Election
Name in the record

NAGAPPA

JD·JNP·IND·INC·BJS

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “NAGAPPA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, 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
6
1967–1989
Wins
2
Parties
5
States / UT
2

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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Karnataka5 contests · 19671989 · 2 won
Karnataka 198928. KanakagiriJD30,27941.1%Lost · 2nd
Karnataka 198351. PavagadaJNP8221.2%Lost · 3rd
Karnataka 1983105. MandyaIND7431.1%Lost · 4th
Karnataka 197851. PavagadaINC31,51148.1%Won
Karnataka 1967100. MandyaINC25,46253.5%Won
Andhra Pradesh1 contest · 19721972 · 0 won
Andhra Pradesh 1972196. GadwalBJS1,0502.3%Lost · 4th