Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Bellary #5SC
Won
Basavarajeswari
INC Indian National CongressMargin
72,286 14.2 pp
votes
over M. P. Prakash (JP)
The contest
Electors7,68,267
Votes polled5,10,244
Turnout66.4%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.89 L50.6% of electorate
Female electors3.8 L49.4% of electorate
Sex ratio
976females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basavarajeswari | INC | 2,76,640 | 54.20% | |
| 2 | M. P. Prakash | JP | 2,04,354 | 40.10% | |
| 3 | S. M. Shanthaveeraiah | IND | 3,125 | 0.60% | |
| 4 | K. Shanmukhappa | IND | 1,967 | 0.40% | |
| 5 | G. M. Cholaiah | IND | 1,929 | 0.40% | |
| 6 | K. S. Channabasappa | IND | 1,867 | 0.40% | |
| 7 | H. Srinivasa Acharya | IND | 1,855 | 0.40% | |
| 8 | H. M. Ehsanullah | IND | 1,838 | 0.40% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 16,669, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 493,575 · NOTA n/a · published 510,244 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1984
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-13