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Winner — 1978
T. SOMAPPA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 63.8%JNP 28.6%3 others 7.6%
Votes
31,136
63.8% share
Winning margin
17,194
35.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
65.3%
of 74,645
Kudligi is a safe seat — T. SOMAPPA won by 35.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. SOMAPPA |  INC(I)INC | 31,136 | 63.8% |
| 2 | B. SATHYANARAYANA SING | Janata | 13,942 | 28.6% |
| 3 | A. BUDDAPPA | INC | 2,590 | 5.3% |
| 4 | AKKI RUDRAPPA | IND | 676 | 1.4% |
| 5 | P. KOTRAPPA | IND | 431 | 0.9% |
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 (173rd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean35.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.8% · min 0.8% · max 35.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
68%
lowerhigher
173rd of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
191st of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.6%
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117th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 63.8%JNP 28.6%INC 5.3%OTH 2.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,66,326
Density
234 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,954 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population2.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.4%Muslim 20.0%Other 1.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.8%
Electricity87.0%
Sanitation25.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.0%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Clean cooking fuel58.5%
Health insurance17.4%
What's nearby?
1 locationSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.