Karnataka · AC 206

Puttur

Name: Puttur
Address: Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 1994 · Dakshina Kannada

139,300

Electors

109,108

Votes polled

78.33%

Turnout

404

Margin

Winner

D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	D.V. Sadananda Gowda Won Male	BJP	53,015	48.59%
2	Vinaya Kumar Sorake Male	INC	52,611	48.22%
3	A. Hemanath Shetty Male	KCP	1,782	1.63%
4	Parpakaje Ishwar Bhat Male	JD	1,411	1.29%
5	B. Venugopala Maniyani Male	IND	289	0.26%

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
2023	Ashok Kumar Rai Male INC	38.55%	Arun Kumar Puthila Male IND	36.15%
2018	Sanjeeva Matandoor Male BJP	54.17%	Shakunthala.T. Shetty Female INC	42.46%
2013	Shakuntala T Shetty Female INC	46.46%	Sanjeeva Matandoor Male BJP	43.45%
2008	1 Mallika Prasada Female BJP	37.77%	2 Bondala Jagannatha Male INC	36.61%
2004	Shakunthala T Shetty Female BJP	—	Sudhakar Shetty N Male INC	—
1999	Dv Sadananda Gowda Male BJP	52.94%	N Sudhakar Shetty Male INC	46.74%
1994	D.V. Sadananda Gowda Male BJP	48.59%	Vinaya Kumar Sorake Male INC	48.22%
1989	Vinay Kumar Sorake Male INC	46.58%	D. V. Sadananda Gowda Male BJP	44.91%
1985	Vinaya Kumar Sorake Male INC	51.46%	K. Rama Bhat, Urimajade Male BJP	22.83%
1983	K. Rama Bhat Male BJP	45.63%	B. Sankappa Rai Male INC	43.18%
1978	K. Rama Bhat Male JnP	43.32%	Betta P. Ishwara Bhat Male INC(I)	42.24%
1972	A. Shankara Alva Male INC	56.42%	K. Ra A. Bhat Male BJS	29.89%
1967	V. Shetty Male INC	48.34%	R. Bhat Male BJS	31.66%