Janata Dal on Shimoga

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 4 contested

JD never finished second here

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures

Best vote share54.30%in 1998

Worst vote share8.40%in 1991

Average vote share29.48% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1989

Last contested1998

Votes polled here8.94 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1977, 1980, 1984, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

4 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1998	Ambareesh	4,31,439	54.30%	1	Won
1996	Krishna	3,35,852	45.00%	1	Won
1991	H.T. Krishnappa	52,331	8.40%	4	Lost · 4th
1989	Kowdley Channappa	74,548	10.20%	3	Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)Janata Dal (Secular)Bharatiya Lok Dal Janata Pary (JP)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Janata Dal (United)Indian National Congress (U)Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha Aam Aadmi Party Jharkhand Party Kannada Nadu Party Akhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (Dr. Issac)Pyramid Party Of India Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Karunaadu Party Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh Sarva Janata Party Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Young Star Empowerment Party