Winner — 1978
Ranibennur was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.3% — fewer than 783 votes separated winner from runner-up.
All Candidates
4 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NALAWAGAL SOMALINGAPPA HANUMANTAPPA | INC | 25,675 | 43.5% |
| 2 | PATIL BASANAGOUDA GURUNAGOUDA | Janata | 24,892 | 42.2% |
| 3 | KOLIWAD KRISHTAPPA BHIMAPPA | INC | 8,238 | 14.0% |
| 4 | Y. MAHARUDRAPPA VEERAPPA | IND | 203 | 0.3% |
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.
High turnout (36th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.
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A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.