Indian National Congress on Koppal

State 29 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 5 OF 12 contested

INC runner-up 5 times

Strike rate

41.7%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 12 published candidatures

Best vote share56.50%in 1977

Worst vote share22.10%in 1996

Average vote share40.94% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2024

Votes polled here39.45 Lacross all 12 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress 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 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

12 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal	6,63,511	49.90%	1	Won
2019	K.Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal	5,48,386	46.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
2014	Basavaraj Hitnal	4,53,969	45.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
2009	Basavaraj Rayareddy	2,09,904	27.80%	2	Lost · 2nd
2004	Basavaraj G S	2,27,701	26.40%	3	Lost · 3rd
1999	G.S.Basavaraj	3,18,922	39.80%	1	Won
1998	R.Narayana	2,56,125	35.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
1996	R Manjunath	1,51,353	22.10%	3	Lost · 3rd
1991	G.S. Basavaraj	2,36,269	39.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
1989	G.S.Basavaraj	3,76,878	53.40%	1	Won
1984	G. S. Basavaraju	2,65,249	50.00%	1	Won
1977	K. Lakkappa	2,37,086	56.50%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Bharatiya Janta Party Janata Dal Indian National Congress (I)Janata Dal (Secular)Janta Party Bharatiya Lok Dal Janata Pary (JP)Independent Bahujan Samaj Party Indian National Congress (U)Jharkhand Party Samajwadi Party Sarva Janata Party Janta Party (SECULAR)Karnataka Vikash Party Lok Jan Shakti Party Aam Aadmi Party Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star Bharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party Uttama Prajaakeeya Party Marxist Leninist Party Of India (Red Flag)Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Karnataka Rashtra Samithi All India Ulama Congress Republican Party Of India (A)Challengers Party Janata Dal (United)Republican Party Of India (Karnataka)