Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency

Chitradurga
Chitradurga
Lok Sabha constituency
	Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Molakalmuru; Challakere; Chitradurga; Hiriyur; Hosadurga; Holalkere; Sira; Pavagada
Established	2008
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Govind Karjol
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka

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.

Assembly segments

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

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
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		Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. H. Ranganath	Indian National Congress
1989	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa
1991	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa
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
2024	Govind Karjol	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Chitradurga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govind Karjol	684,890	50.11	0.15
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	6,36,769	46.58	2.76
	NOTA	None of the above	3,190	0.23	0.12
Majority			48,121	3.53	2.95
Turnout			13,67,995	73.65	2.85
	BJP hold		Swing	0.15

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chitradurga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. Narayanswamy	626,195	50.26	16.62
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	5,46,017	43.82	1.18
	BSP	C. U. Mahanthesh	8,907	0.71	N/A
	IND.	N. T. Vijayakumar	8,707	0.70	New
	NOTA	None of the above	4,368	0.35
Majority			80,178	6.48	2.76
Turnout			12,46,506	70.80	4.73
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Chitradurga^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	467,372	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

References

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

External links

Chitradurga lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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[eci-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 207.

[2] "Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency results 2014".