Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Lalbagh, a popular public park in Bangalore falls under this constituency
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Current MP | Ananth Kumar |
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Party | BJP |
Elected Year | 2014 |
State | Karnataka |
Total Electors | 1,998,724 |
Most Successful Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (7 times) |
Category | General |
Assembly Constituencies | Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Chickpet , Basavanagudi, Padmanaba Nagar, B.T.M. Layout, Jayanagar and Bommanahalli |
Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India.
Contents
Assembly segments
At present, Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following 8 Legislative Assembly segments:
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
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166 | Govindraj Nagar | None | Bangalore Urban |
167 | Vijay Nagar | None | Bangalore Urban |
169 | Chickpet | None | Bangalore Urban |
170 | Basavanagudi | None | Bangalore Urban |
171 | Padmanaba Nagar | None | Bangalore Urban |
172 | B. T. M. Layout | None | Bangalore Urban |
173 | Jayanagar | None | Bangalore Urban |
175 | Bommanahalli | None | Bangalore Urban |
Members of Parliament
Mysore State
Bangalore South:
- 1952: T. Madiah Gowda, Indian National Congress
Banglore:
Bangalore:
Karnataka State
Year | Member | Party | Votes | % |
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1977 | K. S. Hegde | Janata Party | 221,974 | |
1980 | T. R. Shamanna | Janata Party | 198,390 | |
1984 | V. S. Krishna Iyer | Janata Party | 264,765 | |
1989 | R. Gundu Rao | Indian National Congress | 413,574 | |
1991 | K. V. Gowda | Bharatiya Janata Party | 275,083 | |
1996 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 251,235 | |
1998 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 429,648 | |
1999 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 410,161 | 50.99 |
2004 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 386,682 | 48.30 |
2009 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 437,953 | 48.20 |
2014 | Ananth Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 633,816 | 56.88 |
Election Results
General Election 1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ananth Kumar | 410,161 | 50.99 | ||
INC | B. K. Hariprasad | 344,107 | 42.78 | ||
JD(S) | B. T. Parthasarathy | 22,801 | 2.83 | ||
Majority | 66,054 | 8.21 | |||
Turnout | 805,034 | 54.13 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
General Election 2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ananth Kumar | 3,86,682 | 48.30 | -2.69 | |
INC | Krishnappa M | 3,24,411 | 40.52 | -2.26 | |
JD(S) | Jayanthi | 77,551 | 9.69 | +6.86 | |
Majority | 62,271 | 7.78 | -0.43 | ||
Turnout | 8,00,649 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | -2.69 |
General election 2009
As per Election Commission Report 2009, in the constituency there were 2,031,030 electorates out of which 959,828 females and 1,071,202 were males. Total voter turnout was 908,590 (44.74%). Total 20 candidates contested the election. Ananth Kumar from BJP won by a margin of 37,612 votes.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ananth Kumar | 4,37,953 | 48.20 | -0.10 | |
INC | Krishna Byre Gowda | 4,00,341 | 44.06 | +3.54 | |
JD(S) | K. E. Radhakrishna | 30,045 | 3.31 | -6.38 | |
Independent | G. R. Gopinath | 16,383 | 1.80 | ||
BSP | Naheeda Salma S | 4,621 | 0.51 | ||
Independent | Muralidhara.D.J | 3,480 | 0.38 | ||
Independent | Ravi Kumara T | 3,424 | 0.38 | ||
Independent | Madesh C | 2,939 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 37,612 | 4.14 | -3.64 | ||
Turnout | 9,08,590 | 44.74 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | -0.10 |
General Election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ananth Kumar | 6,33,816 | 56.88 | +8.68 | |
INC | Nandan Nilekani | 4,05,241 | 36.37 | -7.69 | |
JD(S) | Ruth Manorama | 25,677 | 2.31 | -1.00 | |
AAP | Nina P. Nayak | 21,403 | 1.92 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 2,28,575 | 20.51 | +16.37 | ||
Turnout | 11,13,726 | 55.73 | +10.99 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | +8.68 |
References
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See also