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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 168 · 1985Reserved (SC)

Sirsi

Winner — 1985

KANNADE GOPAL MUKUND
INC· INC
INC 46.2%JNP 44.2%3 others 9.6%
Votes
32,414
46.3% share
Winning margin
1,459
2.1% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
69.5%
of 1,00,819

A closely fought contest. KANNADE GOPAL MUKUND won with a 2.1% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KANNADE GOPAL MUKUND
INC
32,41446.3%
2
JAIWANT PREMANAND SUBRAYA
Janata
30,95544.2%
3
KRISHNA VENKATRAMAN BHARKAL
BJP
5,9018.4%
4
GUTYA NAGA JOGIEKAR
IND
4860.7%
5
ACHUT DURGA PALEKAP
IND
3290.5%

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 (215th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 1.9% · max 43.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
54%
lowerhigher
215th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.24
fewer partiesmore parties
130th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
48th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.3%JNP 44.2%BJP 8.4%OTH 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
96,21,551
Density
4381 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,196 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.3%Muslim 13.0%Christian 5.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.1%
Electricity98.0%
Sanitation94.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Women literate87.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.5%
Clean cooking fuel97.2%
Health insurance28.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Aerospace & Defense🏺Handloom Silk Sarees🏺IT/ITES and R&D🏺Ready-made Garment Manufacturing

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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