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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 160 · 1983

Bhadravathi

Winner — 1983

SALAR S. SIDDAPPA
JNP· Janata
JNP 49.3%INC 37.5%7 others 13.2%
Votes
34,576
49.3% share
Winning margin
8,233
11.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
69.8%
of 1,00,514

A clear win with a 11.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SALAR S. SIDDAPPA
Janata
34,57649.3%
2
D. MNJAPPA
Congress (I)
26,34337.5%
3
VISWANATH KOTI
BJP
6,3599.1%
4
K. JYOTHILINGA RAO
Lok Dal
1,6282.3%
5
K. NINGAIAH
ICS
8101.1%
6
R. RAJASHEKHARA
IND
1440.2%
7
SATHYANARAYANA RAO
IND
1370.2%
8
H. C. DASEGOWDA
IND
1320.2%
9
SHEKARAPPA B.
IND
730.1%

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 (218th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 2.8% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
218th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
21st of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 49.3%INC 37.5%BJP 9.1%OTH 4.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
96,21,551
Density
4381 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,196 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.3%Muslim 13.0%Christian 5.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.1%
Electricity98.0%
Sanitation94.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Women literate87.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.5%
Clean cooking fuel97.2%
Health insurance28.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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.

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