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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 174 · 1978

Dharwad Rural

Winner — 1978

MADIMAN SUMATI BHALACHANDRA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 63.7%JNP 32.3%2 others 4.0%
Votes
30,354
63.7% share
Winning margin
14,976
31.4% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.7%
of 72,498

Dharwad Rural is a safe seat — MADIMAN SUMATI BHALACHANDRA won by 31.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MADIMAN SUMATI BHALACHANDRA
INC(I)
INC
30,35463.7%
2
DASANKOP ABDUL HAMID HASANSAB
Janata
15,37832.3%
3
WAI VENKANNACHARYA VADHIRAJACHARYA
INC
1,2792.7%
4
SOPPI CHANDRASHEKHAR LINGABASAPPA
IND
6221.3%

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.

Low turnout (208th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 2.7% · max 31.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
208th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.16
fewer partiesmore parties
150th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
9th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.16EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.7%JNP 32.3%OTH 4.0%

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?

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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