A. S. Guruswamy : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name A. S. Guruswamy contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2014 for Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against R. Dhruvanarayana

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Dhruvanarayana	INC	567,782
A. R. Krishna Murthy	BJP	426,600
M Shivanna (Kote)	JD(S)	58,760
Shivamallu	BSP	34,846
None Of The Above	NOTA	12,697
Nirmala Kumari	IND	6,604
S. Govinda Naik	IND	5,398
Ananda G	IND	3,906
Sampath Kumar	AAAP	3,357
Bannur Surendra	SJPA	2,762
Pradeep Kumar M	KAP	2,492
B Guruswamy	SP	2,043
Chaudahally Javaraiah	CPI(ML)(L)	2,008
Kathavaray	asdp	1,949
Kandegala Srinivasamurthy	CPIM	1,825

2013 for Vidhan Sabha from Krishnaraja

LOST against M.K.Somashekar

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M.K.Somashekar	INC	52,611
S.A.Ramadas	BJP	46,546
H.V.Rajeeva	KJP	15,573
Vasu.H	JD(S)	7,486
Naveena.C.K	LSP	1,245
C.Mohankumar	BSP	799
M Pradeep Kumar	IND	765
M.Nataraj	SP	476
Rajaneesh.A.J	IND	454
G.S. Harish	IND	367
M.S.Balaji	IND	229
Ramachandra	SAJP	210
P.Jayaraja Hegade	IND	208
M.Mahesh	IND	186
Nasrulla	IND	155
N.R.Raghu	JD(U)	148
Guruswamy	IND	136
Udayasankara H P	IND	130
H.S.Nanjundaswamy	IND	88

2004 for Lok Sabha from Mysore

LOST against C. H. Vijayashankar

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
C. H. Vijayashankar	BJP	316,442
A S Guruswamy	JD(S)	306,292
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar	INC	299,227
P N Srinath	IND	18,957
Kalimulla Khan	KNDP	16,349

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Hosadurga

LOST against Govindappa B G

with 19% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Govindappa B G	INC	49,780
Elkal Vijaya Kumar	JD(S)	29,052
Guruswamy D	BJP	22,715
Mallikarjuna H C	JD(U)	14,600
Prakash B O	KNDP	1,388
Bheemaraya Shetty S R	IND	982
Thippeshappa L M	IND	783

1999 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamundeshwari

WON against Siddaramaiah

with 34% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A.S. Guruswamy	INC	57,107
Siddaramaiah	JD(S)	50,907
Appanna	BJP	45,855
B. Chandra	IND	5,085
Naganahalli S N Krishna	IND	4,438
Kalamandira Govindaraju	IND	2,622

1999 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajanagar

WON against Vatal Nagaraj

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
C Guruswamy	BJP	46,300
Vatal Nagaraj	KCVP	28,781
Gm Gadkar	INC	19,384
Hanumanthashetty	JD(S)	4,614
Cm Krishnamurthy	BSP	3,292
Hb Mahadevaswamy	KRRS	2,092
Sha.Muruli	IND	767
Cs Basavaraju	IND	410

1999 for Vidhan Sabha from Mandya

LOST against M.S. Athmananda

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M.S. Athmananda	INC	52,703
M. Srinivas	JD(U)	34,647
V.S. Guruswamy	BSP	2,721
R. Srinivasa	IND	2,248
Arifpasha	IND	1,592
B.T. Vishwanath	IND	563

1996 for Lok Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against A Siddaraju

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A Siddaraju	JD	214,745
L H Balakrishna	INC	191,169
V Srinivasa Prasad	IND	166,339
L Shivalingaiah	BJP	94,373
M Puttaswamy	PSSS	7,394
B Nagaraju	IND	3,919
V Swamy	IND	3,327
M Madaiah S/O Madaiah	KCVP	2,147
H Prabhudeva	IND	2,051
Suresha	IND	1,432
A S Pal	IND	1,376
Guruswamy	IND	1,143
M Madaiah S/O Muddo Madaiah	IND	1,092
N Nagaraj	IND	1,012
Y Govindaraju	IND	834
M Srikantaiah	IND	774
G Kamparaju	IND	744
B P Venkatesh	IND	723
K Huchappa	IND	679
Puttaswamy	IND	638
S M Sadanandaiah	IND	576
L Venkataramana	IND	564
Venkatachalaiah	IND	485
Hanumansingh M Y	IND	289

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Gundlupet

LOST against H.S. Mahadeva Prasad

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
H.S. Mahadeva Prasad	JD	53,724
C.M. Shivamallappa	INC	29,668
M. Puttaranga Naik	KCP	11,917
K.R. Lokesh	KRRS	4,798
Girija Maheshan	BJP	4,206
A. Madaiah	JP	740
G.K. Lingachar	IND	329
R. Guruswamy	IND	183
Saroja Shankar	IND	121

