Janata Dal (Secular) on Bangalore Rura

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 4 contested

JDS never finished second here

Strike rate

25%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures

Best vote share44.70%in 2009

Worst vote share8.90%in 2004

Average vote share21.88% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1999

Last contested2014

Votes polled here9.85 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal (Secular) 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, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 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
2014	R. Prabhakara Reddy	3,17,870	21.80%	3	Lost · 3rd
2009	H D Kumaraswamy	4,93,302	44.70%	1	Won
2004	Prema Sanganabasanagouda Patil	76,555	8.90%	3	Lost · 3rd
1999	N.Basavaraj	96,943	12.10%	3	Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)Lok Shakti Janata Dal Janata Dal (United)Janta Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Indian National Congress (U)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Janata Pary (JP)Aam Aadmi Party Karnataka Congress Party Karnataka Vikash Party Pyramid Party Of India Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Kannada Nadu Party Republican Party Of India (A)Republican Sena Bahujan Bharat Party Lok Dal Bharatiya Prajagala Kalyana Paksha Doordarshi Party Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Sarva Janata Party Kamarajar Deseeya Congress Karunaadu Party Country Citizen Party Jai Vijaya Bharathi Party Proutist Bloc Of India Young Star Empowerment Party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi