Janata Dal (Secular) on Kolar

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 5 contested

JDS runner-up 1 time

Strike rate

20%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 5 published candidatures

Best vote share51.00%in 2024

Worst vote share5.10%in 1999

Average vote share25.58% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1999

Last contested2024

Votes polled here14.38 Lacross all 5 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 — 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

5 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	M. Mallesh Babu	6,91,481	51.00%	1	Won
2014	Kolar Kesava	3,71,076	32.90%	2	Lost · 2nd
2009	G.Chandranna	1,99,896	21.50%	3	Lost · 3rd
2004	Khed Ningappa Siddappa	1,37,457	17.40%	3	Lost · 3rd
1999	Loni Mallikarjun Shivalingappa	38,398	5.10%	3	Lost · 3rd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janta Party Janata Dal Janta Party Indian National Congress (I)Bharatiya Lok Dal Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha Indian National Congress (U)Janata Pary (JP)Aam Aadmi Party All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)Ambedkar Samaj Party Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Republican Party Of India Samajwadi Party Delhi Janta Party Karnataka Vikash Party Rashtriya Dehat Morcha Party Nationalist Congress Party Republican Sena Socialist Party (India)Doordarshi Party Pyramid Party Of India Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Republican Party Of India (A)Republican Party Of India (Karnataka)Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Bharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party