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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 170 · 1983

Kumta

Winner — 1983

KARKI M. P.
BJP· BJP
BJP 37.3%INC 33.8%4 others 28.9%
Votes
21,004
37.3% share
Winning margin
1,978
3.5% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
62.4%
of 90,305

A closely fought contest. KARKI M. P. won with a 3.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KARKI M. P.
BJP
21,00437.3%
2
NAYAK SEETARAM VASUDEV
Congress (I)
19,02633.8%
3
NAIK SHIVARAM JATTI
Janata
12,42122.1%
4
LAKKUMANE RAMA SHIVAPPA
IND
1,8903.4%
5
GAONKAR VASANT NARAYAN
IND
1,5062.7%
6
GANJEKAR SHESH DURGA
IND
4750.8%

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.

Low turnout (211th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 3.4% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
211th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
12th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 37.3%INC 33.8%JNP 22.1%OTH 6.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
96,21,551
Density
4381 / km²
Sex ratio
916 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,196 km²
SC population12.5%
ST population2.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
80%HINDU
Hindu 80.3%Muslim 13.0%Christian 5.3%Other 1.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water79.1%
Electricity98.0%
Sanitation94.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated78.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.3%
Children underweight (under 5)28.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Women literate87.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER14.5%
Clean cooking fuel97.2%
Health insurance28.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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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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