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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 22 · 1983

Kalmala

Winner — 1983

SUDHENDRA RAO KASBE
INC· Congress (I)
INC 48.2%JNP 39.9%3 others 11.9%
Votes
19,519
48.2% share
Winning margin
3,395
8.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.2%
of 82,187

A clear win with a 8.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUDHENDRA RAO KASBE
Congress (I)
19,51948.2%
2
KRISHNAMURTHY
Janata
16,12439.9%
3
DEVIPUTRA
IND
2,0355.0%
4
BESAVALINGAYYA
IND
1,4553.6%
5
SAWARAPPA
IND
1,3283.3%

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 (102nd), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
8.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.4% · min 0.3% · max 19.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
102nd of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
180th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
91st of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.2%JNP 39.9%IND 5.0%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,89,752
Density
288 / km²
Sex ratio
989 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,552 km²
SC population16.9%
ST population5.1%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 86.5%Muslim 11.6%Other 1.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water63.4%
Electricity84.8%
Sanitation18.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births95.2%
Children fully vaccinated78.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.3%
Children underweight (under 5)42.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.0%
Women literate69.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.7%
Clean cooking fuel56.6%
Health insurance22.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Ilkal SareesGI

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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