Indian National Congress (I) on Dakshina Kanna

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 1 contested

INCI never finished second here

Strike rate

100%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share54.70%in 1980

Worst vote share54.70%in 1980

Average vote share54.70% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1980

Last contested1980

Votes polled here2.49 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress (I) 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, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 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

1 candidature · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1980	Janardhana Poojari	2,49,283	54.70%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Janta Party Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Janata Dal Janata Dal (Secular)Social Democratic Party Of India Indian National Congress (U)Janata Pary (JP)Jharkhand Party Kannada Nadu Party Karnataka Vikash Party Karunada Sevakara Party Aam Aadmi Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Peoples Democratic Party Akhil Bharatiya Manav Seva Das Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Hindustan Janta Party Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Hindustan Janata Party