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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 170 · 2004

Kumta

Winner — 2004

MOHAN KRISHNA SHETTY
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 33.8%BJP 30.4%7 others 35.8%
Votes
34,738
33.8% share
Winning margin
3,465
3.4% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
69.5%
of 1,47,900

A closely fought contest. MOHAN KRISHNA SHETTY won with a 3.4% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MOHAN KRISHNA SHETTY
INC (UPA)
34,73833.8%
2
SHASHIBHUSHAN E HEGDE
NDA
31,27330.4%
3
DINAKAR K SHETTY
28,79628.0%
4
GANESH SHET
JP
3,2963.2%
5
TIMMANNA DEVANNA HEGDE
IND
1,6001.6%
6
HEGDE VENKATARAMAN VASUDEV
KNDP
1,2221.2%
7
DR KARKI MP
IND
7290.7%
8
ASHOK JADUGAR
IND
6300.6%
9
AJAY MAHADEVA SHANBHOG
IND
5420.5%

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 (211th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 3.4% · max 42.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
55%
lowerhigher
211th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.29
fewer partiesmore parties
117th of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
12th of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.29EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 33.8%BJP 30.4%JD(S) 28.0%OTH 7.8%

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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