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Indian National Congress on Dakshina Kanna

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat
Record on this seat

WON 3 OF 12 contested

INC runner-up 9 times
Strike rate
25%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures
Best vote share61.20%in 1984
Worst vote share34.00%in 1996
Average vote share45.41% mean across contests carrying a share
First contested1977
Last contested2024
Votes polled here43.88 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held
Line chart: Indian National Congress vote share in Dakshina Kanna, Lok Sabha, 1977 to 2024. Vertical axis 0 to 70 per cent. Years the party did not contest are left blank rather than plotted at zero. Ringed points are years it won the seat.0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%1977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024

Indian National Congress 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: 1980 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first
Year Candidate Votes Vote % Position Result
2024 Padmaraj.R.Poojary 6,14,924 43.40% 2 Lost · 2nd
2019 Mithun M Rai 4,99,664 37.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
2014 Janardhana Poojary 4,99,030 41.30% 2 Lost · 2nd
2009 Janardhana Poojary 4,58,965 45.20% 2 Lost · 2nd
2004 M Veerappa Moily 3,51,345 44.50% 2 Lost · 2nd
1999 M.Veerappa Moily 3,45,067 47.10% 2 Lost · 2nd
1998 Janardhana Poojary 3,34,455 46.70% 2 Lost · 2nd
1996 Janardhana Poojary 2,36,266 34.00% 2 Lost · 2nd
1991 Janardhana Poojari 2,39,695 42.80% 2 Lost · 2nd
1989 Janardhana Poojary 2,75,672 42.70% 1 Won
1984 Janardhana Poojary 2,99,490 61.20% 1 Won
1977 Janardhana Poojari 2,33,458 58.90% 1 Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta PartyIndian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Lok DalJanta PartyIndependentBahujan Samaj PartyCommunist Party Of India (MARXIST)Janata DalJanata Dal (Secular)Social Democratic Party Of IndiaIndian National Congress (U)Janata Pary (JP)Jharkhand PartyKannada Nadu PartyKarnataka Vikash PartyKarunada Sevakara PartyAam Aadmi PartyJanta Party (SECULAR)Peoples Democratic PartyAkhil Bharatiya Manav Seva DasUttama Prajaakeeya PartyHindustan Janta PartyKarnataka Rashtra SamithiHindustan Janata Party

Provisional Candidate-wise results, Lok Sabha, Dakshina Kanna
Publisher
Election Commission of India
Retrieved
2026-09-13
Computed
2026-09-13 02:10 UTC

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