Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency
Bangalore Central is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency was created in 2008 as part of delimitation.[2] It was carved out of the Bangalore North and South Lok Sabha constituencies during 2009 Indian elections.[3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was P. C. Mohan
| Bangalore Central | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Assembly constituencies | Sarvagnanagar C. V. Raman Nagar Shivajinagar Shanti Nagar Gandhi Nagar Rajaji Nagar Chamrajpet Mahadevapura |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 19,31,456[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Demographics edit
The Central Lok Sabha constituency is dominated by minority voters, and is challenge for candidates, with having to get the support of both linguistic and religious minorities. The constituency has around 5.5 lakh Tamil People, 4.5 lakh Muslims and about 2 lakh Christians. There is also a significant number of Marwaris and Gujaratis, especially around Chickpet and Gandhinagar suburbs. The Tamil population is concentrated around the suburbs of Shivajinagar, Ulsoor, Gandhinagar, Seshadripuram and are a deciding factor for the winning candidate. Further, the demography of the constituency ranges from rich to middle class to slums.[3][4][5]
Vidhan Sabha segments and serving MLAs edit
As of 2014, Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[6][7]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | Sarvagnanagar | Bangalore Urban | K. J. George | Indian National Congress | |
| 161 | C. V. Raman Nagar (SC) | S. Raghu | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 162 | Shivajinagar | Rizwan Arshad | Indian National Congress | ||
| 163 | Shanti Nagar | N. A. Haris | Indian National Congress | ||
| 164 | Gandhi Nagar | Dinesh Gundu Rao | Indian National Congress | ||
| 165 | Rajaji Nagar | S. Suresh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 168 | Chamrajpet | Zameer Ahmed | Indian National Congress | ||
| 174 | Mahadevapura (SC) | Manjula Aravind Limbavali | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
List of members of parliament edit
| No. | Name | Term of office | Lok Sabha (Election) | Political party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | P. C. Mohan | 1 June 2009 | 18 May 2014 | 15th (2009) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 4 June 2014 | 24 May 2019 | 16th (2014) | ||||
| 18 June 2019 | Incumbent | 17th (2019) | ||||
Election results edit
2024 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | P. C. Mohan | ||||
| INC | Mansoor Ali Khan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | hold | |||
General election 2009 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | P. C. Mohan | 340,162 | 40.16 | N/A | |
| INC | H. T. Sangliana | 304,944 | 36.00 | N/A | |
| JD(S) | B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan | 162,552 | 19.19 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 35,218 | 4.16 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 846,982 | 44.55 | N/A | ||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
General election 2014 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | P. C. Mohan | 557,130 | 51.85 | +11.69 | |
| INC | Rizwan Arshad | 419,630 | 39.05 | +3.05 | |
| AAP | V. Balakrishnan | 39,869 | 3.69 | N/A | |
| JD(S) | Nandini Ala | 20,387 | 1.90 | -17.29 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 8,449 | 0.79 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 137,500 | 12.80 | +8.63 | ||
| Turnout | 1,074,609 | 55.64 | +11.09 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +11.69 | |||
General election 2019 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | P. C. Mohan | 602,853 | 50.35 | -1.50 | |
| INC | Rizwan Arshad | 5,31,885 | 44.43 | ||
| Independent | Prakash Raj | 28,906 | 2.41 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,760 | 0.90 | ||
| Margin of victory | 70,968 | 5.92 | |||
| Turnout | 11,97,687 | 54.32 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Gallery edit
- Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore falls under this constituency
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Order No. 42" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 23 March 2007. p. 116. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b Kaggere, Niranjan (9 April 2014). "Tamil voters will decide winner in B'lore Central". No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Hegde, Bhaskar (13 April 2014). "Will Tamilians back BJP this election?". No. Bangalore. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Mohan, P C (10 April 2014). . Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ . BJP Karnataka. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ a b . Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
External links edit
- Bangalore Central lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule