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Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency

Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency has been known by different names in its history. For the 1951 and every election since 1977 it has been known as Bangalore North. For the 1957 and 1962 elections it was known as Bangalore City. For the 1967 and 1971 elections it formed a constituency jointly with Bangalore South and was known as Bangalore. From 1951–73, this constituency resided in Mysore State. On 1 November 1973, Mysuru State was renamed as Karnataka.[2]

Bangalore North
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Assembly constituenciesK. R. Pura
Byatarayanapura
Yeshvanthapura
Dasarahalli
Mahalakshmi Layout
Malleshwara
Hebbal
Pulakeshinagar
Established1951
Total electors2,401,472[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2014

Bangalore North held its first elections in 1951 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Keshava Iyengar of the Indian National Congress (INC). He was re-elected in the next election in 1957. K. Hanumanthaiya also of the INC represented this constituency for three consecutive terms from 1962 to 1977. C. K. Jaffer Sharief of the INC was its MP for five consecutive terms from 1977–1996 before being denied ticket in the 1996 election. C. Narayanaswamy of the Janata Dal party defeated Mohammed Obedulla Sharief.[3]

This brought to an end a 45-year period where this constituency had been represented by a member of the INC from 1951–96. Sharief became the MP once again in 1998. He was also re-elected in 1999 to serve his seventh term as MP for this constituency.[4] H. T. Sangliana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) represented this constituency in 2004. D. B. Chandre Gowda also of the BJP was elected in the 2009 election. As of the latest elections in 2019, its current MP is D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the BJP who was also the incumbent Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Of the 17 elections held in this constituency, the most successful party is the INC who have won on 12 occasions.

Assembly segments edit

 
Bangalore North Map

As of 2014, Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[5]

Members of Parliament edit

Election results edit

General election 2024 edit

Election on April 26, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Bangalore North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shobha Karandlaje
INC Rajeev Gowda
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

General election 1951 edit

Indian general election, 1951–52: Bangalore North[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshava Iyengar 83,513 47.17 N/A
Socialist C. G. K. Reddy 24,666 13.93 N/A
Independent Mohammad Hanif 22,399 12.65 N/A
Independent E. P. W. Dacosta 17,575 9.93 N/A
KMPP D. N. Hosali 15,453 8.73 N/A
Independent A. M. Dharmalingam 8,240 4.65 N/A
Independent S. K. Venkataranga Iyengar 5,211 2.94 N/A
Margin of victory 58,847 39.24 N/A
Turnout 177,057 45.40 N/A
INC win (new seat)

General election 1957 edit

1957 Indian general election: Bangalore City[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshava Iyengar 89,611 58.26 +11.09
Independent Haridranath Chattopadhyaya 46,948 30.52 N/A
ABJS M. A. Venkat Rao 17,248 11.21 N/A
Margin of victory 42,663 27.74 -5.50
Turnout 153,807 43.33 -2.07
INC hold Swing

General election 1962 edit

1962 Indian general election: Bangalore City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Hanumanthaiya 118,028 55.23 -3.03
SWA V. S. Natarajan 57,489 26.90 N/A
CPI M. S. Krishnan 25,880 12.11 N/A
ABJS M. A. Venkat Rao 12,309 5.76 -5.45
Margin of victory 60,539 28.33 +0.59
Turnout 219,276 55.83 +12.50
INC hold Swing

General election 1967 edit

1967 Indian general election: Bangalore[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Hanumanthaiya 130,814 47.87 -7.36
Independent T. Subramanya 80,194 29.34 N/A
Independent S. R. M. Ahmad 34,239 12.53 N/A
Independent G. Rangaswamy 28,047 10.26 N/A
Margin of victory 50,620 18.53 -9.80
Turnout 282,182 52.13 -3.70
INC hold Swing

General election 1971 edit

1971 Indian general election: Bangalore[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Hanumanthaiya 181,819 65.13 +17.26
ABJS M. Gopala Krishna Adiga 77,789 27.87 N/A
CPI M. S. Krishnan 6,914 2.48 N/A
Independent S. R. Mukhtar Ahmed 4,371 1.57 -10.96
Independent L. Krishna Murthy 2,137 0.77 N/A
Independent S. Clement 1,795 0.64 N/A
Independent C. S. Gundappa 1,490 0.53 N/A
Independent R. Shanmugam 1,321 0.47 N/A
Independent C. Krishna 397 0.14 N/A
Independent G. Rangaswamy 319 0.11 -10.15
Independent T. Dorairaj 307 0.11 N/A
Independent S. N. Sastry 183 0.07 N/A
Independent H. Y. S. Devaru 163 0.06 N/A
Independent Krishna Kant Mishra 154 0.06 N/A
Margin of victory 104,030 37.26 +18.73
Turnout 282,994 45.27 -6.86
INC hold Swing

