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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 61 · 1983

Turuvekere

Winner — 1983

BHYRAPPAJI
INC· Congress (I)
INC 54.1%IND 26.8%4 others 19.1%
Votes
33,110
54.1% share
Winning margin
16,687
27.3% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
75.8%
of 80,774

Turuvekere is a safe seat — BHYRAPPAJI won by 27.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BHYRAPPAJI
Congress (I)
33,11054.1%
2
K. B. RAMAKRISHNAIAH
IND
16,42326.8%
3
M. S. SHANTHAKUMAR
BJP
7,60312.4%
4
H. A. RAMAIAH
Janata
3,8786.3%
5
T. M. JAYADEVAPPA
IND
1300.2%
6
HUTVHEGOWDA
IND
940.1%

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 (98th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
27.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.8% · min 2.3% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
98th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.04
fewer partiesmore parties
207th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
47th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.04EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 54.1%IND 26.8%BJP 12.4%JNP 6.3%OTH 0.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,89,920
Density
250 / km²
Sex ratio
986 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,570 km²
SC population18.6%
ST population11.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 87.6%Muslim 11.6%Other 0.7%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water72.1%
Electricity86.0%
Sanitation18.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births90.7%
Children fully vaccinated84.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.1%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER54.8%
Women literate59.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Clean cooking fuel47.4%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏷️Kinhal ToysGI

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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