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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 191 · 1985

Navalgund

Winner — 1985

KULKARNI MALLAPPA KARAVEERAPPA
INC· INC
INC 46.9%JNP 45.9%9 others 7.2%
Votes
23,469
46.9% share
Winning margin
472
0.9% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
62.1%
of 80,679

Navalgund was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.9% — fewer than 472 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KULKARNI MALLAPPA KARAVEERAPPA
INC
23,46946.9%
2
CHANDRAKANT KALLANNAVAR
Janata
22,99745.9%
3
ISHWARACHANDRA HOSAMANI
BJP
1,2462.5%
4
GOUNDANAIKAR LEELAPPA SANNAKALLAPPA
IND
6631.3%
5
MANTUR KUSHUMA SHESHAPPA
IND
5311.1%
6
SUNAGAR RUDRAPPA BALLAPPA
IND
4230.8%
7
SHIVADEVAGOUNDA ADIVEPPAGOUDA PATIL
IND
2060.4%
8
PAWADI BHARAMAPPA SHIDDAPPA
IND
1900.4%
9
ISMAILSAB DADESAB JALAGAR
IND
1600.3%
10
DEVOOR MAHDEVAPPA BASAVANNEPPA
IND
1230.3%
11
INAMATI GURRUNATH NARASIMHA
IND
800.2%

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.

High turnout (4th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.1% · min 0.9% · max 26.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
4th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.35
fewer partiesmore parties
104th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
216th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.9%JNP 45.9%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
18,05,769
Density
364 / km²
Sex ratio
995 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,962 km²
SC population14.7%
ST population1.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%HINDU
Hindu 94.8%Other 5.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water77.6%
Electricity91.7%
Sanitation37.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.5%
Children fully vaccinated93.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.3%
Children underweight (under 5)16.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.0%
Women literate78.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.1%
Clean cooking fuel90.5%
Health insurance39.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Jaggery🏺Rice based products
Panchakuta Basti

Panchakuta Basti

🏛️MonumentASI

Panchakuta Basti

Saumyakeshava Temple

Saumyakeshava Temple

🏛️MonumentASI

Saumyakeshava Temple

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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