General election 1977 edit

1977 Indian general election: Bangalore North[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 198,669 54.18 -10.95
JP M. Chandrasekhar 158,485 43.22 N/A
Independent Abdul Azeez Memon 3,195 0.87 N/A
Independent M. Guruswamy 2,299 0.63 N/A
Independent K. K. Mishra 1,678 0.46 +0.40
Independent Haji S. Habib Khan Azad Bashu 1,426 0.39 N/A
Independent Rani Annadurai 924 0.25 N/A
Margin of victory 40,184 10.96 -26.30
Turnout 374,502 60.17 +14.90
INC hold Swing

General election 1980 edit

1980 Indian general election: Bangalore North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) C. K. Jaffer Sharief 219,108 55.21 +1.03
JP B. Channabyregowda 102,573 25.84 N/A
INC(U) M. D. Nataraj 65,253 16.44 N/A
JP(S) H. L. Nanjappa 7,666 1.93 N/A
Independent B. S. Nazeer Hussain Khan 1,123 0.28 N/A
Independent B. M. Venkateshalu 793 0.20 N/A
Independent A. R. Abdul Shukoor 364 0.09 N/A
Margin of victory 116,535 29.37 +18.41
Turnout 405,967 52.37 -7.80
INC hold Swing

General election 1984 edit

1984 Indian general election: Bangalore North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 260,279 51.13 -4.08
JP George Fernandes 218,733 42.97 +17.13
Independent G. I. D'Souza 4,534 0.89 N/A
Independent Narayana Reddy 4,341 0.85 N/A
Independent Momu Anjanappa Reddy 2,305 0.45 N/A
Independent B. K. Narayanaswamy 1,968 0.39 N/A
Independent M. S. Channappa 1,827 0.36 N/A
Independent D. S. William 1,779 0.35 N/A
BJP N. Rajappa 1,704 0.33 N/A
Independent Shankara B. R. 1,261 0.25 N/A
Independent Jayaramu 1,142 0.22 N/A
Independent B. M. Krishna Reddy 993 0.20 N/A
Independent Mundey Phutane 892 0.18 N/A
Independent T. Shivaram 830 0.16 N/A
Independent B. Jayaram 634 0.12 N/A
Independent Mohammed Saleh 614 0.12 N/A
Independent Khalid Nishu 605 0.12 N/A
Independent H. G. Lingaraj 592 0.12 N/A
Independent H. R. Siddalingachar 544 0.11 N/A
Independent Syed Rafiuddin 531 0.10 N/A
Independent S. Kanagarajan 516 0.10 N/A
Independent K. M. A. H. Gowda 375 0.07 N/A
Independent A. Vijayanarayana Gowda 375 0.07 N/A
Independent C. Srinivasa 369 0.07 N/A
Independent K. K. Mishra 368 0.07 N/A
Independent K. M. Nagaraja Reddy 367 0.07 N/A
Independent H. V. Mohana 250 0.05 N/A
Independent A. R. Abdul Shukoor 179 0.04 N/A
Independent S. Manthiyappa 155 0.03 N/A
Margin of victory 41,546 8.16 -21.21
Turnout 518,766 59.68 +7.31
INC hold Swing

General election 1989 edit

1989 Indian general election: Bangalore North[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 390,460 51.85 +0.72
JD Lawrence V. Fernandes 283,336 37.63 N/A
Independent Syed Shahabuddin 55,046 7.31 N/A
Independent B. R. Shankar 4,482 0.60 N/A
Independent K. N. Kempaiah 3,120 0.41 N/A
Independent B. Venkataswamappa 2,457 0.33 N/A
Scientific Vedic Revolutionary Party K. K. Mishra 2,192 0.29 N/A
Independent Byataraje Gowda 1,570 0.21 N/A
Independent M. A. Khan 1,449 0.19 N/A
Independent Narayanappa 1,376 0.18 N/A
Independent V. Aswathappa 1,221 0.16 N/A
Independent T. N. Rama Rao 1,209 0.16 N/A
Independent A. Narayana Swamy 1,178 0.16 N/A
Independent C. R. Lokesh Reddy 957 0.13 N/A
Independent Balakrishnappa 901 0.12 N/A
IUML Abdul Azeez Memon 843 0.11 N/A
Independent M. L. Subbaraj 619 0.08 N/A
Independent Venkateswara 618 0.08 N/A
Margin of victory 107,124 14.22 +6.06
Turnout 781,199 58.82 -0.86
INC hold Swing

