V. Dhananjaya Kumar : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name V. Dhananjaya Kumar 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 Udupi Chikmagalur

LOST against Shobha Karandlaje

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shobha Karandlaje	BJP	581,168
K Jayaprakash Hegde	INC	399,525
V. Dhananjaya Kumar	JD(S)	14,895
S Vijaya Kumar	CPI	9,691
None Of The Above	NOTA	7,828
Zakir Hussain	BSP	7,449
Gurudeva S H	AAAP	6,049
Srinivasa Poojary	IND	1,899
Sudheer Kanchan	IND	1,689
Comrade C J Jagannath	CPIM	1,612
M D Mainuddin Khan Alias Asfiya	IND	1,214
Manjunatha G	IND	1,089

1996 for Lok Sabha from Mangalore

WON against Janardhana Poojary

with 37% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V Dhananjaya Kumar	BJP	250,765
Janardhana Poojary	INC	236,266
B A Jivijaya	JD	180,889
Everest D Souza	IND	4,318
P V Vijaya Kumar	IND	2,218
P M Bojappa	IND	1,841
Kalachanda Ravi Thammaiah	IND	1,834
Vasudeva M P	IND	1,517
Kockanda Belliappa Chengappa	IND	1,043
Harish Bantwal	IND	961
Mohan Dev Alva	IND	861
P A Abbas	IND	441

1991 for Lok Sabha from Mangalore

WON against Janardhana Poojari

with 50% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Dhananjaya Kumar	BJP	274,700
Janardhana Poojari	INC	239,695
P. Ramchandra Rao	CPM	28,010
H. Subbayya Shetty	JP	3,753
C.B. Belliappa	IND	2,184
Melville Pinto	MSD	2,045
B.E. Sheshadri	IND	567
M.N. Govindrajulu	IND	522

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Mangalur

LOST against Blasius M. D. Souza

with 26% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Blasius M. D. Souza	INC	24,494
Judith Mascarenhas	JNP	15,725
V. Dhananjaya Kumar	BJP	14,241
Adah Hussain	IND	597
Michal Sylvester D Souza	IND	70

1983 for Vidhan Sabha from Mangalur

WON against P. F. Rodrigues

with 45% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
V. Dhananjaya Kumar	BJP	22,909
P. F. Rodrigues	INC	19,062
Padmanabha K. M.	JNP	7,290
K. Aboobakar Pravakara	MUL	1,872