Bijapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Bijapur
Lok Sabha Constituency
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IncumbentRamesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952
ReservationSC
StateKarnataka
Assembly ConstituenciesMuddebihal
Devar Hippargi
Basavana Bagevadi
Babaleshwar
Bijapur City
Nagthan
Indi
Sindagi

Bijapur (Vijayapura) 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]

Assembly segments[edit]

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

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
26 Muddebihal None Bijapur
27 Devar Hippargi None Bijapur
28 Basavana Bagevadi None Bijapur
29 Babaleshwar None Bijapur
30 Bijapur City None Bijapur
31 Nagthan SC Bijapur
32 Indi None Bijapur
33 Sindagi None Bijapur

Members of Parliament[edit]

State SI No. Year Name Party
Bombay 1. 1952 Rajaram Giridharalal Dubey Indian National Congress
Mysore 2. 1957 Murigappa Siddappa Sugandhi Independent
3. 1962 Rajaram Giridharalal Dubey Indian National Congress
4. 1967 G.D. Patil Swatantra Party
5. 1971 Bhimappa Ellappa Choudhari Indian National Congress
Karnataka 6. 1977 Kalingappa Bhimanna Choudhari
7. 1980 Indian National Congress (I)
9. 1984 Shivashankareppa Mallappa Guraddi Janata Party
10. 1989 Basagondappa Kadappa Gudadinni Indian National Congress
11. 1991
12. 1996 Basanagouda Rudragouda Patil Janata Dal
13. 1998 M. B. Patil Indian National Congress
14. 1999 Basangouda Patil Yatnal Bharatiya Janata Party
15. 2004
16. 2009 Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
17. 2014
18. 2019

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Bijapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi 6,35,867 57.22 +9.42
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] Sunita Chavan 3,77,829 34.00
IND. Dhareppa Mahadev Ardhavar 23,706 2.13
BSP Pujari Shrinath Sangapaa 23,442 2.11
NOTA None of the above 12,286 1.11
Majority 2,58,038 23.22 +16.02
Turnout 11,12,493 61.89
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Bijapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi 4,71,757 48.80
INC Prakash Rathod 4,01,938 41.58
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] K. Shivram 57,551 5.95
NOTA None of the above 8,287 0.86
Majority 69,819 7.22
Turnout 9,66,797 59.58
BJP hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 206.

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Coordinates: 16°48′N 75°42′E / 16.8°N 75.7°E / 16.8; 75.7

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