General election 1991 edit

1991 Indian general election: Bangalore North[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 252,272 41.72 -10.13
JD C. Narayanaswamy 1,91,955 31.75 -5.88
BJP Pramila Nesargi 1,45,074 23.99 N/A
Surajya Party K. K. Mishra 2,414 0.40 N/A
Independent B. K. Narayanaswamy 1,161 0.19 N/A
Independent Shivaramanna 1,067 0.18 N/A
Independent C. J. Khader Nawaz Sharief 923 0.15 N/A
LKD S. M. Raju 857 0.14 N/A
Independent Mallikarjuna 747 0.12 N/A
Independent K. Satyanarayana 720 0.12 N/A
Independent Prabhuraju 704 0.12 N/A
Independent Panner Selvan 665 0.11 N/A
Independent H. V. Mohan 619 0.10 N/A
Independent M. R. Vijaya Kumar 604 0.10 N/A
Independent B. Puttaraju 542 0.09 N/A
Independent L. Lakshmaiah 522 0.09 N/A
Independent D. Jairam 469 0.08 N/A
Independent M. A. Shujath Pasha 428 0.07 N/A
Kannada Paksha Sripada Rao 410 0.07 N/A
Independent Mahaboob B. E. 386 0.06 N/A
Independent P. Venkatesh 299 0.05 N/A
Independent H. K. Chandrashekar 263 0.04 N/A
Independent Narayanappa 255 0.04 N/A
Independent D. R. Venkatesh Gowda 234 0.04 N/A
JP V. Aswathappa 213 0.04 N/A
Independent M. Krishnappa 177 0.03 N/A
Independent B. M. Krishna Reddy 161 0.03 N/A
Independent Byataraja Gowda 153 0.03 -0.18
Independent M. Sundra Murthy 120 0.02 N/A
Independent Gaddam Obalesh 115 0.02 N/A
Independent Fayaz Pasha 111 0.02 N/A
Margin of victory 60,317 9.97 -4.25
Turnout 617,388 46.24 -12.58
INC hold Swing

General election 1996 edit

1996 Indian general election: Bangalore North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD C. Narayanaswamy 398,650 48.64 +16.89
INC Mohd. Obaidulla Sharief 2,65,348 32.37 -9.35
BJP Y. Ramakrishna 1,24,416 15.18 -8.81
BSP B. Krishnappa 5,168 0.63 N/A
Surajya Party K. K. Mishra 4,917 0.60 +0.20
Independent Noorali Afzal 1,555 0.19 N/A
Independent Bhaskar Reddy 1,444 0.18 N/A
Independent G. B. Muthukumar 1,027 0.13 N/A
Independent B. K. Narayanaswamy 906 0.11 -0.08
Bharathiya Nethaji Party A. S. Mohanakrishnan 887 0.11 N/A
Independent Lakshmaiah 867 0.11 +0.02
Independent K. Padmarajan 848 0.10 N/A
Independent B. Venkataswamappa 816 0.10 N/A
Independent H. Basavaraj 772 0.09 N/A
Independent Noor Pasha 755 0.09 N/A
Independent Padmanabha Pillai 699 0.09 N/A
Independent Mohd. Imtiaz 654 0.08 N/A
Independent A. S. Paul 619 0.08 N/A
Independent Antony F. Rajiv 577 0.07 N/A
Independent Bharathkumar 566 0.07 N/A
Independent M. Mohan 555 0.07 N/A
Independent Mohd. Asif 536 0.07 N/A
Independent Dodda Venkatashamappa 532 0.06 N/A
Independent H. M. Ramakrishna 458 0.06 N/A
Independent H. M. Sreenivasa Rao 445 0.05 N/A
Independent K. Ananda 429 0.05 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 421 0.05 N/A
Independent B. P. Umamahesh 369 0.05 N/A
Independent M. Sundaramurthy 335 0.04 +0.02
Independent S. K. Dhanraj 334 0.04 N/A
Independent Bijoor S. R. 318 0.04 N/A
Independent B. Ramesh 314 0.04 N/A
Independent B. S. Shashidhar 306 0.04 N/A
Independent C. Mahendra 288 0.04 N/A
Independent Gaddam Obalesh 262 0.03 +0.01
Independent G. Govinda Reddy 253 0.03 N/A
Independent K. Sathyanarayana 228 0.03 N/A
Independent B. Manzoor Ahmed 207 0.03 N/A
Independent V. Aswathappa 203 0.02 N/A
Independent M. Narayana 196 0.02 N/A
Independent Rabhindranath Ojza 189 0.02 N/A
Independent Monandev Alva 178 0.02 N/A
Independent M. D. Shaik Dil 169 0.02 N/A
Independent K. M. Thomas 166 0.02 N/A
Independent Ravi Kumar 160 0.02 N/A
Independent Yellegowda 158 0.02 N/A
Independent N. K. Chandrashekar 128 0.02 N/A
Margin of victory 133,302 16.27 +6.30
Turnout 834,759 54.26 +8.02
JD gain from INC Swing

General election 1998 edit

1998 Indian general election: Bangalore North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 399,582 42.11 -9.74
Lok Shakti D. R. Jeevaraj Alva 3,27,135 34.48 N/A
JD C. Narayanaswamy 2,06,396 21.75 -26.89
JP R. Saravanan 4,959 0.52 N/A
BSP J. Krishnappa 2,784 0.29 -0.34
Independent Muniswamappa 1,258 0.13 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 1,247 0.13 +0.08
Independent Muhammed Yasin 1,216 0.13 N/A
Independent A. S. Rajan 1,140 0.12 N/A
Independent Abdul Moulana Shariff 950 0.10 N/A
Independent S. M. Raju 471 0.05 N/A
Independent Asif Ali Shah 408 0.04 N/A
Independent B. N. Srinivas 378 0.04 N/A
Independent Noor Ali Afjal 340 0.04 N/A
Independent Babu Abel 308 0.03 N/A
Independent Siva Channabasappa 275 0.03 N/A
Margin of victory 72,447 7.63 -8.64
Turnout 961,717 57.78 +3.52
INC gain from JD Swing

