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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 178 · 1983

Kalghatgi

Winner — 1983

FATHAR JACOB PALLIPURATHU
IND
IND 46.6%INC 45.6%5 others 7.9%
Votes
23,664
46.6% share
Winning margin
496
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
68.9%
of 73,806

Kalghatgi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 496 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
FATHAR JACOB PALLIPURATHU
IND
23,66446.6%
2
PATIL FAKIRAGOUDA SHIVANAGOUDA
Congress (I)
23,16845.6%
3
MATHAD SHANTAKKA BASABANTAYYA
IND
3,0376.0%
4
PUJAR GANGADHARAYYA VASAVANNAYYA
IND
4230.8%
5
HIREMATH CHANNEYYA CHANAVEERAYYA
IND
2440.5%
6
HOSAKERI VEERANNA GALAGALAPPA
IND
1930.4%
7
IRAKAL TIPPANASA TULAJANASA
IND
980.2%

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.

High turnout (2nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.6% · min 1.0% · max 15.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
2nd of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
189th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
224th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 46.6%INC 45.6%IND 6.0%OTH 1.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,90,923
Density
431 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,298 km²
SC population21.6%
ST population5.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.9%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.8%
Electricity95.3%
Sanitation79.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.6%
Children underweight (under 5)23.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.2%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel93.6%
Health insurance34.9%

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