Name in the record
C. VENKATESHAPPA
Also on ballots as C.VENKATESHAPPA, C VENKATESHAPPA
IND·INC
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “C. VENKATESHAPPA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 40-year span across 6 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
6
1978–2018
Wins
3
Parties
2
States / UT
1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka 2018 | 147. Bangarapet | IND | 354 | 0.2% | Lost · 6th |
| Karnataka 1999 | 72. Bethamangala | INC | 75,844 | 68.9% | Won |
| Karnataka 1994 | 72. Bethamangala | IND | 38,483 | 37.5% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 1989 | 72. Bethamangala | IND | 23,281 | 29.9% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 1983 | 72. Bethamangala | INC | 20,253 | 38.9% | Won |
| Karnataka 1978 | 72. Bethamangala | INC | 27,715 | 53.3% | Won |