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. Currently the seat is held by Tejasvi Surya of Bharatiya Janata Party who won against B. K. Hariprasad of Indian National Congress by a margin of 3,31,192 votes in the 2019 Indian general election.

Assembly segmentsEdit

At present, Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following 8 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

Bangalore South:

Bangalore:

Bangalore:

Bangalore:

Year	Member	Party	Votes	Margin
1977	K. S. Hegde	Janata Party	2,21,974
1980	T. R. Shamanna	Janata Party	1,98,390
1984	V. S. Krishna Iyer	Janata Party	2,64,765
1989	R. Gundu Rao	Indian National Congress	4,13,574
1991	K. V. Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,75,083
1996	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,51,235
1998	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,29,648	180,000
1999	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,10,161
2004	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,86,682
2009	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,37,953
2014	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,33,816
2019	Tejasvi Surya	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,39,229	331,000

1998 Indian general election: 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

1999 Indian general election: 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

2004 Indian general election: 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

2009 Indian general election: 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

2014 Indian general election: 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 Nayak	21,403	1.92	N/A
	Independent	Pramod Muthalik	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

2019 Indian general elections: Bangalore South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Tejasvi Surya	7,39,229	62.20	+5.32
	INC	B. K. Hariprasad	4,08,037	34.33
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,938	0.84
Majority			3,31,192	27.87
Turnout			11,88,491	53.65
	BJP hold		Swing