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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 179 · 1978

Kundgol

Winner — 1978

KATAGI MAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPA
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 60.7%JNP 29.5%6 others 9.8%
Votes
34,761
60.7% share
Winning margin
17,877
31.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
74.9%
of 76,427

Kundgol is a safe seat — KATAGI MAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPA won by 31.2%.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KATAGI MAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPA
INC(I)
INC
34,76160.7%
2
MUNIR DIVANASAB HAIDARSAB
Janata
16,88429.5%
3
UMACHAGI LINGANAGOUDA BASANAGOUDA
IND
2,3854.2%
4
BISIROTTI FAKKIRAPPA FAKKIRAPPA
IND
1,3002.3%
5
PATIL GOUDAPPAGOUDA SHIVANAGOUDA
IND
7961.4%
6
SHETTAR CHANNABASAPPA GURUSHIDDAPPA
INC
7791.4%
7
BAGAL SHIVAPPA MALLAPPA
IND
2730.5%
8
HARIJAN YAMANAPPA BASAPPA
IND
540.1%

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.

Average turnout (78th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.3% · min 1.3% · max 31.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
80%
lowerhigher
78th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.91
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
63rd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 60.7%JNP 29.5%OTH 9.8%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
9,90,923
Density
431 / km²
Sex ratio
946 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,298 km²
SC population21.6%
ST population5.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
90%HINDU
Hindu 89.9%Muslim 9.3%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water66.8%
Electricity95.3%
Sanitation79.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births100.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER36.6%
Children underweight (under 5)23.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.2%
Women literate83.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.1%
Clean cooking fuel93.6%
Health insurance34.9%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Fort, Devanahalli

Fort, Devanahalli

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

🏛️

Tipu Sultan's Birth Palace

🏛️MonumentASI

Tipu Sultan's Birth Palace

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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