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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 150 · 2004

Karkal

Winner — 2004

SUNIL KUMAR
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 53.1%INC 43.1%2 others 3.8%
Votes
52,061
53.1% share
Winning margin
9,795
10.0% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
73.7%
of 1,33,079

A clear win with a 10.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SUNIL KUMAR
NDA (NDA)
52,06153.1%
2
GOPALA BHANDARI H
UPA
42,26643.1%
3
PANDARINATHA SHENOY Y
KNDP
2,2052.3%
4
ANAND BANDIMATA C
1,5601.6%

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 (191st), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
10.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.4% · min 8.2% · max 26.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
63%
lowerhigher
191st of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.69
fewer partiesmore parties
74th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
69th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.69EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.1%INC 43.1%OTH 3.8%

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?

2 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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