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Winner — 1978
NALAWAGAL SOMALINGAPPA HANUMANTAPPA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 43.5%JNP 42.2%2 others 14.3%
Votes
25,675
43.5% share
Winning margin
783
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
73.3%
of 80,463
Ranibennur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 783 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NALAWAGAL SOMALINGAPPA HANUMANTAPPA |  INC(I)INC | 25,675 | 43.5% |
| 2 | PATIL BASANAGOUDA GURUNAGOUDA | Janata | 24,892 | 42.2% |
| 3 | KOLIWAD KRISHTAPPA BHIMAPPA | INC | 8,238 | 14.0% |
| 4 | Y. MAHARUDRAPPA VEERAPPA | IND | 203 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (36th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.4% · min 0.5% · max 37.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
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36th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.42
fewer partiesmore parties
98th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
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165th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.42EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 43.5%JNP 42.2%INC 14.0%OTH 0.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,90,923
Density
431 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,298 km²
SC population21.6%
ST population5.3%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.9%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.8%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.8%
Electricity95.3%
Sanitation79.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.6%
Children underweight (under 5)23.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.2%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel93.6%
Health insurance34.9%