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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1978

Mayakonda

Winner — 1978

NAGAMMA C. KESHAVAMURTY
INC(I)· INC
INC(I) 47.0%JNP 37.5%3 others 15.4%
Votes
28,277
47.0% share
Winning margin
5,721
9.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
70.1%
of 85,707

A clear win with a 9.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
NAGAMMA C. KESHAVAMURTY
INC(I)
INC
28,27747.0%
2
K.G. MAHESWARAPPA
Janata
22,55637.5%
3
M. MUDEGOWDAPPA
INC
8,52814.2%
4
ORKARAPPA
IND
5140.9%
5
SHAKAR THIPPANNA
IND
2380.4%

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 (150th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 11.9% · min 0.6% · max 26.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
150th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.31
fewer partiesmore parties
108th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
100th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC(I) 47.0%JNP 37.5%INC 14.2%OTH 1.3%

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?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Cement🏺Shahabad stones🏺Toor Daal

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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