Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Bangalore South #13GEN
Won
R.Gundu Rao
INC Indian National CongressMargin
2,39,854 32.2 pp
votes
over M.Raghupathy (JD)
The contest
Electors13,12,751
Votes polled7,44,332
Turnout56.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors7.07 L53.9% of electorate
Female electors6.05 L46.1% of electorate
Sex ratio
856females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.Gundu Rao | INC | 4,13,574 | 55.60% | |
| 2 | M.Raghupathy | JD | 1,73,720 | 23.30% | |
| 3 | Ramachandra Gowda | BJP | 62,936 | 8.50% | |
| 4 | M.S.Narayana Rao | JPJ | 45,242 | 6.10% | |
| 5 | Jayakumar | IND | 8,488 | 1.10% | |
| 6 | K.Radhakrishan | IND | 1,890 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | K.S.Kumar | IND | 1,633 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Hottepaksha Rangaswamy | IND | 1,504 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Agavali Saheb | IND | 1,376 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Jinde Muniyappa | SVRP | 1,278 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | B.C.Keshava Godwa | IND | 1,250 | 0.20% | |
| 12 | L.Gangadhar | IND | 1,229 | 0.20% | |
| 13 | Ibrahim Khan | ML | 1,182 | 0.20% | |
| 14 | N.Ravikumar | IND | 971 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | M.L.Subbaraj | IND | 758 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | Lakshmanamurthy | IND | 615 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Govinda Raju | IND | 608 | 0.10% | |
| 18 | B.K.Sunder Raj | IND | 598 | 0.10% | |
| 19 | S.F.Husain | IND | 582 | 0.10% | |
| 20 | R.Munirathnam | IND | 495 | 0.10% | |
| 21 | R.Shankar | IND | 442 | 0.10% | |
| 22 | Krishnoji Rao | IND | 340 | 0.00% | |
| 23 | B.C.M.Lah | IND | 335 | 0.00% | |
| 24 | N.V.Putta | IND | 195 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 23,091, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 721,241 · NOTA n/a · published 744,332 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1989
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