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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1983

Gandhinagar

Winner — 1983

M. S. NARAYANA RAO
JNP· Janata
JNP 54.7%INC 37.3%9 others 8.0%
Votes
28,604
54.7% share
Winning margin
9,093
17.4% of votes
Total candidates
11
Turnout
61.8%
of 84,669

Gandhinagar is a safe seat — M. S. NARAYANA RAO won by 17.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
M. S. NARAYANA RAO
Janata
28,60454.7%
2
HARIPRASAD B. K.
Congress (I)
19,51137.3%
3
SUBRAMANI
BJP
1,7953.4%
4
P. M. THANGAVELU
IND
7111.4%
5
MYSORE KUMAR
ICS
3930.8%
6
M. B. RAMU
IND
3490.7%
7
CHIKKA VEERAIAH
IND
2110.4%
8
B. YELLAPPA
IND
2070.4%
9
C. V. GURUVE GOWDA
IND
1960.4%
10
VATHSALA
IND
1650.3%
11
V. SHIVAKUARM
IND
1600.3%

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 (115th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 12.7% · min 0.0% · max 46.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
115th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.94
fewer partiesmore parties
45th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.4%
lowerhigher
10th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.94EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JNP 54.7%INC 37.3%OTH 8.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
14,37,169
Density
140 / km²
Sex ratio
979 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
10,277 km²
SC population8.1%
ST population2.4%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
83%HINDU
Hindu 82.6%Muslim 13.1%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water27.4%
Electricity90.9%
Sanitation59.3%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births99.3%
Children fully vaccinated93.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER29.6%
Children underweight (under 5)33.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.6%
Women literate84.3%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.6%
Clean cooking fuel73.4%
Health insurance32.0%

What's nearby?

3 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Figure of a tiger opposite to English School

🏛️MonumentASI

Figure of a tiger opposite to English School

Fort, Mirjan

Fort, Mirjan

🏛️MonumentASI

Fort

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Tombs on the right side of the Manku Kumta road

🏛️MonumentASI

Tombs on the right side of the Manku Kumta road

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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