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Gowribidanur

Name: Gowribidanur
Address: IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1978

81,928

Electors

65,655

Votes polled

80.14%

Turnout

3,824

Margin

Winner

Papaiah B.N.K

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Papaiah B.N.K Won Male	INC(I)	33,756	51.41%
2	Lakshmi Pathi R.N Male	JnP	29,932	45.59%
3	Ramaiah K..L Male	INC	1,089	1.66%
4	Mohan C.S Male	IND	564	0.86%
5	Kumarasamy S Male	IND	314	0.48%

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	Shivashankara Reddy Nh Male INC	—	Jyothireddy N Female JD(S)	—
1999	N.H. Shivashankara Reddy Male IND	33.08%	S.V. Aswathanarayana Reddy Male INC	32.26%
1994	N. Jyothi Reddy Female JD	43.38%	S.V. Aswathanarayana Reddy Male IND	35.27%
1989	Aswathanarayana Reddy S. V Male INC	49.40%	Jyothi Reddy N Female JD	36.25%
1985	Chandrasekhar Male JnP	52.70%	B. N. K. Papaiah Male INC	42.51%
1983	R. N. Lakshmipathi Male JnP	52.16%	V. Krishna Rao Male INC	46.32%
1978	Papaiah B.N.K Male INC(I)	51.41%	Lakshmi Pathi R.N Male JnP	45.59%
1972	V. Krishna Rao Male INC	59.90%	R. N. Lakshmipathi Male NCO	38.45%
1967	R. N. Lakshmipathi Male IND	52.96%	K. H. V. Reddi Male INC	47.04%