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Winner — 1983
H. D. CHOWDIAH
INC· Congress (I)
INC 54.6%JNP 45.4%
Votes
32,483
54.6% share
Winning margin
5,517
9.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
79.9%
of 74,374
A clear win with a 9.3% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
2 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H. D. CHOWDIAH | Congress (I) | 32,483 | 54.6% |
| 2 | K. V. SHANKARA GOWDA | Janata | 26,966 | 45.4% |
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 (171st), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe9.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 20.6% · min 1.3% · max 51.3%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
69%
lowerhigher
171st of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.06
fewer partiesmore parties
203rd of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
139th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.6%JNP 45.4%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,45,497
Density
328 / km²
Sex ratio
972 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,924 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population12.0%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.3%Muslim 13.7%Other 1.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water69.7%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation46.4%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated79.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.4%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.7%
Women literate76.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.1%
Clean cooking fuel79.1%
Health insurance25.2%
What's nearby?
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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.