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Winner — 1983
B. L. GOWDA
JNP· Janata
JNP 56.4%INC 29.5%4 others 14.2%
Votes
33,536
56.4% share
Winning margin
16,023
26.9% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
64.6%
of 92,004
Chitradurga is a safe seat — B. L. GOWDA won by 26.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. L. GOWDA | Janata | 33,536 | 56.4% |
| 2 | V. MASIYAPPA | Congress (I) | 17,513 | 29.4% |
| 3 | SHAIK MOHAMMED | IND | 6,958 | 11.7% |
| 4 | S. L. THYAGARAJA | IND | 588 | 1.0% |
| 5 | E. H. VASUDEVA REDDY | BJP | 543 | 0.9% |
| 6 | M. J. JAYAKUMAR | IND | 326 | 0.6% |
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 (206th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean26.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.5% · min 0.7% · max 26.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
206th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.12
fewer partiesmore parties
166th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
71st of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.12EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 56.4%INC 29.4%IND 11.7%OTH 2.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,66,326
Density
234 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,954 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population2.5%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.4%Muslim 20.0%Other 1.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.8%
Electricity87.0%
Sanitation25.5%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.0%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Clean cooking fuel58.5%
Health insurance17.4%
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.