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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 164 · 1989

Hosanagar

Winner — 1989

B. SWAMI RAO
INC· INC
INC 43.8%JD 29.1%5 others 27.1%
Votes
39,668
43.8% share
Winning margin
13,352
14.7% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
71.9%
of 1,25,992

A clear win with a 14.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. SWAMI RAO
INC
39,66843.8%
2
G. NANJUNDAPPA
National Front
26,31629.1%
3
H. R. BASAVARAJAPPA
KRS
18,55720.5%
4
N. SEETHARAM BHAT
BJP
2,8513.1%
5
K. B. KRISHNAMURTHY
JNP(JP)
1,9312.1%
6
L. VENKATESH
IND
9561.1%
7
B. T. BHASKARSHETTI
IND
2940.3%

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 (201st), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
14.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.2% · min 0.1% · max 20.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
57%
lowerhigher
201st of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
51st of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
13th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 43.8%JD 29.1%KRS 20.5%OTH 6.7%

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?

3 locations
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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