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Winner — 1978
M. VEERAPPA MOILY
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 55.6%JNP 38.9%4 others 5.5%
Votes
29,941
55.6% share
Winning margin
8,956
16.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
76.3%
of 70,641
Karkal is a safe seat — M. VEERAPPA MOILY won by 16.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. VEERAPPA MOILY |  INC(I)INC | 29,941 | 55.6% |
| 2 | M. K. VIJAYAKUMAR | Janata | 20,985 | 38.9% |
| 3 | B. VITTAL SALIAN | INC | 1,732 | 3.2% |
| 4 | R. NIRMALA KUMAR | IND | 576 | 1.1% |
| 5 | K. KRISHNA MOORTHY | IND | 407 | 0.8% |
| 6 | Y. DEVARAYA PAI | IND | 252 | 0.5% |
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.
Low turnout (191st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe16.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 8.2% · max 26.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
191st of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
69th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.6%JNP 38.9%OTH 5.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
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