V. Rao : Political Career

Election history

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

2004 for Vidhan Sabha from Hosakote

LOST against Nagaraju M T B

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nagaraju M T B	INC	75,808
Bachegowda B N	JD(S)	74,973
Lakshmana K	BJP	11,464
Bachegowda A N	IND	2,468
Venkoba Rao H V	IND	920
Nagaraja N	IND	896

2004 for Lok Sabha from Bangalore South

LOST against Ananth Kumar

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ananth Kumar	BJP	386,682
Krishnappa M	INC	324,411
Jayanthi	JD(S)	77,551
Srinivasa Rao S V	IND	5,012
Guinness Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy	IND	3,304
Manjunath B R	IND	1,934
Bhadrappa	IND	1,755

1996 for Lok Sabha from Chitradurga

LOST against P.Kodandaramaiah

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
P.Kodandaramaiah	JD	251,617
C P Mudalagiriyappa	INC	232,235
L G Havanura	BJP	189,897
Nanjunda Aradhya	JP	7,471
K T Prakash	IND	3,944
S T Manjunath	IND	3,708
M J Jayakumar	IND	3,667
H Veeranna	BSP	2,681
V C Channakeshava Reddy	IND	2,200
M Kariyappa	IND	1,062
G S Ramanna	IND	1,024
S V Nagaraja Rao	IND	1,021
S R Shivananda	IND	977
H Kashiramaiah	IND	946
Syed Chaman Sab	IND	940
M P Mohana	IND	897
D Prabhakara	IND	636
S Arifulla Chandragavi Khadri	IND	575

1994 for Vidhan Sabha from Jayamahal

LOST against R. Krishnappa

with 4% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Krishnappa	JD	29,011
S.M. Yahya	INC	26,163
Abbas Ali Bohra	BJP	12,810
V. Sathyanarayana Rao	JP	2,715
S.R. Khan	KCP	2,267
A.K. Subbaiah	BSP	1,457
Joshuva Chella Dorai	IND	538
K.K. Mishra	SP	437
M. Vasanthakumar	IND	182
Intiaz Ahamed	IND	172
A. Baskar	IND	147
M. Srinivasa	IND	138
K. Padmanaban	IND	72
Syed Ahmed Hussain	IND	58
K.M. Mariyappa	IND	45

1991 for Lok Sabha from Chikballapur

WON against R.L. Jalappa

with 47% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Krishna Rao	INC	309,614
R.L. Jalappa	JD	206,243
Hanuman Singh	BJP	123,438
B.M. Cholaraj	IND	2,656
Nage Krishnappa	IND	2,112
Syed Hussain	IND	1,478
N. Suresh	IND	1,443
S. Mahaboob Sab	IND	1,434
G.S. Thimmaiah	IND	838
Kaushlendra Kumar	DDP	821
N. Ramkrishna	IND	595
Mushthak Ahmed	IND	583
D.V. Obalappa	IND	544
K.N. Kempaiah	IND	517
Byra Reddy	IND	390
M.S. Narayana	IND	154

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Shivajinagar

LOST against A. K. Anatha Krishna

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
A. K. Anatha Krishna	INC	21,857
R. Roshan Baig	JD	21,766
D. S. Ramu	IND	255
Zakir Hussain	IND	186
B. R. Krishna	IND	183
Syed Maqsood Ahmed	IND	168
Ahmed Shareef	IND	164
Syed Altaf Ahmed	IND	125
V. Thulasaji Rao	IND	114
Syed Bashu	SRP	106
Basava Raju	IND	97
B. Jayaram	IND	71
Khasim Fazlur Rehman	IND	40

1984 for Lok Sabha from Chikballapur

WON against R. L .Jalappa

with 52% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Krishna Rao	INC	282,279
R. L .Jalappa	JNP	237,965
C. V. Kodandarama Setty	IND	10,370
Narayana Reddy	IND	4,372
Keshava A.S.	IND	2,203
B. L .Muniyappa	IND	1,918
Jayachandra	IND	1,510
K. N. Kempiaah	IND	1,497
S. Kumara Swamy	IND	1,392
Lalitha Narayana	IND	818
K. Aswathanarayanarao	IND	619

