Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India.

Bangalore South

Lalbagh, a popular public park in Bangalore falls under this constituency
Current MP	Ananth Kumar
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, Bommanahalli.

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Assembly segmentsEdit

At present, Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following 9 Legislative Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
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 ParliamentEdit

Mysore StateEdit

Bangalore South:

• 1952: T. Madiah Gowda, Indian National Congress

Bangalore:

• 1957: H.C. Dasappa, Indian National Congress

Banglore:

• 1962: H.C. Dasappa, Indian National Congress

Bangalore:

• 1967: K. Hanumanthaiya, Indian National Congress
• 1971: K. Hanumanthaiya, Indian National Congress

Karnataka StateEdit

Year	Member	Party	Votes	%
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	35.08
1998	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	429,648	53.83
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 resultsEdit

General Election 1998Edit

Indian general election, 1998: Bangalore South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	4,29,648	53.83
	INC	D. P. Sharma	2,49,601	31.27
	Janata Dal	V. Somanna	1,10,323	13.82
	Samata Party	B. S. Rajput	2,688	0.34
	Independent	G. H. Paksha Rangaswamy	1,649	0.21
Majority			1,80,047	22.56
Turnout			7,98,135	57.09
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 1999Edit

Indian general election, 1999: Bangalore South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	4,10,161	50.99
	INC	B. K. Hariprasad	3,44,107	42.78
	JD(S)	B. T. Parthasarathy	22,801	2.83
	AIADMK	D. Arumugam	11,643	1.45
	Independent	Dr. B. R. Manjunath	11,636	1.45
Majority			66,054	8.21
Turnout			8,04,342	54.08
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2004Edit

Indian general election, 2004: Bangalore South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	3,86,682	48.30
	INC	M. Krishnappa	3,24,411	40.52
	JD(S)	Jayanthi	77,551	9.69
	Independent	S. V. Srinivasa Rao	5,012	0.63
	Independent	G. H. Paksha Rangaswamy	3,304	0.41
Majority			62,271	7.78
Turnout			8,00,649	49.41
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2009Edit

Indian general election, 2009: Bangalore South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	4,37,953	48.20
	INC	Krishna Byre Gowda	4,00,341	44.06
	JD(S)	Prof. K. E. Radhakrishna	30,045	3.31
	Independent	Capt. G. R. Gopinath	16,383	1.80
	BSP	S. Naheeda Salma	4,621	0.51
Majority			37,612	4.14
Turnout			9,08,590	44.74
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014Edit

Indian general election, 2014: Bangalore South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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	2.30	-1.01
	AAP	Nina P. Nayak	21,403	1.92	N/A
	Independent	Pramod Mutalik	4,247	0.38	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,414	0.67	N/A
Majority			2,28,575	20.51	+16.37
Turnout			11,13,726	55.72	+10.98
	BJP hold		Swing	+8.68

See alsoEdit

• Bangalore
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha