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Karnataka · Assembly Constituency 79 · 2023

Bhatkal

Winner — 2023

MANKAL VAIDYA
INC· INC (UPA)
INC 57.4%BJP 38.8%8 others 3.8%
Votes
1,00,442
57.5% share
Winning margin
32,671
18.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
78.0%
of 2,24,164

Bhatkal is a safe seat — MANKAL VAIDYA won by 18.7%.

Seat history

3 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.07 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MANKAL VAIDYA
INC (UPA)
1,00,44257.5%
2
SUNIL B. NAIK
BJP
67,77138.8%
3
NAGENDRA NAIK
JD(S)
1,5020.9%
NOTA
NOTA
1,2230.7%
5
DR.NASEEM KHAN
1,0070.6%
6
GAFOOR SAB
IND
6620.4%
7
YOGESH NAIK
UPJP
6460.4%
8
PRAKASH PINTO
BTBP
6270.4%
9
GUNAVANTE SHANKAR GOUDA
KRS
5580.3%
10
MOHAMMED ZABROOD KHATEEB
IND
4100.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Average turnout (104th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
18.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.1% · min 1.8% · max 35.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
104th of 224

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.08
fewer partiesmore parties
192nd of 224

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
93rd of 224

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
224 seats · 113 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.08EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 57.5%BJP 38.8%OTH 3.1%NOTA 0.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
3/9

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.07 Cr

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?

20 locations
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Chaturmukh Basti

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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