Name in the record
B. SHIVANNA
Also on ballots as B.SHIVANNA, B SHIVANNA
INC·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “B. SHIVANNA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 45-year span across 8 contests — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.
Ballot lines
8
1978–2023
Wins
4
Parties
2
States / UT
2
incl. Lok Sabha
Every contest
Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka7 contests · 1978–2023 · 4 won | |||||
| Karnataka 2023 | 177. Anekal | INC | 1,34,797 | 53.6% | Won |
| Karnataka 2018 | 177. Anekal | INC | 1,13,894 | 50.0% | Won |
| Karnataka 2008 | 174. Mahadevapura | INC | 63,018 | 43.0% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 1994 | 20. Deodurg | INC | 12,973 | 23.4% | Lost · 3rd |
| Karnataka 1985 | 20. Deodurg | INC | 15,790 | 43.5% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 1983 | 20. Deodurg | INC | 17,251 | 52.7% | Won |
| Karnataka 1978 | 20. Deodurg | INC | 21,752 | 62.6% | Won |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1996–1996 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1996 | 172. Bidar | IND | 858 | 0.2% | Lost · 22th |