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Somwarpet

Name: Somwarpet
Address: IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1972

72,105

Electors

41,692

Votes polled

57.82%

Turnout

9,959

Margin

Winner

R. Gundu Rao

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	R. Gundu Rao Won Male	INC	23,448	56.24%
2	C. K. Kalappa Male	NCO	13,489	32.35%
3	B. N. Venkataramana Male	CPM	3,225	7.74%
4	D. S. Manjunath Male	BJS	1,530	3.67%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2004	Jivijaya Ba Male INC	—	Appachuranjan Male BJP	—
1999	Appachu Ranjan M.P Male BJP	39.08%	Jeevijaya Male IND	35.17%
1994	Appachw Ranjan M.P Male BJP	35.81%	Jeevijaya B.A Male JD	33.73%
1989	A. M. Belyappa Male INC	44.34%	B. B. Shivappa Male BJP	22.15%
1985	B. A. Jivijaya Male JnP	50.08%	A. M. Belliappa Male INC	42.17%
1983	B. A. Jivijaya Male JnP	52.66%	R. Gundu Rao Male INC	43.67%
1978	R. Gunda Rao Male INC(I)	51.27%	B. A. Jivijaya Male JnP	45.42%
1972	R. Gundu Rao Male INC	56.24%	C. K. Kalappa Male NCO	32.35%
1967	G. M. Manjanathaya Male SWA	54.47%	C. K. Kalappa Male INC	45.53%