General election 1999 edit

1999 Indian general election: Bangalore North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 525,523 51.10 +8.99
JD(U) Michael B. Fernandes 3,49,918 34.03 N/A
JD(S) C. Narayanaswamy 1,05,843 10.29 N/A
Independent K. N. Parameshappa 17,147 1.67 N/A
AIADMK M. Sundaramurthy 16,656 1.62 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 13,271 1.29 +1.16
Margin of victory 175,605 17.07 +9.44
Turnout 1,028,370 56.26 -1.52
INC hold Swing

General election 2004 edit

2004 Indian general election: Bangalore North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. H. T. Sangliana 473,502 40.93 N/A
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 4,43,144 38.31 -12.79
JD(S) C. M. Ibrahim 2,08,588 18.03 +7.74
Independent M. Venkatesh 11,347 0.98 N/A
Kannada Nadu Party Joe Simon 7,079 0.61 N/A
Independent Mohamad Ibrahim 6,878 0.59 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 3,604 0.31 -0.98
Independent Uma K. 2,703 0.23 N/A
Margin of victory 30,358 2.62 -1.45
Turnout 1,156,845 54.22
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election 2009 edit

2009 Indian general elections: Bangalore North[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. B. Chandre Gowda 452,920 45.22 +4.29
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 3,93,255 39.26 +0.95
JD(S) R. Surendra Babu 1,10,983 11.08 -6.95
BSP Padmaa K. Bhat 8,731 0.87 N/A
Independent H. Pillaiah 5,804 0.58 N/A
Independent V. Prasanna Kumar 4,034 0.40 N/A
Independent T. B. Madwaraja 3,529 0.35 N/A
Independent Zafer Mohiuddin 2,196 0.22 N/A
Independent N. Harish Gowda 2,016 0.20 N/A
Independent K. A. Mohan 1,932 0.19 N/A
Independent Joseph Solomon 1,650 0.16 N/A
Bharatiya Praja Paksha M. Tippuvardhan 1,506 0.15 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 1,304 0.13 -0.18
Independent L. Nagaraj 1,198 0.12 N/A
Independent T. R. Chandrahasa 1,017 0.10 N/A
Independent A. Jaleel 864 0.09 N/A
Independent Venkatesa Shetty 840 0.08 N/A
Independent Kanya Kumar 828 0.08 N/A
Independent H. A. Shivakumar 821 0.08 N/A
Independent Anchana Khanna 797 0.08 N/A
Independent Syed Akbar Basha 796 0.08 N/A
Independent K. Sathyanarayana 691 0.07 N/A
Independent G. S. Kumar 667 0.07 N/A
Independent M. U. Venkateshaiah 666 0.07 N/A
Independent B. K. Chandra 661 0.07 N/A
Independent C. Krishnamurthy 647 0.06 N/A
Independent Lakshmaiah 485 0.05 N/A
Margin of victory 59,665 5.96 +3.34
Turnout 1,001,657 46.72 -7.50
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014 edit

2014 Indian general elections: Bangalore North[1][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda 718,326 52.91 +7.69
INC C. Narayanaswamy 4,88,562 35.99 -3.27
JD(S) Abdul Azeem 92,681 6.83 -4.25
AAP Babu Mathew 28,107 2.07 N/A
BSP V Velu 5,586 0.41 -0.46
Gareeb Aadmi Party Sun Star D. Jayaram 3,784 0.28 N/A
Independent Sunil V. J. 1,561 0.12 N/A
Independent S. Ramu 1,131 0.08 N/A
Independent M. U. Venkatesh Simha Bhovi 1,033 0.08 N/A
Independent Manohar H. A. 919 0.07 N/A
Independent T. S. Chaithanya (S. J. R.) 911 0.07 N/A
RPI(A) Muthuraju M. 829 0.06 N/A
Independent Mohammed Qutbuddin 680 0.05 N/A
Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 612 0.05 -0.08
NOTA None of the above 11,996 0.88 N/A
Margin of victory 2,29,764 16.92 +10.98
Turnout 13,57,553 56.53 +9.81
BJP hold Swing

General election 2019 edit

2019 Indian general elections: Bangalore North[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda 824,500 52.87  0.04
INC Krishna Byre Gowda 6,76,982 43.41  7.42
NOTA None of the Above 11,632 0.75  0.13
Margin of victory 1,47,518 9.46  7.46
Turnout 15,60,324 54.76  1.77
BJP hold Swing  0.04

