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Winner — 1978
UPANAL GULAPPA FAKIRAPPA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 55.0%JNP 27.8%3 others 17.1%
Votes
28,606
55.0% share
Winning margin
14,140
27.2% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
72.5%
of 71,750
Shirhatti is a safe seat — UPANAL GULAPPA FAKIRAPPA won by 27.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPANAL GULAPPA FAKIRAPPA |  INC(I)INC | 28,606 | 55.0% |
| 2 | NOORASHETTAR IRAPPA CHANDABASAPPA | Janata | 14,466 | 27.8% |
| 3 | KAPPATTANAVAR VIRAPAKSHAPPA BASAPPA | INC | 8,190 | 15.8% |
| 4 | PATIL VEERANAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA | IND | 611 | 1.2% |
| 5 | YALAMALI ISHWARAPPA SHIVAPPA | IND | 111 | 0.2% |
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 (97th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean27.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.2% · min 0.3% · max 27.2%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
97th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.52
fewer partiesmore parties
88th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
110th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.52EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 55.0%JNP 27.8%INC 15.8%OTH 1.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,05,769
Density
364 / km²
Sex ratio
995 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,962 km²
SC population14.7%
ST population1.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.8%Other 5.2%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.6%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation37.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated93.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.0%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel90.5%
Health insurance39.9%
What's nearby?
2 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery🏺Rice based products
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.