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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 78 · 1999

Gandhinagar

Winner — 1999

DINESH GUNDURAO
INC· INC
INC 25.3%IND 23.5%12 others 51.2%
Votes
15,634
25.3% share
Winning margin
1,115
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
14
Turnout
56.2%
of 1,09,799

Gandhinagar was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 1,115 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

14 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
DINESH GUNDURAO
INC
15,63425.3%
2
NAGARAJ V
IND
14,51923.5%
3
YUVARAJ
7,51612.2%
4
SRIKANTAMURTHY DS
NDA
6,17810.0%
5
MUNIYAPPA B
IND
5,9229.6%
6
GOVINDARAJU L
5,1758.4%
7
D J CHRISTOPHER CHAKRAVARTHI
IND
2,8354.6%
8
KRISHNAKUMAR SR
IND
1,9913.2%
9
SHIVAKUMAR S
IND
8681.4%
10
THYAGARAJ BK
IND
3160.5%
11
ANBUVELU
IND
2540.4%
12
MURTHY M
IND
2420.4%
13
PRABHU S
NCP
1780.3%
14
KUMAR
IND
1180.2%

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.

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
1.8%
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
INC 25.3%IND 23.5%ADMK 12.2%JD(U) 10.0%IND 9.6%JD(S) 8.4%OTH 11.0%

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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