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Krishnaraja

LOST against N. H. Gangadhara

with 21% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
N. H. Gangadhara	BJP	21,163
T. V. Srinivasa Rao	JNP	9,116
J. Kamalaraman	INC	7,459
V. Venkataesh	IND	3,406
C. Nataraj	IND	556
Vittala Rao	IND	348
B. K. Athmaram	IND	341
H. Lakshminarayana Rao	IND	306
G. S. Ramakrishnaiah	IND	218
S. P. Thirumalarao	IND	214
H. R. Lalitha	ICJ	63
D. Puttuswamy	IND	37
Shahajadiamma	IND	29

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Bellary

LOST against M. Ramappa

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. Ramappa	JNP	30,350
Raja Saheb	INC	25,876
Y. Changalappa	BJP	3,440
N. V. Prakash Rao	IND	931

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Gauribidanur

LOST against R. N. Lakshmipathi

with 46% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. N. Lakshmipathi	JNP	34,260
V. Krishna Rao	INC	30,426
Kumaraswamy	IND	998

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Dharwad

LOST against More S. R.

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
More S. R.	INC	17,991
Bellad Chandrakant Gurappa	JNP	17,859
Bhavurao Deshpande	BJP	9,864
Maniyar Abdulgani Ir-Brahimasaheb	IND	8,513
Hedge G. S. Vakilaru	LKD	1,064
B. V. Rama Rao	IND	490
Palanakar Mahabaleshwar Ramachandra	IND	416
Gorawar D. F.	IND	248
Tippannavar Devaraj	IND	173
Irkal Tippanasa Tulzansa	IND	166
Anand Hosagoundar	IND	143
Fernadis Francies Puttu	IND	139
Kabber Danappa Girimallappa	IND	88
Sankangoudar Shivagoudar Ramesh	IND	84
Ahmedali Jamaluddin Rehiman Sabanavar Alias	IND	83
Patil Iranagouda Ninganagouda	IND	83
Ghalagi Gurunath Parashuram Bhat	IND	72
Liyakat Hamid Khan	IND	71
Mapasekar Yeshwant Ganapathrao	IND	61
Saifuddin M. M.	IND	33

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Gauribidanur

WON against R. N. Lakshmipathi

with 60% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Krishna Rao	INC	30,469
R. N. Lakshmipathi	NCO	19,556
T. M. Anjaiah Setty	IND	477
Seetharama Reddy	BJS	365

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Mangalore I

LOST against M. S. Nayak

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
M. S. Nayak	INC	15,105
A. R. Ahmed	IND	9,099
C. G. Kamath	BJS	7,214
D. M. Roi	IND	5,089
A. S. Pai	CPI	3,568
M. Brito	IND	650
S. N. V. Rao	IND	198
V. R. Shet	IND	105

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Shivajinagar

LOST against H. R. A. Gaffar

with 18% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
H. R. A. Gaffar	INC	10,148
V. Ahmed	SWA	5,646
V. Rao	IND	5,465
B. K. M. Gowda	IND	3,714
S. Ahmed	IND	3,173
A. N. Srinivasan	IND	1,029
D. Khan	IND	702
M. S. Gopalan	IND	459

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Mysore

LOST against K. Puttaswamy

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
K. Puttaswamy	INC	17,946
T. V. Srinivasa Rao	PSP	7,191
H. D. Shivalinge Gowda	IND	3,433
M. Chikathammiah	CPI	3,403

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Hassan

LOST against Yashodharamma

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Yashodharamma	INC	11,498
H. B. Jwalanaiah	IND	9,265
M. R. Puttaswamiah	PSP	6,166
G. R. Ramachandra Iyer	JS	498
S. V. Shama Rao	SWA	300

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Tumkur

LOST against G. N. Puttanna

with 44% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
G. N. Puttanna	PSP	14,055
M. V. Rama Rao	INC	12,486
T. L. Thimmappa	CPI	1,602

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Hunsur

LOST against D. Devaraj Urs

with 7% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
D. Devaraj Urs	INC	21,259
N. Rachiah	INC	20,583
K. Lingappa	IND	19,874
S. Kuntaiah	IND	13,333
R. Peeranna	PSP	6,573
B. V. Rama Rao Sindhe	BJS	6,430