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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 56 · 1978

Koratagere

Winner — 1978

MUDDARAMAIAH
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 46.8%JNP 39.0%4 others 14.2%
Votes
29,833
46.8% share
Winning margin
4,998
7.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
72.0%
of 88,432

A clear win with a 7.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUDDARAMAIAH
INC(I)
INC
29,83346.8%
2
VEERANNA
Janata
24,83539.0%
3
RAMMANNA M.
IND
5,2858.3%
4
MOREGOWDA H.
INC
2,0053.1%
5
NANJEGOWDA N.
IND
1,1951.9%
6
DEVARAJ D.A.
IND
5610.9%

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 (144th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
7.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 0.7% · max 19.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
144th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.17
fewer partiesmore parties
148th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.6%
lowerhigher
3rd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.17EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 46.8%JNP 39.0%IND 8.3%OTH 5.9%

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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