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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 216 · 1978

Hungund

Winner — 1978

KAVASHETTI SHANKARAPPA SUGURAPPA
IND
IND 39.8%INC(I) 39.6%2 others 20.7%
Votes
19,276
39.8% share
Winning margin
102
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
65.8%
of 73,604

Hungund was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 102 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KAVASHETTI SHANKARAPPA SUGURAPPA
IND
19,27639.8%
2
PATIL SHIVAYYA MAHABALAYYA
INC(I)
INC
19,17439.6%
3
MELLIGERI SHIVAPUTRAPPA SHIVABASAPPA
Janata
8,52217.6%
4
KATHANI BASAPPA GAVIYAPPA
INC
1,4913.1%

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 (197th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.1% · min 0.2% · max 28.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
197th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
120th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
57th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 39.8%INC(I) 39.6%JNP 17.6%OTH 3.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,01,127
Density
476 / km²
Sex ratio
985 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,307 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population11.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 9.7%Other 2.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.4%
Electricity93.1%
Sanitation55.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated97.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)28.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Women literate78.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.5%
Clean cooking fuel94.7%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

9 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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