Janata Dal (United) on Bangalore Rura

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 0 OF 2 contested

JDU runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

0%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 2 published candidatures

Best vote share39.60%in 1999

Worst vote share0.50%in 2009

Average vote share20.05% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1999

Last contested2009

Votes polled here3.21 Lacross all 2 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal (United) 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, 2004, 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

2 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2009	C.Thopaiah	5,103	0.50%	7	Lost · 7th
1999	B.M.Menasinkai	3,16,325	39.60%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Janata Dal (Secular)Indian National Congress (I)Lok Shakti Janata Dal 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