Name in the record
M. K. DAYANANDA
Also on ballots as M.K. DAYANANDA, M.K DAYANANDA, M K DAYANANDA
PSS·PTSS·PBI·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “M. K. DAYANANDA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 44-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
1980–2024
Wins
0
Parties
4
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 · 1980–2024 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 2024 | 172. Udupi Chikmagalur | PSS | 1,069 | 0.1% | Lost · 7th |
| Lok Sabha 2019 | 180. Udupi Chikmagalur | PSS | 3,539 | 0.3% | Lost · 9th |
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 183. Chikmagalur | PBI | 1,777 | 0.3% | Lost · 6th |
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 177. Chikmagalur | IND | 3,184 | 0.5% | Lost · 6th |
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 176. Chikmagalur | IND | 3,237 | 0.7% | Lost · 6th |
| Lok Sabha 1980 | 178. Chikmagalur | IND | 2,385 | 0.6% | Lost · 4th |
| Karnataka2 contests · 1985–2018 · 0 won | |||||
| Karnataka 2018 | 123. Sringeri | PTSS | 424 | 0.3% | Lost · 7th |
| Karnataka 1985 | 152. Sringeri | IND | 579 | 0.9% | Lost · 4th |