R. Rao : Political Career

Election history

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

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Gandhi Nagar

LOST against B. Muniyappa

with 23% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
B. Muniyappa	ADMK	16,893
R. Dayananda Rao	INC	14,227
N.L. Narendra Babu	BJP	13,139
D.S. Srikanta Murthy	JD	9,928
A.K. Vasantha	KCP	2,915
S. Suryanarayana Rao	CPM	1,803
M.S. Narayana Rao	JP	1,766
C. Balasundaram	IND	397
P. Ramu	IND	109
S. Ekambaram	IND	80
M.R. Lokesh	IND	77
G.P. Subramani	IND	67
S. Narayanaswamyyappa	IND	66
Leelakrishnan	IND	65
F. Anthonidass	BSP	64
A. Nagappaiah Alles	IND	62
Shankar	IND	54
D. Raju	IND	45
Nandalal Ramadas	IND	43
M.A. Ramachandra Murthy	IND	38
D. Narayan	IND	30
B. Basavaraju	IND	26
P.C. Venkatappa Reddy	IND	26
Siddaveerappa	IND	21
Sreepuri Balayogi	IND	16
Ravikumar	IND	16
Kotrappa	IND	10
G.V. Rajaprakash	IND	6

1991 for Lok Sabha from Bangalore South

LOST against K. Venkatgiri Gowda

with 41% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K. Venkatgiri Gowda	BJP	275,083
R. Gundu Rao	INC	247,835
V.S. Krishna Iyer	JD	65,356
Jinde Muniyappa	SUP	2,075
G. Narayana Kumar	IND	813
Raj Kishor Bhaiya	DDP	644
R.S.N. Gowda	IND	532
B.C.M. Aiah	IND	494
B.C. Keshava Gowda	IND	429
D.V. Shekhar	IND	424
B.R. Manjunath	IND	418
S. Visveswaraiah	CKN	383
Krishnoji Rao	BBP	329
K. Gopinath	IND	279
Agavali Saheb	IND	269
M.N. Raghavendra Rao	IND	255
L. Gangadhar	IND	193
V. Jayaram	PBI	185
B.R. Shankara	IND	179
C. Mahadevaswamy	IND	171
K. Sanjeeva	IND	166
Lakshmana Murthy	KNP	166
H.K. Chandra Shekhara	KDP	164
Thodupula Padmanabha	RSP	148
Shankaranarayana	IND	146
B.K. Sundara Rajan	IND	134
G.M. Sabeel	IND	130
Yallegowda	IND	126
Syed Imtiyaz	IND	99
T. Nagaraj	IND	82
Sachiva Sreedhara N.K.	IND	74
S.C. Bhandari	IND	67
Sunil Sankhla Jain	IND	57

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Chamarajpet

LOST against R. V. Devaraju

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. V. Devaraju	INC	27,526
Mohammad Moienuddin	JD	15,482
M. Srinivasa Murthy	BJP	6,763
M. Obanna Raju	JNP	1,587
R. S. N. Gowda	IND	667
Saleemulla Khan	IND	379
J. Pyaru	IND	286
Sharma	IND	269
Y. V. Venkatappa	IND	142
B. R. Babu Rao	IND	137
Kuppaiah	IND	97
Muniswamy Gowda	IND	94
Rangappa	IND	93
M. Ramappa	IND	78
Mehtar M. Azzam	IND	61
Chandrashekara Hampali	IND	42
Raffi	IND	40
C. V. Venkatakrishna	IND	35
K. M. Keshvan	IND	30
Raghavaiah S.	IND	29
Keshava Murthy	IND	26
H. K. Mohamed Habeeb	IND	21
Devagiri Pandu Ranga	IND	19

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Gandhi Nagar

WON against Leeladevi R. Prasad

with 54% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Dayananda Rao	INC	32,767
Leeladevi R. Prasad	JD	12,617
K. Annamalai	IND	7,839
M. S. Narayana Rao	JNP	5,335
S. Neelakantappa	BJP	1,445
S. Muneer	SRP	285
C. Siddaraju	IND	229
Joseph	IND	118
Sachiva Sreedhar N. K.	IND	101
S. Visveswaraiah	IND	87
Krishnakumar	IND	74

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Bellary

LOST against M. Ramappa

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Ramappa	INC	20,485
Sharada Male Bennur	CPI	17,852
Sabjan	IND	7,089
Y. Changalappa	BJP	2,701
V. H. Bhaskar	IND	965
P. Valisab	IND	490
Ramalinganagoud	IND	383
N. V. Swamy	IND	186
M. S. R. Rao	IND	135

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Somwarpet

LOST against B. A. Jivijaya

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
B. A. Jivijaya	JNP	31,544
R. Gundu Rao	INC	26,162
Abbobakar K.	MUL	1,983
H. B. Hoovaiah	IND	214

1978 for Vidhan Sabha from Somwarpet

WON against B. A. Jivijaya

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Gunda Rao	INC	31,588
B. A. Jivijaya	JNP	27,982
G. M. Habib	INC	1,210
D. Hanumaraje Urs	IND	831

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Jevargi

LOST against O. S. Narayan Singh

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
O. S. Narayan Singh	INC	20,500
Mahadevappa Yeshwantrao	NCO	13,896
R. R. Kulkarni Baba Rao	BJS	953

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Somwarpet

WON against C. K. Kalappa

with 56% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Gundu Rao	INC	23,448
C. K. Kalappa	NCO	13,489
B. N. Venkataramana	CPM	3,225
D. S. Manjunath	BJS	1,530

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Aurad

WON against P. G. R. Patil

with 57% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. R. S. Rao	INC	25,965
P. G. R. Patil	IND	19,299

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhalki

LOST against B. Shivalingappa

with 34% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
B. Shivalingappa	INC	23,210
B. R. L. Rao	IND	12,099

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Raichur

LOST against M. N. Basappa

with 9% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. N. Basappa	SSP	14,637
M. G. Mohiuddin	INC	5,463
R. Rao	BJS	2,034
Raguvendrachari	IND	736
M. H. S. Khan	IND	275

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Aland

LOST against D. R. B. Rao

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
D. R. B. Rao	PSP	15,916
A. R. B. Rao	INC	15,536

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Aland

WON against A. R. B. Rao

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
D. R. B. Rao	PSP	15,916
A. R. B. Rao	INC	15,536

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Chincholi

LOST against V. P. Basappa

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. P. Basappa	INC	31,030
R. R. J. Rao	SWA	3,617
S. Sharnappa	IND	621

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Humnabad

LOST against V. N. Patil

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. N. Patil	CPI	16,019
G. M. Kheny	INC	14,488
K. R. G. Rao	PSP	3,345
R. Sangappa	IND	1,025

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Hulsoor

LOST against P. R. Dhondibha

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
P. R. Dhondibha	INC	13,220
B. D. Tipkurle	RPI	10,785
N. R. N. Rao	IND	734

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Gangavathi

LOST against T. D. Raya

with 39% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
T. D. Raya	INC	22,014
H. R. Rao	IND	14,221