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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 103 · 1999

Kiragaval

Winner — 1999

DC THAMMANNA
INC· INC
INC 44.6%JD(U) 43.9%4 others 11.5%
Votes
44,523
44.6% share
Winning margin
724
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
77.9%
of 1,28,116

Kiragaval was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 724 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DC THAMMANNA
INC
44,52344.6%
2
KN NAGEGOWDA
NDA
43,79943.9%
3
S SHIVANNA
5,8015.8%
4
N MAHESH
BSP
4,8874.9%
5
ANDANI
IND
6380.6%
6
R RAJESHEKARAIAH
IND
1940.2%

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.

Average turnout (72nd), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.2% · min 0.6% · max 33.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
72nd of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.26
fewer partiesmore parties
16th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
14th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.26EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.6%JD(U) 43.9%JD(S) 5.8%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
19,45,497
Density
328 / km²
Sex ratio
972 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,924 km²
SC population20.2%
ST population12.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
85%HINDU
Hindu 85.3%Muslim 13.7%Other 1.1%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water69.7%
Electricity92.1%
Sanitation46.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.3%
Children fully vaccinated79.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER38.4%
Children underweight (under 5)32.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.7%
Women literate76.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER19.1%
Clean cooking fuel79.1%
Health insurance25.2%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cotton based processing (ginning) & garmenting🏺Millets
🏛️

Hill, Fort and Ruined Palace, Uchchangidurg

🏛️MonumentASI

Hill, Fort and Ruined Palace

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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