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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 63 · 1978
Chiknaikanahalli
Winner — 1978
N.BASAVAIAH
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 54.6%JNP 39.0%2 others 6.4%
Votes
31,627
54.6% share
Winning margin
9,033
15.6% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
82.0%
of 70,664
Chiknaikanahalli is a safe seat — N.BASAVAIAH won by 15.6%.
Seat history
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N.BASAVAIAH |  INC(I)INC | 31,627 | 54.6% |
| 2 | T.M. MAJABATH | Janata | 22,594 | 39.0% |
| 3 | B.LAKKAPPA | INC | 3,426 | 5.9% |
| 4 | S.T.VENKATEGOWDA | IND | 288 | 0.5% |
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 (96th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean15.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.8% · max 28.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
79%
lowerhigher
96th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.11
fewer partiesmore parties
173rd of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
52nd of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.11EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 54.6%JNP 39.0%INC 5.9%OTH 0.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,89,920
Density
250 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,570 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population11.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 11.6%Other 0.7%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.1%
Electricity86.0%
Sanitation18.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.8%
Women literate59.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance20.6%
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.