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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 171 · 2004

Ankola

Winner — 2004

VISHVESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 48.5%INC 31.8%4 others 19.6%
Votes
46,787
48.5% share
Winning margin
16,078
16.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
72.6%
of 1,32,845

Ankola is a safe seat — VISHVESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI won by 16.7%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
VISHVESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI
NDA (NDA)
46,78748.5%
2
SHANTARAM HEGDE SHIGEHALLI
UPA
30,70931.9%
3
VENKATESH HEGDE HOSBALE
12,42812.9%
4
VASANT GOVIND NAYAK
KNDP
2,7602.9%
5
HEGDE GANESH GANAPATI
JP
2,5392.6%
6
MERE REBELLO URBAN
USYP
1,2081.3%

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 (205th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
16.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 5.5% · max 34.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
56%
lowerhigher
205th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.18
fewer partiesmore parties
146th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
6th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.18EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.5%INC 31.9%JD(S) 12.9%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?

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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