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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1978

Bellavi

Winner — 1978

G.S.SHIVANANJAPPA
JNP· Janata
JNP 47.4%INC(I) 46.4%5 others 6.1%
Votes
27,736
47.5% share
Winning margin
602
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
72.4%
of 80,724

Bellavi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 602 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
G.S.SHIVANANJAPPA
Janata
27,73647.5%
2
R.NARAYANA
INC(I)
INC
27,13446.4%
3
T.GOVINDARAJU
INC
1,5432.6%
4
T.V.N. PRASAD JAIN
IND
1,0131.7%
5
CHINNAKOTAPPA
IND
5500.9%
6
K.C. LINGAPPA
IND
3410.6%
7
T.H. HANUMANTHARAYAPPA
IND
1380.2%

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.

Low turnout (192nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 1.0% · max 25.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
192nd of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
189th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 47.5%INC(I) 46.4%OTH 6.1%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,28,812
Density
228 / km²
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,442 km²
SC population20.8%
ST population19.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.7%Muslim 14.1%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.1%
Electricity87.5%
Sanitation20.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.9%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.4%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.9%
Clean cooking fuel64.9%
Health insurance17.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton and cotton based products🏺Pharma

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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