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Hospet

Name: Hospet
Address: IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1978

101,659

Electors

64,641

Votes polled

63.59%

Turnout

8,101

Margin

Winner

K. Gudusaheb

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	K. Gudusaheb Won Male	INC(I)	34,855	53.92%
2	G. Shankara Goud Male	JnP	26,754	41.39%
3	B. Rangappa Male	INC	1,357	2.10%
4	N. Thimma Reddy Male	IND	794	1.23%
5	M. Ratnavelu Male	IND	738	1.14%
6	R.M. Huligaiah Male	IND	143	0.22%

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	Gaviappa H R Male IND	—	Shankara Goud G Male BJP	—
1999	Jayalakshmi Gujjal Female INC	50.24%	G Shankargoud Male BJP	38.32%
1994	G. Shank Argoud Male BJP	48.06%	H. Abdul Wahab Male INC	29.87%
1989	Gujjala Hanumanthappa Male JD	63.80%	H. Abdul Wahab Male INC	31.60%
1985	Bhimaneni Kondaiah Male JnP	62.51%	G. Shankar Goud Male INC	37.49%
1983	G. Shankar Goud Male INC	42.88%	Gujjala Hanumanthappa Male IND	29.55%
1978	K. Gudusaheb Male INC(I)	53.92%	G. Shankara Goud Male JnP	41.39%
1972	B Satyanarayana Singh Male INC	58.81%	G Shankara Goud Male NCO	38.09%
1967	R. N. Gouda Male INC	58.06%	P. Naglingaiah Male IND	37.50%