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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 167 · 1989

Shikaripur

Winner — 1989

B. S. YEDIYURAPPA
BJP· BJP
BJP 41.4%IND 38.8%5 others 19.7%
Votes
36,589
41.4% share
Winning margin
2,274
2.6% of votes
Total candidates
7
Turnout
73.4%
of 1,20,283

A closely fought contest. B. S. YEDIYURAPPA won with a 2.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

7 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. S. YEDIYURAPPA
BJP
36,58941.4%
2
NAGARADA MAHADEVAPPA
IND
34,31538.9%
3
K. SHEKARAPPA
INC
7,9359.0%
4
G. BASAVANAPPA
JNP(JP)
4,4565.0%
5
ARUNA N.
KRS
2,6213.0%
6
T. H. MAHADEVAPPA
National Front
2,2342.5%
7
B. PAPAIAH
IND
1790.2%

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 (219th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
2.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.5% · min 1.8% · max 35.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
52%
lowerhigher
219th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.15
fewer partiesmore parties
153rd of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
27th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.15EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 41.4%IND 38.9%INC 9.0%JNP(JP) 5.0%OTH 5.7%

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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