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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 79 · 2008

Bhatkal

Winner — 2008

J D NAIK
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 44.7%BJP 33.6%6 others 21.6%
Votes
49,079
44.7% share
Winning margin
12,166
11.1% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
63.5%
of 1,72,949

A clear win with a 11.1% margin.

Seat history

0 of 8 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.10 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
J D NAIK
INC (UPA)
49,07944.7%
2
NAIK SHIVANANDA NARAYANA
NDA
36,91333.6%
3
YASHODHARA GANAPA NAIK
Samajwadi Party
12,53811.4%
4
NAIK PARAMESHWAR TIPPAYYA
4,2113.8%
5
BHUSHAN NAIK
IND
2,9462.7%
6
SANTOSHA HANUMANTHA PRABHU
BSP
1,4371.3%
7
S M ZAKRIYA
IND
1,4371.3%
8
SHETTY GIRISH LOKESHWAR
RAHS
1,1791.1%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (104th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
11.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 1.8% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
104th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
192nd of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
93rd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 44.7%BJP 33.6%SP 11.4%OTH 10.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
0/8

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.10 Cr

A sparsely populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,37,169
Density
140 / km²
Sex ratio
979 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,277 km²
SC population8.1%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.6%Muslim 13.1%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.4%
Electricity90.9%
Sanitation59.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated93.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate84.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel73.4%
Health insurance32.0%

What's nearby?

20 locations
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Adike Narayan Devasthan and 2 Others 1) Virupaksha devasthan, 2) Venkatraman Devastana

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Adike Narayan Devasthan and 2 Others 1) Virupaksha devasthan, 2) Venkatraman Devastana

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Chandranath Basti

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Chaturmukh Basti

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Chaturmukh Basti

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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