Bharatiya Lok Dal on Chitradurga

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 1 contested

BLD runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 1 published candidature

Best vote share32.40%in 1977

Worst vote share32.40%in 1977

Average vote share32.40% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested1977

Votes polled here1.21 Lacross all 1 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Bharatiya Lok 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: 1980, 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
1977	V. S. Acharya	1,21,326	32.40%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)Janata Dal Janta Party Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Janata Dal (Secular)Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Indian National Congress (U)Aam Aadmi Party Janata Pary (JP)Kannada Nadu Party Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Karnataka Vikash Party Ambedkar Samaj Party Rashtriya Janata Dal Samata Party Janata Dal (United)Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Samajwadi Party Ambedkar National Congress Pyramid Party Of India Karunada Sevakara Party Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Indian Movement Party