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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 215 · 1983

Guledgud

Winner — 1983

BANNI MALLIKARJUN VEERAPPA
BJP· BJP
BJP 43.8%INC 42.8%3 others 13.3%
Votes
23,166
43.8% share
Winning margin
526
1.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
62.5%
of 84,563

Guledgud was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.0% — fewer than 526 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BANNI MALLIKARJUN VEERAPPA
BJP
23,16643.8%
2
JANALI BASANGOUDA VEERANAGOUDA
Congress (I)
22,64042.8%
3
TALAGERI MALLAPPA BASAPPA
IND
3,0915.8%
4
ARIPACHASEB MURTUJASAB
IND
2,7915.3%
5
JAMKHANI MYMUDDIN MURTUJASAHEB
IND
1,1692.2%

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.

Average turnout (141st), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.1% · min 1.0% · max 21.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
141st of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.06
fewer partiesmore parties
33rd of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
49th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.06EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 43.8%INC 42.8%IND 5.8%IND 5.3%OTH 2.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
30,01,127
Density
476 / km²
Sex ratio
985 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,307 km²
SC population17.9%
ST population11.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.7%Muslim 9.7%Other 2.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water82.4%
Electricity93.1%
Sanitation55.0%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated97.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.5%
Children underweight (under 5)28.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Women literate78.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER17.5%
Clean cooking fuel94.7%
Health insurance26.2%

What's nearby?

4 locations
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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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