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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 21 · 1985

Raichur

Winner — 1985

MOHAMED ONER ABDUL RAHMAN
INC· INC
INC 52.9%JNP 20.3%7 others 26.9%
Votes
21,896
52.9% share
Winning margin
13,504
32.6% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
39.9%
of 1,03,823

Raichur is a safe seat — MOHAMED ONER ABDUL RAHMAN won by 32.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAMED ONER ABDUL RAHMAN
INC
21,89652.9%
2
ABDUL SANAD SIDDIQUI
Janata
8,39220.3%
3
M. NAGAPPA
IND
7,39417.9%
4
NARASINGRAO KULKARNI
IND
1,5893.8%
5
NIDUGURTHY SHANKARAPPA
BJP
1,3243.2%
6
MUSTIPALLY KRISHAYYA
IND
4271.0%
7
V. H. MASTER
IND
2360.6%
8
N. MURTHY
IND
1290.3%
9
SYED MOHAMED TAKAYE BABED
IND
380.1%

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 (140th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
32.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 1.8% · max 32.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
75%
lowerhigher
140th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.21
fewer partiesmore parties
133rd of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.6%
lowerhigher
122nd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.21EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 52.9%JNP 20.3%IND 17.9%OTH 9.0%

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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