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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 169 · 1983

Bhatkal

Winner — 1983

NAIK RAMA NARAYAN
JNP· Janata
JNP 52.1%INC 47.9%
Votes
30,119
52.0% share
Winning margin
2,373
4.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
67.4%
of 85,909

A closely fought contest. NAIK RAMA NARAYAN won with a 4.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAIK RAMA NARAYAN
Janata
30,11952.0%
2
S. M. YAHYA
Congress (I)
27,74648.0%

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 (198th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
4.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.7% · min 2.7% · max 25.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
198th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.88
fewer partiesmore parties
55th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
33rd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.88EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 52.0%INC 48.0%

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?

5 locations
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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