Gulbarga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency (Kannada: ಗುಲ್ಬರ್ಗ ಲೋಕ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (constituencies) in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency was created before the second general elections in 1957.

Assembly segments

Presently, Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:

1. Afzalpur
2. Jewargi
3. Gurmitkal
4. Chittapur
5. Sedam
6. Gulbarga Rural
7. Gulbarga Dakshin
8. Gulbarga Uttar

Members of Parliament

Mysore State:

• 1957: Mahadevappa Yeshwant Rao Shankardeo, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Mahadevappa Yeshwantappa, Indian National Congress
• 1967: M. Yeshvantappa, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Dharamrao Sharanappa Afzalpur, Indian National Congress

Karnataka State:

• 1977: Sidram Reddi, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Dharam Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1980 (Bye Elections): C. M. Stephen, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1984: Veerendra Patil, Indian National Congress
• 1989: B.G. Jawali, Indian National Congress
• 1991: B.G. Jawali, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Qamar ul Islam, Janata Dal
• 1998: Basavaraj Patil Sedam, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1999: Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, Indian National Congress
• 2004: Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, Indian National Congress
• 2009: Mallikarjun Kharge, Indian National Congress
• 2014: Mallikarjun Kharge, Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election, 2014:Gulbarga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	507193	50.84	+5.37
	BJP	Revu Naik Belamgi	432460	43.35	-0.36
Majority			74733	7.49	+5.73
Turnout			997638	57.9	+8.7
	INC hold		Swing	+5.37

References

Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

See also

• Gulbarga district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha