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Winner — 1983
HANUME GOWAD SHEKHARGOUNDA
INC· Congress (I)
INC 60.1%BJP 29.9%1 others 10.0%
Votes
24,955
60.1% share
Winning margin
12,529
30.2% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
46.2%
of 89,895
Kushtagi is a safe seat — HANUME GOWAD SHEKHARGOUNDA won by 30.2%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HANUME GOWAD SHEKHARGOUNDA | Congress (I) | 24,955 | 60.1% |
| 2 | TURKANI SHARBHENDRA VEERAPPA | BJP | 12,426 | 29.9% |
| 3 | PARAPPA AVVANNEPPA | Janata | 4,158 | 10.0% |
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 (156th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean30.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.3% · min 2.5% · max 37.4%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
72%
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156th of 224How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
184th of 224How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
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73rd of 224Where does the house stand?
SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 60.1%BJP 29.9%JNP 10.0%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,77,331
Density
207 / km²
Sex ratio
960 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,498 km²
SC population20.3%
ST population1.8%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
82%HINDU
Hindu 82.1%Muslim 17.0%Other 1.0%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water48.2%
Electricity80.6%
Sanitation18.1%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births91.8%
Children fully vaccinated71.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER45.9%
Children underweight (under 5)39.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.9%
Women literate66.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.2%
Clean cooking fuel60.6%
Health insurance21.2%
What's nearby?
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