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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 160 · 1985

Bhadravathi

Winner — 1985

SALERA S. SIDDAPPA
IND
IND 42.9%INC 40.0%6 others 17.1%
Votes
31,540
42.9% share
Winning margin
2,090
2.8% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
65.7%
of 1,12,040

A closely fought contest. SALERA S. SIDDAPPA won with a 2.8% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SALERA S. SIDDAPPA
IND
31,54042.9%
2
S. ISAMIYA
INC
29,45040.0%
3
D. G. SHIVANNA GOWDA
BJP
11,62815.8%
4
G. H. GOPALAPPA
IND
2960.4%
5
SAROJAMMA
IND
2800.4%
6
V. NAGRAJA
IND
1740.2%
7
SABIRA BEGUM
IND
1290.2%
8
MANJUNATHA
IND
750.1%

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.

Low turnout (218th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.9% · min 2.8% · max 29.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
218th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
188th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.1%
lowerhigher
21st of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
IND 42.9%INC 40.0%BJP 15.8%OTH 1.3%

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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