· AC 81

Shanthinagar

Name: Shanthinagar
Address: IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1978

72,452

Electors

43,771

Votes polled

60.41%

Turnout

3,340

Margin

Winner

Ranganathan P.K

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Ranganathan P.K Won Male	INC(I)	17,851	40.78%
2	Govindaraja P.D Male	JnP	14,511	33.15%
3	Kuppuraj M.K Male	DMK	5,397	12.33%
4	Pandyan M Male	ADK	4,105	9.38%
5	Kempamma T Female	IND	943	2.15%
6	Dharmalingam A.M Male	INC	855	1.95%
7	Aswath T.M Male	IND	109	0.25%

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	Raghu S Male BJP	—	Muniswami M Male INC	—
1999	M Muniswamy Male INC	45.89%	S.Raghu Male BJP	36.48%
1994	D.G. Hemavathy Female JD	31.29%	M. Muniswamy Male INC	30.25%
1989	M. Muniswamy Male INC	61.16%	D. G. Hemavathy Female JD	25.40%
1985	C. Kannan Male INC	40.85%	D. G. Hemavathy Female JnP	33.75%
1983	P. D. Govinda Raj Male JnP	59.90%	P. K. Ranganathan Male INC	30.85%
1978	Ranganathan P.K Male INC(I)	40.78%	Govindaraja P.D Male JnP	33.15%
1967	A. Nanjappa Male INC	32.88%	B. Nanjappa Male IND	31.58%