See also edit

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Not to be confused with Bangalore North Assembly constituency Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian Parliament constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka This constituency has been known by different names in its history For the 1951 and every election since 1977 it has been known as Bangalore North For the 1957 and 1962 elections it was known as Bangalore City For the 1967 and 1971 elections it formed a constituency jointly with Bangalore South and was known as Bangalore From 1951 73 this constituency resided in Mysore State On 1 November 1973 Mysuru State was renamed as Karnataka 2 Bangalore NorthLok Sabha constituencyLok Sabha Constituency MapConstituency detailsCountryIndiaRegionSouth IndiaStateKarnatakaAssembly constituenciesK R Pura Byatarayanapura Yeshvanthapura Dasarahalli Mahalakshmi LayoutMalleshwara Hebbal PulakeshinagarEstablished1951Total electors2 401 472 1 ReservationNoneMember of Parliament17th Lok SabhaIncumbent D V Sadananda GowdaPartyBharatiya Janata PartyElected year2014 Bangalore North held its first elections in 1951 and its first member of parliament MP was Keshava Iyengar of the Indian National Congress INC He was re elected in the next election in 1957 K Hanumanthaiya also of the INC represented this constituency for three consecutive terms from 1962 to 1977 C K Jaffer Sharief of the INC was its MP for five consecutive terms from 1977 1996 before being denied ticket in the 1996 election C Narayanaswamy of the Janata Dal party defeated Mohammed Obedulla Sharief 3 This brought to an end a 45 year period where this constituency had been represented by a member of the INC from 1951 96 Sharief became the MP once again in 1998 He was also re elected in 1999 to serve his seventh term as MP for this constituency 4 H T Sangliana of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP represented this constituency in 2004 D B Chandre Gowda also of the BJP was elected in the 2009 election As of the latest elections in 2019 its current MP is D V Sadananda Gowda of the BJP who was also the incumbent Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Of the 17 elections held in this constituency the most successful party is the INC who have won on 12 occasions Contents 1 Assembly segments 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 General election 2024 3 2 General election 1951 3 3 General election 1957 3 4 General election 1962 3 5 General election 1967 3 6 General election 1971 3 7 General election 1977 3 8 General election 1980 3 9 General election 1984 3 10 General election 1989 3 11 General election 1991 3 12 General election 1996 3 13 General election 1998 3 14 General election 1999 3 15 General election 2004 3 16 General election 2009 3 17 General election 2014 3 18 General election 2019 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAssembly segments edit nbsp Bangalore North Map As of 2014 Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments 5 No Name District Member Party 151 K R Pura Bangalore Urban Byrati Basavaraj BJP 152 Byatarayanapura Krishna Byre Gowda INC 153 Yeshvanthapura S T Somashekhar BJP 155 Dasarahalli S Muniraju BJP 156 Mahalakshmi Layout K Gopalaiah BJP 157 Malleshwaram C N Ashwath Narayan BJP 158 Hebbal Byrathi Suresh INC 159 Pulakeshinagar SC A C Srinivasa INCMembers of Parliament editYear Member Party 1952 Keshava Iyengar Indian National Congress 1957 1962 Kengal Hanumanthaiah 1967 1971 1977 C K Jaffer Sharief 1980 Indian National Congress 1984 Indian National Congress 1989 1991 1996 C Narayanaswamy Janata Dal 1998 C K Jaffer Sharief Indian National Congress 1999 2004 H T Sangliana Bharatiya Janata Party 2009 D B Chandre Gowda 2014 Sadananda Gowda 2019Election results editGeneral election 2024 edit Election on April 26 2024 2024 Indian general election Bangalore North Party Candidate Votes BJP Shobha Karandlaje INC Rajeev Gowda NOTA None of the above Majority Turnout gain from Swing General election 1951 edit Indian general election 1951 52 Bangalore North 6 Party Candidate Votes INC Keshava Iyengar 83 513 47 17 N A Socialist C G K Reddy 24 666 13 93 N A Independent Mohammad Hanif 22 399 12 65 N A Independent E P W Dacosta 17 575 9 93 N A KMPP D N Hosali 