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Gubbi

LOST against G.S. Shivananjappa

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
G.S. Shivananjappa	IND	37,374
G.S. Basavaraj	INC	28,684
S.M. Shivakumaraswamy	JD	15,516
Chandrashekharachar	BJP	5,527
A. Govindaraju	KRRS	3,297
G.V. Guruswamy	KCP	884
Puttasiddaiayh	IND	367
B.D. Vaikuntaswamy	IND	338
K.C. Shivanna	IND	87
Manju	IND	74

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamundeshwari

LOST against Siddaramaiah

with 32% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Siddaramaiah	JD	76,823
A.S. Guruswamy	INC	44,668
Appanna	BJP	13,625
Thammaiah	JP	2,086
Joganaika	KRRS	1,697
S.Latha	KCP	1,017
N. Manjunatha Gowda	IND	451
Mahadevaiah	IND	300
Shivamallaiah	IND	262
S. Putte Gowda	IND	127

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against Vatal Nagaraj

with 20% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vatal Nagaraj	KCVP	28,334
S. Puttaswamy	INC	22,352
C. Guruswamy	JD	21,162
A.S. Nataraju	BJP	13,170
Hanumantha Setty	KCP	10,344
Malleshu	KRRS	4,251
M.C. Swamy	IND	2,595
M. Madaiah	IND	1,569
K. Nagendra	IND	1,389
Basavaraju	IND	393
Venkataramanayaka	IND	300
C. Basavaraju	IND	183
P.D. Kumar	IND	108

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against Vatal Nagaraj

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vatal Nagaraj	IND	35,642
S. Puttaswamy	INC	29,749
C. Guruswamy	JD	21,570
H. M. Kanta Raju	JNP	1,586
M. N. Guruswamy	BJP	1,191
Nagendra	IND	548
D. Nanjundasetty	IND	522
B. Parashiva Murthy	IND	451
Bhavani Shankar	IND	328
Madasetty	IND	184
Mahadevaiah	IND	178

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against Vatal Nagaraj

with 23% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vatal Nagaraj	IND	35,642
S. Puttaswamy	INC	29,749
C. Guruswamy	JD	21,570
H. M. Kanta Raju	JNP	1,586
M. N. Guruswamy	BJP	1,191
Nagendra	IND	548
D. Nanjundasetty	IND	522
B. Parashiva Murthy	IND	451
Bhavani Shankar	IND	328
Madasetty	IND	184
Mahadevaiah	IND	178

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Hanur

LOST against G. Raju Gowda

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
G. Raju Gowda	INC	50,008
H. Nagappa	JD	44,510
S. Shantamurthy	JNP	1,219
B. Guruswamy	IND	324
P. Shivanna	BJP	279
Nanjamri	IND	259
K. Huchappa	IND	211

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamundeshwari

LOST against Siddabamaiah

with 19% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Siddabamaiah	JNP	33,725
K. Ranganika	INC	25,454
A. S. Guruswamy	IND	15,125
Shivamallikarjuna Swamy	IND	1,063
D. S. Lingaraju	IND	812
M. B. Beerappa	BJP	726
Chakrajajjaiah	IND	710

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajanagar

LOST against S. Puttaswamy

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S. Puttaswamy	INC	34,607
Vatal Nagaraj	IND	28,690
M. Shivanja Shetty	JNP	7,269
Genesh Dixit	BJP	1,243
N. M. Guruswamy	IND	502
Y. M. Puttamallapa	IND	404
M. C. Swamy	IND	120

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Gundlupet

LOST against K. S. Nagarathanamma

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K. S. Nagarathanamma	INC	44,085
H. N. Srikanta Setty	JNP	25,427
M. N. Guruswamy	BJP	1,075

1980 for Lok Sabha from Mandya

LOST against S.M. Krishna

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
S.M. Krishna	INC(I)	223,675
C. Bandegowda	JNP	108,333
M. Lingaiah	INC(U)	86,245
M.S. Siddappa	IND	5,155
Guruswamy	IND	3,886
R. Siddaiah	IND	1,353
Hette Paksha Rangaswamy Alias Swamy Ranganathananda Puri	IND	1,330

1978 for Vidhan Sabha from Shivajinagar

LOST against Ibrahim C.M.

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ibrahim C.M.	JNP	17,725
Srinivasulu Naidy\U K.R.	INC	13,717
Cholan K.	DMK	1,606
Anathakrishna A.K.	INC	1,214
Vittal Rao	IND	539
Mohamed Ejaz	IND	470
Radhakrishna V.G.	ADMK	254
Guruswamy M.	IND	115
Abdul Sattar	IND	109
Palaniyappan M.	IND	70
Narayanan	IND	59
A.R.A. Shukoor	IND	52

1977 for Lok Sabha from Bangalore North

LOST against C. K. Jafar Sharif

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
C. K. Jafar Sharif	INC	198,669
M. Chandrasekhar	BLD	158,485
Abdul Azeez Memon	IND	3,195
M. Guruswamy	IND	2,299
K. K. Misra	IND	1,678
Haji S. Habib Khan Azad Bashu	IND	1,426
Rani Annadurai	IND	924