Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes[1] This constituency covers the entire Chitradurga district and part of Tumkur district.

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Assembly constituenciesMolakalmuru
Challakere
Chitradurga
Hiriyur
Hosadurga
Holalkere
Sira
Pavagada
Established2008
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2019

Assembly segments

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[1]

No Name District Member Party
97 Molakalmuru (ST) Chitradurga N. Y. Gopalakrishna INC
98 Challakere (ST) T. Raghumurthy INC
99 Chitradurga K. C. Veerendra Puppy INC
100 Hiriyur D. Sudhakar INC
101 Hosadurga B. G. Govindappa INC
102 Holalkere (SC) M. Chandrappa BJP
136 Sira Tumkur T. B. Jayachandra INC
137 Pavagada (SC) H. V. Venkatesh INC

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1952 S. Nijalingappa Indian National Congress
1957 J. Mohammed Imam Praja Socialist Party
1962 J. Veerabasappa Indian National Congress
1967 J. Mohammed Imam Swatantra Party
1971 K. Mallanna Indian National Congress
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 K. H. Ranganath Indian National Congress
1989 C. P. Mudalagiriyappa
1991
1996 P. Kondandaramaiah Janata Dal
1998 C. P. Mudalagiriyappa Indian National Congress
1999 Shashi Kumar Janata Dal
2004 N. Y. Hanumanthappa Indian National Congress
2009 Janardhana Swamy Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 B. N. Chandrappa Indian National Congress
2019 A. Narayanaswamy Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019
2019 Indian general elections: Chitradurga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP A. Narayanswamy 626,195 50.26
INC B. N. Chandrappa 5,46,017 43.82
BSP C. U. Mahanthesh 8,907 0.71
IND. N. T. Vijayakumar 8,707 0.70
Majority 80,178 6.48
Turnout 12,46,506 70.80
BJP gain from INC Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Chitradurga[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. N. Chandrappa 4,67,372 42.64
BJP Janardhana Swamy 3,66,220 33.40
JD(S) Gullihatty D Shekhar 2,02,108 18.43
AAP Mohana Dashari 14,226 1.30
Majority 1,01,291 9.24
Turnout 10,97,666 66.07
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

References
  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 207.
  2. "Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency results 2014".

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