15 453 8 73 N A Independent A M Dharmalingam 8 240 4 65 N A Independent S K Venkataranga Iyengar 5 211 2 94 N A Margin of victory 58 847 39 24 N A Turnout 177 057 45 40 N A INC win new seat General election 1957 edit 1957 Indian general election Bangalore City 7 Party Candidate Votes INC Keshava Iyengar 89 611 58 26 11 09 Independent Haridranath Chattopadhyaya 46 948 30 52 N A ABJS M A Venkat Rao 17 248 11 21 N A Margin of victory 42 663 27 74 5 50 Turnout 153 807 43 33 2 07 INC hold Swing General election 1962 edit 1962 Indian general election Bangalore City 8 Party Candidate Votes INC K Hanumanthaiya 118 028 55 23 3 03 SWA V S Natarajan 57 489 26 90 N A CPI M S Krishnan 25 880 12 11 N A ABJS M A Venkat Rao 12 309 5 76 5 45 Margin of victory 60 539 28 33 0 59 Turnout 219 276 55 83 12 50 INC hold Swing General election 1967 edit 1967 Indian general election Bangalore 9 Party Candidate Votes INC K Hanumanthaiya 130 814 47 87 7 36 Independent T Subramanya 80 194 29 34 N A Independent S R M Ahmad 34 239 12 53 N A Independent G Rangaswamy 28 047 10 26 N A Margin of victory 50 620 18 53 9 80 Turnout 282 182 52 13 3 70 INC hold Swing General election 1971 edit 1971 Indian general election Bangalore 10 Party Candidate Votes INC K Hanumanthaiya 181 819 65 13 17 26 ABJS M Gopala Krishna Adiga 77 789 27 87 N A CPI M S Krishnan 6 914 2 48 N A Independent S R Mukhtar Ahmed 4 371 1 57 10 96 Independent L Krishna Murthy 2 137 0 77 N A Independent S Clement 1 795 0 64 N A Independent C S Gundappa 1 490 0 53 N A Independent R Shanmugam 1 321 0 47 N A Independent C Krishna 397 0 14 N A Independent G Rangaswamy 319 0 11 10 15 Independent T Dorairaj 307 0 11 N A Independent S N Sastry 183 0 07 N A Independent H Y S Devaru 163 0 06 N A Independent Krishna Kant Mishra 154 0 06 N A Margin of victory 104 030 37 26 18 73 Turnout 282 994 45 27 6 86 INC hold Swing General election 1977 edit 1977 Indian general election Bangalore North 11 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 198 669 54 18 10 95 JP M Chandrasekhar 158 485 43 22 N A Independent Abdul Azeez Memon 3 195 0 87 N A Independent M Guruswamy 2 299 0 63 N A Independent K K Mishra 1 678 0 46 0 40 Independent Haji S Habib Khan Azad Bashu 1 426 0 39 N A Independent Rani Annadurai 924 0 25 N A Margin of victory 40 184 10 96 26 30 Turnout 374 502 60 17 14 90 INC hold Swing General election 1980 edit 1980 Indian general election Bangalore North 12 Party Candidate Votes INC I C K Jaffer Sharief 219 108 55 21 1 03 JP B Channabyregowda 102 573 25 84 N A INC U M D Nataraj 65 253 16 44 N A JP S H L Nanjappa 7 666 1 93 N A Independent B S Nazeer Hussain Khan 1 123 0 28 N A Independent B M Venkateshalu 793 0 20 N A Independent A R Abdul Shukoor 364 0 09 N A Margin of victory 116 535 29 37 18 41 Turnout 405 967 52 37 7 80 INC hold Swing General election 1984 edit 1984 Indian general election Bangalore North 13 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 260 279 51 13 4 08 JP George Fernandes 218 733 42 97 17 13 Independent G I D Souza 4 534 0 89 N A Independent Narayana Reddy 4 341 0 85 N A Independent Momu Anjanappa Reddy 2 305 0 45 N A Independent B K Narayanaswamy 1 968 0 39 N A Independent M S Channappa 1 827 0 36 N A Independent D S William 1 779 0 35 N A BJP N Rajappa 1 704 0 33 N A Independent Shankara B R 1 261 0 25 N A Independent Jayaramu 1 142 0 22 N A Independent B M Krishna Reddy 993 0 20 N A Independent Mundey Phutane 892 0 18 N A Independent T Shivaram 830 0 16 N A Independent B Jayaram 634 0 12 N A Independent Mohammed Saleh 614 0 12 N A Independent Khalid Nishu 605 0 12 N A Independent H G Lingaraj 592 0 12 N A Independent H R Siddalingachar 544 0 11 N A Independent Syed Rafiuddin 531 0 10 N A Independent S Kanagarajan 516 0 10 N A Independent K M A H Gowda 375 0 07 N A Independent A Vijayanarayana Gowda 375 0 07 N A Independent C Srinivasa 369 0 07 N A Independent K K Mishra 368 0 07 N A Independent K M Nagaraja Reddy 367 0 07 N A Independent H V Mohana 250 0 05 N A Independent A R Abdul Shukoor 179 0 04 N A Independent S Manthiyappa 155 0 03 N A Margin of victory 41 546 8 16 21 21 Turnout 518 766 59 68 7 31 INC hold Swing General election 1989 edit 1989 Indian general election Bangalore North 14 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 390 460 51 85 