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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 118 · 1983

Nanjangud

Winner — 1983

M. MAHADEV
INC· Congress (I)
INC 38.6%JNP 38.5%7 others 22.8%
Votes
19,124
38.6% share
Winning margin
45
0.1% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
62.7%
of 79,024

Nanjangud was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.1% — fewer than 45 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. MAHADEV
Congress (I)
19,12438.6%
2
K. NARASEGOWDA
Janata
19,07938.5%
3
H. LINGAPPA
BJP
4,6359.4%
4
MALLANNA
IND
3,8527.8%
5
MADA SETTY
IND
8641.7%
6
SRINIVASEGOWDA
IND
8451.7%
7
KATOOR SIDDANAIKA
IND
5021.0%
8
N. S. RAJA IYYANAGAR
ICJ
3420.7%
9
RAMACHANDRA
IND
2720.6%

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 (106th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.2% · min 0.1% · max 31.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
106th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
187th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
105th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.6%JNP 38.5%BJP 9.4%IND 7.8%OTH 5.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
11,77,361
Density
329 / km²
Sex ratio
1095 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,582 km²
SC population6.4%
ST population4.5%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
86%HINDU
Hindu 85.7%Muslim 8.2%Christian 5.6%Other 0.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water18.6%
Electricity91.3%
Sanitation87.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births98.9%
Children fully vaccinated89.9%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER23.1%
Children underweight (under 5)21.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.3%
Women literate90.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER4.4%
Clean cooking fuel67.8%
Health insurance50.9%

What's nearby?

2 locations
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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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