Name in the record
M. CHANDRAPPA
Also on ballots as M CHANDRAPPA, M.CHANDRAPPA
BJP·KJP·IND·JDU·JD
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “M. CHANDRAPPA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 43-year span across 8 contests, 5 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
8
1980–2023
Wins
4
Parties
5
States / UT
3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka6 contests · 1989–2023 · 4 won | |||||
| Karnataka 2023 | 102. Holalkere | BJP | 88,732 | 45.0% | Won |
| Karnataka 2018 | 102. Holalkere | BJP | 1,07,976 | 57.3% | Won |
| Karnataka 2013 | 102. Holalkere | KJP | 63,992 | 39.3% | Lost · 2nd |
| Karnataka 2008 | 102. Holalkere | BJP | 54,322 | 40.7% | Won |
| Karnataka 1999 | 43. Bharmasagara | JDU | 37,194 | 39.9% | Won |
| Karnataka 1989 | 43. Bharmasagara | JD | 27,330 | 37.3% | Lost · 2nd |
| Andhra Pradesh1 contest · 2009–2009 · 0 won | |||||
| Andhra Pradesh 2009 | 271. Singanamala | IND | 556 | 0.4% | Lost · 10th |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1980–1980 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1980 | 168. Kolar | IND | 4,537 | 1.2% | Lost · 5th |