0 72 JD Lawrence V Fernandes 283 336 37 63 N A Independent Syed Shahabuddin 55 046 7 31 N A Independent B R Shankar 4 482 0 60 N A Independent K N Kempaiah 3 120 0 41 N A Independent B Venkataswamappa 2 457 0 33 N A Scientific Vedic Revolutionary Party K K Mishra 2 192 0 29 N A Independent Byataraje Gowda 1 570 0 21 N A Independent M A Khan 1 449 0 19 N A Independent Narayanappa 1 376 0 18 N A Independent V Aswathappa 1 221 0 16 N A Independent T N Rama Rao 1 209 0 16 N A Independent A Narayana Swamy 1 178 0 16 N A Independent C R Lokesh Reddy 957 0 13 N A Independent Balakrishnappa 901 0 12 N A IUML Abdul Azeez Memon 843 0 11 N A Independent M L Subbaraj 619 0 08 N A Independent Venkateswara 618 0 08 N A Margin of victory 107 124 14 22 6 06 Turnout 781 199 58 82 0 86 INC hold Swing General election 1991 edit 1991 Indian general election Bangalore North 15 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 252 272 41 72 10 13 JD C Narayanaswamy 1 91 955 31 75 5 88 BJP Pramila Nesargi 1 45 074 23 99 N A Surajya Party K K Mishra 2 414 0 40 N A Independent B K Narayanaswamy 1 161 0 19 N A Independent Shivaramanna 1 067 0 18 N A Independent C J Khader Nawaz Sharief 923 0 15 N A LKD S M Raju 857 0 14 N A Independent Mallikarjuna 747 0 12 N A Independent K Satyanarayana 720 0 12 N A Independent Prabhuraju 704 0 12 N A Independent Panner Selvan 665 0 11 N A Independent H V Mohan 619 0 10 N A Independent M R Vijaya Kumar 604 0 10 N A Independent B Puttaraju 542 0 09 N A Independent L Lakshmaiah 522 0 09 N A Independent D Jairam 469 0 08 N A Independent M A Shujath Pasha 428 0 07 N A Kannada Paksha Sripada Rao 410 0 07 N A Independent Mahaboob B E 386 0 06 N A Independent P Venkatesh 299 0 05 N A Independent H K Chandrashekar 263 0 04 N A Independent Narayanappa 255 0 04 N A Independent D R Venkatesh Gowda 234 0 04 N A JP V Aswathappa 213 0 04 N A Independent M Krishnappa 177 0 03 N A Independent B M Krishna Reddy 161 0 03 N A Independent Byataraja Gowda 153 0 03 0 18 Independent M Sundra Murthy 120 0 02 N A Independent Gaddam Obalesh 115 0 02 N A Independent Fayaz Pasha 111 0 02 N A Margin of victory 60 317 9 97 4 25 Turnout 617 388 46 24 12 58 INC hold Swing General election 1996 edit 1996 Indian general election Bangalore North 16 Party Candidate Votes JD C Narayanaswamy 398 650 48 64 16 89 INC Mohd Obaidulla Sharief 2 65 348 32 37 9 35 BJP Y Ramakrishna 1 24 416 15 18 8 81 BSP B Krishnappa 5 168 0 63 N A Surajya Party K K Mishra 4 917 0 60 0 20 Independent Noorali Afzal 1 555 0 19 N A Independent Bhaskar Reddy 1 444 0 18 N A Independent G B Muthukumar 1 027 0 13 N A Independent B K Narayanaswamy 906 0 11 0 08 Bharathiya Nethaji Party A S Mohanakrishnan 887 0 11 N A Independent Lakshmaiah 867 0 11 0 02 Independent K Padmarajan 848 0 10 N A Independent B Venkataswamappa 816 0 10 N A Independent H Basavaraj 772 0 09 N A Independent Noor Pasha 755 0 09 N A Independent Padmanabha Pillai 699 0 09 N A Independent Mohd Imtiaz 654 0 08 N A Independent A S Paul 619 0 08 N A Independent Antony F Rajiv 577 0 07 N A Independent Bharathkumar 566 0 07 N A Independent M Mohan 555 0 07 N A Independent Mohd Asif 536 0 07 N A Independent Dodda Venkatashamappa 532 0 06 N A Independent H M Ramakrishna 458 0 06 N A Independent H M Sreenivasa Rao 445 0 05 N A Independent K Ananda 429 0 05 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 421 0 05 N A Independent B P Umamahesh 369 0 05 N A Independent M Sundaramurthy 335 0 04 0 02 Independent S K Dhanraj 334 0 04 N A Independent Bijoor S R 318 0 04 N A Independent B Ramesh 314 0 04 N A Independent B S Shashidhar 306 0 04 N A Independent C Mahendra 288 0 04 N A Independent Gaddam Obalesh 262 0 03 0 01 Independent G Govinda Reddy 253 0 03 N A Independent K Sathyanarayana 228 0 03 N A Independent B Manzoor Ahmed 207 0 03 N A Independent V Aswathappa 203 0 02 N A Independent M Narayana 196 0 02 N A Independent Rabhindranath Ojza 189 0 02 N A Independent Monandev Alva 178 0 02 N A Independent M D Shaik Dil 169 0 02 N A Independent K M Thomas 166 0 02 N A Independent Ravi Kumar 160 0 02 N A Independent Yellegowda 158 0 02 N A Independent N K Chandrashekar 128 0 02 N A Margin of victory 133 302 16 27 6 30 Turnout 834 759 54 26 8 02 JD gain from INC Swing General election 1998 edit 1998 Indian general