKARA MURTHY
Janata
19,45034.4%
3
K.KAMPEREGOWDA
INC
12,77622.6%
4
S.BOREGOWDA
IND
1,8073.2%
5
RACHANIKA
IND
1,1472.0%
6
N.P. RUDRAPPA RAO
IND
3520.6%
7
SOMAIAH
IND
2370.4%
8
N.SIDDAPPA
IND
1690.3%

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 (79th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 1.9% · max 30.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
79th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
186th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
67th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 36.4%JNP 34.4%INC 22.6%OTH 6.6%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
17,52,753
Density
207 / km²
Sex ratio
998 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,478 km²
SC population17.6%
ST population3.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.4%Muslim 13.4%Other 2.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water65.3%
Electricity90.5%
Sanitation71.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.7%
Children fully vaccinated96.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.0%
Children underweight (under 5)34.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER41.9%
Women literate79.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.1%
Clean cooking fuel85.7%
Health insurance26.5%

What's nearby?

5 locations
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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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