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Winner — 1999
B.B.SHIVAPPA
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 30.8%INC 29.5%4 others 39.7%
Votes
31,702
30.8% share
Winning margin
1,344
1.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
70.1%
of 1,46,735
Sakleshpur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 1,344 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.B.SHIVAPPA | NDA (NDA) | 31,702 | 30.8% |
| 2 | B.R.GURUDEV | INC | 30,358 | 29.5% |
| 3 | H.M.VISWANATH | 29,682 | 28.9% | |
| 4 | B.C.SHANKARACHAR | BSP | 5,863 | 5.7% |
| 5 | J.D.SOMAPPA | IND | 4,621 | 4.5% |
| 6 | THAMMAYANNA | IND | 646 | 0.6% |
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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 (37th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean1.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.3% · min 1.3% · max 25.1%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
84%
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37th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.92
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.4%
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194th of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.92EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 30.8%INC 29.5%JD(S) 28.9%BSP 5.7%OTH 5.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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?
3 locationsSEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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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.