Bangalore Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bangalore Rural 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 was created in 2008 following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies.

Bangalore Rural
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	D. K. Suresh
Parliamentary Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2014
Constituency Details
Established	2008–present
State	Karnataka
Total Electors	2,190,397[1]
Assembly Constituencies	Kunigal, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bangalore South, Anekal, Magadi, Ramanagara, Kanakapura, and Channapatna.[2]

It comprises eight assembly segments of which seven are derived from the former Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency (abolished in 2008).[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was H. D. Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) party. Kumaraswamy resigned his seat in 2013.[3] The by election that followed was won by D. K. Suresh of the Indian National Congress (INC). As of the latest election in 2014, Suresh represents this constituency.

History

Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It includes eight Assembly constituencies, namely Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli, Malavalli and Anekal. Out of them, Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi and Anekal assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka. Sathanur was merged between Kanakapura, Ramanagaram and Channapatna constituencies. Malavalli became a part of Mandya constituency and Uttarahalli was reformed and Uttarahalli Circle was merged with new Bangalore South Assembly Constituency.

The new Assembly Constituencies Bangalore South, Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar became a part of Bangalore Rural along with Kunigal Assembly Constituency from Tumkur district

Assembly segments

Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reservation	District
131	Kunigal	None	Tumkur
154	Rajarajeshwarinagar	None	Bangalore Urban
176	Bangalore South	None	Bangalore Urban
177	Anekal	SC	Bangalore Urban
182	Magadi	None	Ramanagara
183	Ramanagara	None	Ramanagara
184	Kanakapura	None	Ramanagara
185	Channapatna	None	Ramanagara

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
Until 2008	The seat did not exist	See Kanakapura (Lok Sabha constituency)
2009	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Janata Dal (Secular)
2013^	D. K. Suresh	Indian National Congress
2014
2019

^ by poll

Election results

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Bangalore Rural[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	JD(S)	H. D. Kumaraswamy	493,302	44.73	N/A
	BJP	C. P. Yogeeshwara	363,027	32.92	N/A
	INC	Tejashwini Gowda	192,822	17.48	N/A
	BSP	Mohamed Hafeez Ullah	12,909	1.17	N/A
	Independent	T. M. Manchegowda	10,739	0.97	N/A
	Independent	D. Kumaraswamy	7,427	0.67	N/A
	JD(U)	C. Thopaiah	5,103	0.46	N/A
	Independent	K. Puttamadegowda	3,817	0.35	N/A
	Independent	K. Padmarajan	2,495	0.23	N/A
	Independent	Y. Chinnappa	2,067	0.19	N/A
	Independent	Kumaraswamy C.	2,054	0.19	N/A
	Independent	A. Chowrappa	1,997	0.18	N/A
	Independent	Agnishreenivas	1,811	0.16	N/A
	Pyramid Party of India	I. Venkateswara Reddy	1,700	0.15	N/A
	Independent	Krishnappa	1,563	0.14	N/A
Margin of victory			130,275	11.81	N/A
Turnout			1,102,833	57.92	N/A
	JD(S) win (new seat)

By election 2013

Bye-election, 2013: Bangalore Rural [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	D. K. Suresh	5,78,608	54.92	+37.44
	JD(S)	Anitha Kumaraswamy	4,41,601	41.92	-2.81
	RPI(A)	Kunigal Shivanna	9,399	0.89	N/A
	Independent	S. Siddaramaiah (Heggade)	6,057	0.58	N/A
	JD(U)	J. T. Prakash	3,245	0.31	-0.15
Margin of victory			1,37,007	13.00	+1.19
Turnout			10,53,745	52.04	-5.88
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Bangalore Rural [1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	D. K. Suresh	6,52,723	44.85	-10.07
	BJP	Muniraju Gowda P.	4,21,243	28.95	N/A
	JD(S)	R. Prabhakara Reddy	3,17,870	21.84	-20.08
	AAP	Ravi Krishna Reddy	17,195	1.18	N/A
	BSP	C. Thopaiah	11,594	0.80	N/A
	RPI(A)	Basavegowda	6,154	0.42	-0.47
	Independent	Mallesha	5,420	0.37	+0.24
	Independent	Suresh	2,782	0.19	N/A
	Independent	M. P. Munawer Shariff	2,577	0.18	N/A
	Independent	S. Siddaramaiah (Heggade)	2,142	0.15	-0.43
	Independent	J. T. Prakash	1,503	0.10	N/A
	Kamarajar Deseeya Congress	K. A. Mohan	1,345	0.09	-0.09
	Jai Vijaya Bharathi Party	Shankarappa	1,008	0.07	N/A
	Independent	J. Nataraju	958	0.07	-0.24
	Independent	Kenchaiah	859	0.06	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	9,871	0.68	N/A
Margin of victory			2,31,480	15.90	+2.90
Turnout			14,55,610	66.45	+14.41
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bangalore Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	D. K. Suresh	8,78,258	54.15	+9.30
	BJP	Ashwath Narayan Gowda	6,71,388	41.40	+12.45
	BSP	Dr. Chinappa Y. Chikkahagade	19,972	1.23	+0.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	12,454	0.77	+0.09
Margin of victory			2,06,870	12.75	-3.15
Turnout			16,22,824	64.98	-1.46
	INC hold		Swing	+9.30

See also

• Ramanagaram district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. Satish Kumar, B. S. (22 March 2009). "It is a study in contrasts constituency watch". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
3. "Kumaraswamy, Cheluvarayaswamy to resign from Lok Sabha". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
4. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 61–62. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
5. "Bangalore Rural" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer Karnataka. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
6. "Bangalore Rural". Election Commission of India. 17 May 2014. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

External links

• Bangalore Rural lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule