Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bangalore South (Lok Sabha constituency)
Lalbagh, a popular public park in Bangalore falls under this constituency
Current MP	Ananth Kumar
Party	BJP
Elected Year	2009
State	Karnataka
Category	General
Assembly Constituencies	Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Chickpet , Basavanagudi, Padmanaba Nagar, B.T.M. Layout, Jayanagar and Bommanahalli

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

Assembly segments

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

Members of Parliament

Mysore State

Bangalore South:

1952: T. Madiah Gowda, Indian National Congress

Banglore:

1957: H.C. Dasappa, Indian National Congress
1962: H.C. Dasappa, Indian National Congress

Bangalore:

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

Karnataka State

Year	Member	Party	Votes	%
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
1999	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,10,161	50.99
2004	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	3,86,682	48.30
2009	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,37,953	48.20
2014	Ananth Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,33,816

Election Results

General Election 1999

Indian general election, 1999: Bangalore South^[1]
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
Majority			66,054	8.21
Turnout			8,05,034	54.13
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2004

Indian general election, 2004: Bangalore South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	3,86,682	48.30
	INC	Krishnappa M	3,24,411	40.52
	JD(S)	Jayanthi	77,551	9.69
Turnout			8,00,649
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

As per Election Commission Report 2009, in the constituency there were 20,31,030 electorates out of which 9,59,828 females and 10,71,202 were males. Total voter turnout was 9,08,590 (44.74%). Total 20 candidates contested the election. Ananth Kumar from BJP won by a margin of 37,612 votes.^[3]

Indian general election, 2009: Bangalore South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	4,37,953	48.20
	INC	Krishna Byre Gowda	4,00,341	44.06
	JD(S)	K. E. Radhakrishna	30,045	3.31
	Independent	G. R. Gopinath	16,383	1.80
	BSP	Naheeda Salma S	4,621	0.51
	Independent	Muralidhara.D.J	3,480	0.38
	Independent	Ravi Kumara T	3,424	0.38
	Independent	Madesh C	2,939	0.32
Turnout			9,08,590	44.74
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014

Indian general election, 2014: Bangalore South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ananth Kumar	6,33,816	56.91
	INC	Nandan Nilekani	4,05,241	36.39
	JD(S)	Ruth Manorama	25,677	2.31
	AAP	Nina P. Nayak	21,403	1.92
Margin of victory			2,28,575	20.52
Turnout			11,13,726	60.58
	BJP hold		Swing

References

↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India. p. 195. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India. p. 236. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ PDF Election Commission Report, Karnataka General Election 2009.
↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results". Election Commission of India. p. 63. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI.