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Name in the record

S. M. KRISHNA

Also on ballots as S M KRISHNA, S.M. KRISHNA, S.M.KRISHNA

IND·BPJP·INC·INCI·PSP

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “S. M. KRISHNA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 62-year span across 12 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
12
1962–2024
Wins
4
Parties
5
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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Lok Sabha5 contests · 1971–2024 · 2 won
Lok Sabha 2024182. Bangalore CentralIND1,4740.1%Lost · 8th
Lok Sabha 2009207. Bangalore CentralBPJP1,2900.2%Lost · 13th
Lok Sabha 1984170. MandyaINC1,98,78036.5%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1980172. MandyaINCI2,23,67552.0%Won
Lok Sabha 1971280. MandyaINC2,72,17471.2%Won
Karnataka7 contests · 1962–2023 · 2 won
Karnataka 2023174. MahadevapuraIND1370.0%Lost · 15th
Karnataka 2018174. MahadevapuraBPJP1690.1%Lost · 15th
Karnataka 2008174. MahadevapuraBPJP7180.5%Lost · 6th
Karnataka 1994102. MaddurINC37,23137.3%Lost · 2nd
Karnataka 1989102. MaddurINC37,93542.7%Won
Karnataka 196797. MaddurPSP22,71443.6%Lost · 2nd
Karnataka 1962189. MaddurIND24,26950.1%Won