Analysis · who gets elected

Who represents India

KARNATAKA, Lok Sabha. Affidavit data available for 15 elections.

Top education

Graduate Professional

9 winners · 2019

Second

12th Pass

6 winners

Graduate+

60%

17 of 28 with degree or higher

Top profession

Business

11 winners

[01]Winners by education

Highest qualification of elected members, 2019

Graduate Professional 9 (32%)

12th Pass 6 (21%)

10th Pass 4 (14%)

Graduate 4 (14%)

Post Graduate 4 (14%)

5th Pass 1 (3%)

Main profession of elected members, 2019

Business 11 (39%)

Politics 7 (25%)

Agriculture 5 (17%)

Liberal Profession or Professional 5 (17%)

Share of winners with a degree or higher, each election

Arithmetic over the tables above, not commentary

Graduate Professional is the most common education level among 2019 winners — 9 of 28 (32%).
Graduate Professional: 9 of 28
60% of winners (17 of 28) hold a graduate degree or higher.
Graduate+: 60%
11 winners (39%) have below-graduate education.
Below graduate: 39%
The graduate+ share has fallen from 67.9% (2004) to 60.7% (2019) — a shift of -7.1 percentage points.
Graduate+ Δ -7.1 pp over 4 elections
The most common profession among winners is Business — 11 of 28 (39%).
Top profession: Business at 39%