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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 54 · 1983

Bellavi

Winner — 1983

T. H. H. ANUMANTHARAYAPPA
INC· Congress (I)
INC 47.9%JNP 46.3%4 others 5.8%
Votes
29,418
47.9% share
Winning margin
1,008
1.6% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.3%
of 87,342

Bellavi was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.6% — fewer than 1,008 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
T. H. H. ANUMANTHARAYAPPA
Congress (I)
29,41847.9%
2
C. N. BHASKARAPPA
Janata
28,41046.3%
3
B. C. NARAYANAPPA
IND
1,5542.5%
4
KRISHNAMURTHY
IND
8501.4%
5
G. D. NAVARATHNAKUMAR
IND
7181.2%
6
A. S. CHANDRAIAH
IND
4230.7%

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 (192nd), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 1.0% · max 25.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
62%
lowerhigher
192nd of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
114th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
189th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 47.9%JNP 46.3%OTH 5.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,28,812
Density
228 / km²
Sex ratio
1000 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
8,442 km²
SC population20.8%
ST population19.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 84.7%Muslim 14.1%Other 1.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water61.1%
Electricity87.5%
Sanitation20.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.9%
Children fully vaccinated80.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.8%
Children underweight (under 5)40.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER60.4%
Women literate54.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER21.9%
Clean cooking fuel64.9%
Health insurance17.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton and cotton based products🏺Pharma

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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