Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Chikmagalur #20GEN
Won
D. K. Taradevi
INC Indian National CongressMargin
1,40,040 31.5 pp
votes
over B. K. Sundaresh (CPI)
The contest
Electors6,77,667
Votes polled4,44,583
Turnout65.6%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.46 L51.1% of electorate
Female electors3.31 L48.9% of electorate
Sex ratio
956females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. K. Taradevi | INC | 2,68,912 | 60.50% | |
| 2 | B. K. Sundaresh | CPI | 1,28,872 | 29.00% | |
| 3 | C. K. Lokesha Gowda | IND | 16,446 | 3.70% | |
| 4 | C. M. S. Sastry | LD | 5,810 | 1.30% | |
| 5 | B. Narayana Poojari | IND | 3,532 | 0.80% | |
| 6 | M. K. Dayananda | IND | 3,237 | 0.70% | |
| 7 | A. Varadaraj | IND | 2,550 | 0.60% | |
| 8 | M. Govinda Prabhu | IND | 2,289 | 0.50% | |
| 9 | D. S. Gangadharappa | IND | 2,084 | 0.50% | |
| 10 | K. P. Rathnakara Prabhu | IND | 899 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | H. M. S. Byrappa | IND | 506 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 9,446, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 435,137 · NOTA n/a · published 444,583 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1984
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-12