election Bangalore North 17 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 399 582 42 11 9 74 Lok Shakti D R Jeevaraj Alva 3 27 135 34 48 N A JD C Narayanaswamy 2 06 396 21 75 26 89 JP R Saravanan 4 959 0 52 N A BSP J Krishnappa 2 784 0 29 0 34 Independent Muniswamappa 1 258 0 13 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 1 247 0 13 0 08 Independent Muhammed Yasin 1 216 0 13 N A Independent A S Rajan 1 140 0 12 N A Independent Abdul Moulana Shariff 950 0 10 N A Independent S M Raju 471 0 05 N A Independent Asif Ali Shah 408 0 04 N A Independent B N Srinivas 378 0 04 N A Independent Noor Ali Afjal 340 0 04 N A Independent Babu Abel 308 0 03 N A Independent Siva Channabasappa 275 0 03 N A Margin of victory 72 447 7 63 8 64 Turnout 961 717 57 78 3 52 INC gain from JD Swing General election 1999 edit 1999 Indian general election Bangalore North 18 Party Candidate Votes INC C K Jaffer Sharief 525 523 51 10 8 99 JD U Michael B Fernandes 3 49 918 34 03 N A JD S C Narayanaswamy 1 05 843 10 29 N A Independent K N Parameshappa 17 147 1 67 N A AIADMK M Sundaramurthy 16 656 1 62 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 13 271 1 29 1 16 Margin of victory 175 605 17 07 9 44 Turnout 1 028 370 56 26 1 52 INC hold Swing General election 2004 edit 2004 Indian general election Bangalore North 19 Party Candidate Votes BJP Dr H T Sangliana 473 502 40 93 N A INC C K Jaffer Sharief 4 43 144 38 31 12 79 JD S C M Ibrahim 2 08 588 18 03 7 74 Independent M Venkatesh 11 347 0 98 N A Kannada Nadu Party Joe Simon 7 079 0 61 N A Independent Mohamad Ibrahim 6 878 0 59 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 3 604 0 31 0 98 Independent Uma K 2 703 0 23 N A Margin of victory 30 358 2 62 1 45 Turnout 1 156 845 54 22 BJP gain from INC Swing General election 2009 edit 2009 Indian general elections Bangalore North 20 21 Party Candidate Votes BJP D B Chandre Gowda 452 920 45 22 4 29 INC C K Jaffer Sharief 3 93 255 39 26 0 95 JD S R Surendra Babu 1 10 983 11 08 6 95 BSP Padmaa K Bhat 8 731 0 87 N A Independent H Pillaiah 5 804 0 58 N A Independent V Prasanna Kumar 4 034 0 40 N A Independent T B Madwaraja 3 529 0 35 N A Independent Zafer Mohiuddin 2 196 0 22 N A Independent N Harish Gowda 2 016 0 20 N A Independent K A Mohan 1 932 0 19 N A Independent Joseph Solomon 1 650 0 16 N A Bharatiya Praja Paksha M Tippuvardhan 1 506 0 15 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 1 304 0 13 0 18 Independent L Nagaraj 1 198 0 12 N A Independent T R Chandrahasa 1 017 0 10 N A Independent A Jaleel 864 0 09 N A Independent Venkatesa Shetty 840 0 08 N A Independent Kanya Kumar 828 0 08 N A Independent H A Shivakumar 821 0 08 N A Independent Anchana Khanna 797 0 08 N A Independent Syed Akbar Basha 796 0 08 N A Independent K Sathyanarayana 691 0 07 N A Independent G S Kumar 667 0 07 N A Independent M U Venkateshaiah 666 0 07 N A Independent B K Chandra 661 0 07 N A Independent C Krishnamurthy 647 0 06 N A Independent Lakshmaiah 485 0 05 N A Margin of victory 59 665 5 96 3 34 Turnout 1 001 657 46 72 7 50 BJP hold Swing General election 2014 edit 2014 Indian general elections Bangalore North 1 22 Party Candidate Votes BJP D V Sadananda Gowda 718 326 52 91 7 69 INC C Narayanaswamy 4 88 562 35 99 3 27 JD S Abdul Azeem 92 681 6 83 4 25 AAP Babu Mathew 28 107 2 07 N A BSP V Velu 5 586 0 41 0 46 Gareeb Aadmi Party Sun Star D Jayaram 3 784 0 28 N A Independent Sunil V J 1 561 0 12 N A Independent S Ramu 1 131 0 08 N A Independent M U Venkatesh Simha Bhovi 1 033 0 08 N A Independent Manohar H A 919 0 07 N A Independent T S Chaithanya S J R 911 0 07 N A RPI A Muthuraju M 829 0 06 N A Independent Mohammed Qutbuddin 680 0 05 N A Independent Meer Layaq Hussain 612 0 05 0 08 NOTA None of the above 11 996 0 88 N A Margin of victory 2 29 764 16 92 10 98 Turnout 13 57 553 56 53 9 81 BJP hold Swing General election 2019 edit 2019 Indian general elections Bangalore North 23 Party Candidate Votes BJP D V Sadananda Gowda 824 500 52 87 nbsp 0 04 INC Krishna Byre Gowda 6 76 982 43 41 nbsp 7 42 NOTA None of the Above 11 632 0 75 nbsp 0 13 Margin of victory 1 47 518 9 46 nbsp 7 46 Turnout 15 60 324 54 76 nbsp 1 77 BJP hold Swing nbsp 0 04See also editBangalore List of constituencies of the Lok 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