Election
Name in the record

H. D. DEVEGOWDA

Also on ballots as H.D. DEVEGOWDA, H.D.DEVEGOWDA

JDS·JD·JP·JNP·NCO·IND

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “H. D. DEVEGOWDA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 57-year span across 15 contests, 6 different parties — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.

Also recorded as

Other spellings of what is very likely the same person — names are stored as free text, so word order, initials and joined words split a career across pages.

Ballot lines
15
1962–2019
Wins
12
Parties
6
States / UT
2
incl. Lok Sabha

Every contest

Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Lok Sabha6 contests · 1991–2019 · 5 won
Lok Sabha 2019184. TumkurJDS5,82,78846.8%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 2014198. HassanJDS5,09,84144.4%Won
Lok Sabha 2009198. HassanJDS4,96,42950.6%Won
Lok Sabha 2004201. HassanJDS4,62,62550.7%Won
Lok Sabha 1998190. HassanJD3,36,40739.4%Won
Lok Sabha 1991182. HassanJP2,60,76137.6%Won
Karnataka9 contests · 1962–1994 · 7 won
Karnataka 199494. RamanagaramJD47,98643.2%Won
Karnataka 198991. KanakapuraJNP20,22422.5%Lost · 3rd
Karnataka 1989133. HolenarasipurJNP45,46145.6%Lost · 2nd
Karnataka 198592. SathanurJNP45,61259.3%Won
Karnataka 1983133. HolenarasipurJNP37,23954.5%Won
Karnataka 1978133. HolenarasipurJNP33,99252.4%Won
Karnataka 1972127. HolenarasipurNCO26,63953.8%Won
Karnataka 1967127. HolenarasipurIND20,59459.1%Won
Karnataka 1962135. HolenarasipurIND12,62242.5%Won