Name in the record
H. D. DEVEGOWDA
Also on ballots as H.D. DEVEGOWDA, H.D.DEVEGOWDA
JDS·JD·JP·JNP·NCO·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “H. D. DEVEGOWDA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 57-year span across 15 contests, 6 different parties — 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
15
1962–2019
Wins
12
Parties
6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok Sabha6 contests · 1991–2019 · 5 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 2019 | 184. Tumkur | JDS | 5,82,788 | 46.8% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 2014 | 198. Hassan | JDS | 5,09,841 | 44.4% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 2009 | 198. Hassan | JDS | 4,96,429 | 50.6% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 2004 | 201. Hassan | JDS | 4,62,625 | 50.7% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1998 | 190. Hassan | JD | 3,36,407 | 39.4% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 182. Hassan | JP | 2,60,761 | 37.6% | Won |
| Karnataka9 contests · 1962–1994 · 7 won | |||||
| Karnataka 1994 | 94. Ramanagaram | JD | 47,986 | 43.2% | Won |
| Karnataka 1989 | 91. Kanakapura | JNP | 20,224 | 22.5% | Lost · 3rd |
| Karnataka 1989 | 133. Holenarasipur | JNP | 45,461 | 45.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 1985 | 92. Sathanur | JNP | 45,612 | 59.3% | Won |
| Karnataka 1983 | 133. Holenarasipur | JNP | 37,239 | 54.5% | Won |
| Karnataka 1978 | 133. Holenarasipur | JNP | 33,992 | 52.4% | Won |
| Karnataka 1972 | 127. Holenarasipur | NCO | 26,639 | 53.8% | Won |
| Karnataka 1967 | 127. Holenarasipur | IND | 20,594 | 59.1% | Won |
| Karnataka 1962 | 135. Holenarasipur | IND | 12,622 | 42.5% | Won |