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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 161 · 1989

Honnali

Winner — 1989

D. B. GANGAPPA
INC· INC
INC 48.9%JD 37.9%5 others 13.2%
Votes
49,177
48.9% share
Winning margin
11,072
11.0% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
75.3%
of 1,33,382

A clear win with a 11.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D. B. GANGAPPA
INC
49,17748.9%
2
D. G. BASAVANAGOUDA
National Front
38,10537.9%
3
K. GANESHAPPA
KRS
7,0237.0%
4
ARABAGATTE HANUMANTAPPA
JNP(JP)
2,8952.9%
5
M. CHANDRASEKHARAPPA
IND
2,5102.5%
6
NAGARAJAPPA
IND
4810.5%
7
K. M. KUBERAPPA
IND
3070.3%

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 (224th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.5% · min 1.9% · max 29.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
47%
lowerhigher
224th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.20
fewer partiesmore parties
141st of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
5th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.20EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 48.9%JD 37.9%KRS 7.0%OTH 6.2%

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
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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.

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