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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 138 · 1994

Puttur

Winner — 1994

D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA
BJP· BJP
BJP 48.6%INC 48.2%3 others 3.2%
Votes
53,015
48.6% share
Winning margin
404
0.4% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
78.3%
of 1,39,300

Puttur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.4% — fewer than 404 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA
BJP
53,01548.6%
2
VINAYA KUMAR SORAKE
INC
52,61148.2%
3
A. HEMANATH SHETTY
KCP
1,7821.6%
4
PARPAKAJE ISHWAR BHAT
Janata Dal
1,4111.3%
5
B. VENUGOPALA MANIYANI
IND
2890.3%

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.

High turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.3% · min 0.4% · max 28.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
86%
lowerhigher
17th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.38
fewer partiesmore parties
100th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
198th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.38EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.6%INC 48.2%OTH 3.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
26,78,980
Density
253 / km²
Sex ratio
984 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,597 km²
SC population18.9%
ST population7.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 90.1%Muslim 9.2%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.8%
Electricity88.4%
Sanitation32.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated97.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER40.3%
Children underweight (under 5)26.7%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.3%
Women literate81.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER24.8%
Clean cooking fuel85.3%
Health insurance31.0%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Fort, Madhugiri

Fort, Madhugiri

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

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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