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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 11 · 1983Reserved (SC)

Shahabad

Winner — 1983

K. B. SHARANAPPA BHIMSHA
CPI· Left
CPI 44.6%INC 43.9%4 others 11.5%
Votes
16,888
44.6% share
Winning margin
298
0.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
38.3%
of 98,894

Shahabad was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.8% — fewer than 298 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
K. B. SHARANAPPA BHIMSHA
Left
16,88844.6%
2
NARSING RAO JADHAV
Congress (I)
16,59043.9%
3
ARJUN RAMANNA
BJP
2,0485.4%
4
PRABHU
IND
8542.3%
5
SHIVARAM MOGA SAMBAJI
IND
7341.9%
6
SAIBANNA SHARANAPPA
IND
7111.9%

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.

Low turnout (196th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.6% · min 0.1% · max 20.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
60%
lowerhigher
196th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.44
fewer partiesmore parties
94th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
79th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.44EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPI 44.6%INC 43.9%BJP 5.4%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
47,79,661
Density
356 / km²
Sex ratio
973 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
13,433 km²
SC population12.1%
ST population6.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
84%HINDU
Hindu 84.5%Muslim 11.1%Other 4.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water54.0%
Electricity83.9%
Sanitation32.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.5%
Children fully vaccinated81.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.9%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate74.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER32.8%
Clean cooking fuel74.8%
Health insurance20.7%

What's nearby?

4 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Auto components🏺Foundry
Old Jain Temple outside the commissariat storryard.

Old Jain Temple outside the commissariat storryard.

🏛️MonumentASI

Old Jain Temple outside the commissariat storryard.

safa masjid

safa masjid

🏛️MonumentASI

safa masjid

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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