Election history
All the elections where a candidate by the name B. L. Shankar contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
LOST against C T Ravi
with 28% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| C T Ravi | BJP | 70,863 |
| Shankar B L | INC | 44,549 |
| Harisha B H | JD(S) | 38,317 |
| M G Vijayakumar | IND | 1,419 |
| None Of The Above | NOTA | 1,224 |
| Lakshmana | IND | 849 |
| Vishwanathan M | IND | 792 |
| Nurulla Khan | AIMEP | 528 |
| B V Ranjith | SHS | 383 |
| K R Ramashetty | IND | 329 |
| H D Revanna | IND | 272 |
| Johar Anjum | IND | 264 |
| K Anandashetty | IND | 243 |
| G M Jayakumar | IND | 229 |
| Mohsina | IND | 223 |
| Yogeesha N H | IND | 204 |
| Mansoor Ahmed | IND | 194 |
| Muniya Bhovi | IND | 132 |
| B M Thimma Shetty | IND | 124 |
LOST against S Muniraju
with 24% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| S Muniraju | BJP | 57,562 |
| B L Shankar | INC | 46,734 |
| Andanappa B. | JD(S) | 43,049 |
| G Mariswamy | KJP | 18,238 |
| Govindegowda M B | IND | 16,206 |
| R Gangadhar | BSP | 1,422 |
| Kemparaju P N | BSRCP | 1,331 |
| K Muniraju | IND | 1,174 |
| R Manjunath | IND | 1,155 |
| Manjunath N (Karle | IND | 817 |
| Govindaiah | IND | 680 |
| G Lakshmikantha Acharya | IND | 512 |
| Y G Nagaraj | BHJD | 374 |
| M Zuber Ahamad | IND | 357 |
| Lakshminarayana Singh | IND | 305 |
| B K Shobhabai | JD(U) | 292 |
| K Mallikarjuna Naidu | IND | 240 |
| Devaraju H | IND | 219 |
| Umesh | IND | 215 |
| M Giriyappa | IND | 205 |
| A Anthoni | IND | 171 |
LOST against D. C. Srikantappa
with 33% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| D. C. Srikantappa | BJP | 341,391 |
| B L Shankar | INC | 267,719 |
| D K Tharadevi Siddhartha | JD(S) | 172,427 |
| H B Srikanta Murthy | IND | 16,035 |
| S Umeshkumar | KNDP | 10,414 |
| B Rudraiah | IND | 5,875 |
| U Babu Mogera | IND | 5,393 |
WON against D K Taradevi Siddartha
with 31% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| B L Shankar | JD | 195,857 |
| D K Taradevi Siddartha | INC | 191,798 |
| H R Laxmana Gowda | BJP | 151,949 |
| S L Radha Sundaresh | CPI | 71,086 |
| D R Raju | KCP | 7,311 |
| P L Lokeshappa | IND | 2,788 |
| P C John | IND | 2,307 |
| D Doddaiah | IND | 2,020 |
| D Sadashiva | IND | 1,744 |
| U Babu Mogera | IND | 1,654 |
| Nirmala Kumar Jain | IND | 1,562 |
| Krishna Naik | IND | 1,397 |
| Margada Mallappa | AIIC(T) | 1,219 |
| M K Vijaya Dev | IND | 699 |
| B K Manje Gowda | IND | 684 |
| P Moosa | IND | 503 |
| Guinness Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy | IND | 438 |
LOST against Ramakrishna Hegde
with 14% vote share
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Ramakrishna Hegde | JD | 35,342 |
| Haranahalli Ramaswamy | INC | 26,924 |
| H. Subramanya Jois | BJP | 13,802 |
| B. L. Shankar | JNP | 12,905 |
| R. S. N. Gowda | IND | 528 |
| Ravi | IND | 185 |
| Pradeep | IND | 168 |
| Hiriyuru Raghavendra | IND | 161 |
| Shivaramanna | IND | 143 |
| K. Krishanaiah | IND | 103 |
| H. L. Prabhakar | IND | 101 |
| Y. S. Sreerama Setty | IND | 100 |
| A. Narayanaswamy | IND | 100 |
| Ramegowda | IND | 86 |
| Vasanthi Rao | IND | 82 |
| U. V. R. Bhatta | IND | 79 |
| C. Mahadevaswamy | IND | 79 |
| G. M. Rajanna | IND | 66 |
| K. N. Byrappa | IND | 65 |
| K. Krishnappa | IND | 58 |
| G. S. Udayashankar | IND | 41 |