<p>In the last five decades, eminent people from various walks of life have contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore South constituency. </p><p>It all started in 1971 with renowned Kannada poet Gopalakrishna Adiga entering the poll fray as the Bharatiya Jan Sangh candidate against former chief minister Kengal Hanumanthiah (Congress). </p><p>In the historic 1977 elections, former Supreme Court judge Justice K S Hegde contested as the Janata Party nominee and trounced Hanumanthaiah. </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Keep up with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, right here with DH!</a></strong></p><p>In 1991, renowned economist Prof K Venkatigiri Gowda defeated another former chief minister R Gundu Rao. </p><p>Popular Kannada actor of yesteryear Jayanthi, too, tried her luck from Bangalore South in 2004 as the JD(S) candidate. Entrepreneur Capt G R Gopinath and educationist Prof K E Radhakrishna unsuccessfully contested the 2009 elections. </p><p>In 2014, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani (Congress) and Magsaysay award winner Ruth Manorama of JD(S) lost to the BJP veteran Ananth Kumar, who represented the seat six times in a row until his untimely demise in 2018.</p>
<p>In the last five decades, eminent people from various walks of life have contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore South constituency. </p><p>It all started in 1971 with renowned Kannada poet Gopalakrishna Adiga entering the poll fray as the Bharatiya Jan Sangh candidate against former chief minister Kengal Hanumanthiah (Congress). </p><p>In the historic 1977 elections, former Supreme Court judge Justice K S Hegde contested as the Janata Party nominee and trounced Hanumanthaiah. </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Keep up with the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, right here with DH!</a></strong></p><p>In 1991, renowned economist Prof K Venkatigiri Gowda defeated another former chief minister R Gundu Rao. </p><p>Popular Kannada actor of yesteryear Jayanthi, too, tried her luck from Bangalore South in 2004 as the JD(S) candidate. Entrepreneur Capt G R Gopinath and educationist Prof K E Radhakrishna unsuccessfully contested the 2009 elections. </p><p>In 2014, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani (Congress) and Magsaysay award winner Ruth Manorama of JD(S) lost to the BJP veteran Ananth Kumar, who represented the seat six times in a row until his untimely demise in 2018.</p>
