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Bantwal

Name: Bantwal
Address: IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1983

69,264

Electors

46,409

Votes polled

67.00%

Turnout

3,473

Margin

Winner

N. Shiva Rao

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	N. Shiva Rao Won Male	BJP	17,690	38.12%
2	K. P. Abdulla Male	INC	14,217	30.63%
3	B. Vishwanatha Nailk Male	CPI	10,342	22.28%
4	Sheikh Ibrahim Saheb Male	IND	3,443	7.42%
5	N. V. K. Bhatrakodi Male	IND	717	1.54%

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	Nagaraja Shetty B Male BJP	—	Ramanatha Rai B Male INC	—
1999	B Ramanath Rai Male INC	56.96%	Shakunthala T Shetty Female BJP	41.18%
1994	B. Ramanatha Rai Male INC	44.28%	Shakunthala T. Shetty Female BJP	38.69%
1989	Ramanatha Rai Male INC	48.36%	H. Narayana Rai Male BJP	24.95%
1985	Ramanath Rai Male INC	49.96%	N. Shiva Rao Male BJP	34.76%
1983	N. Shiva Rao Male BJP	38.12%	K. P. Abdulla Male INC	30.63%
1978	B. A. Mohideen Male INC(I)	60.12%	A. Rukmayya Male JnP	35.95%
1972	B. V. Kakkilaya Male CPI	62.51%	A. Rukmaya Male BJS	24.48%