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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 40 · 2009 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Chittapur

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Winner — 2009 by-elections

Valmiki Nayak
BJP
BJP 45.5%INC 44.0%7 others 10.5%
Votes
48,365
45.5% share
Winning margin
1,606
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
9

Chittapur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 1,606 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
Valmiki Nayak
BJP
48,36545.5%
2
Priyank Kharge
INC
46,75944.0%
3
Basavaraj Bennur
JD(S)
4,9044.6%
4
Shankar Jadhav
BPP
1,4101.3%
5
Ayyappa Ramatirth
BSP
1,3561.3%
6
S. R. Ghattargi
IND
1,2861.2%
7
Devindra S/O Hanmanth
IND
9770.9%
8
Satyam S. A.
IND
6170.6%
9
R. Khataappa
IND
6020.6%

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.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Low turnout (186th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.8% · min 0.5% · max 25.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
64%
lowerhigher
186th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.10
fewer partiesmore parties
181st of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
144th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
6 seats · 4 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.10EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.5%INC 44.0%OTH 10.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
25,66,326
Density
234 / km²
Sex ratio
971 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,954 km²
SC population25.3%
ST population2.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
78%HINDU
Hindu 78.4%Muslim 20.0%Other 1.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water56.8%
Electricity87.0%
Sanitation25.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births88.7%
Children fully vaccinated75.3%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.5%
Children underweight (under 5)36.2%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER56.0%
Women literate68.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.8%
Clean cooking fuel58.5%
Health insurance17.4%

What's nearby?

1 location
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cement🏺Shahabad stones🏺Toor Daal
🏛️

Ancient excavated site remains of Buddhist stupa

🏛️MonumentASI

Ancient excavated site remains of Buddhist stupa

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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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