Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bengaluru 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 Bengaluru North. For the 1957 and 1962 elections it was known as Bengaluru City. For the 1967 and 1971 elections it formed a constituency jointly with Bengaluru South and was known as Bengaluru. From 1951–73, this constituency resided in Mysuru State. On 1 November 1973, Mysuru State was renamed as Karnataka.[2]

Bangalore North
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentD. V. Sadananda Gowda
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1951–present
StateKarnataka
Total Electors2,401,472[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesK. R. Pura
Byatarayanapura
Yeshvanthapura
Dasarahalli
Mahalakshmi Layout
Malleshwara
Hebbal
Pulakeshinagar

Bengaluru 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 2219 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
Bengaluru North Map

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

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
151 K. R. Puram None Bengaluru Urban
152 Byatarayanapura None Bengaluru Urban
153 Yeshvanthapura None Bangalore Urban
155 Dasarahalli None Bangalore Urban
156 Mahalakshmi Layout None Bengaluru Urban
157 Malleshwara None Bengaluru Urban
158 Hebbal None Bengaluru Urban
159 Pulakeshinagar SC Bengaluru Urban

Members of Parliament
As of the 2019 elections, D. V. Sadananda Gowda, the incumbent Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers is the current MP for this constituency.[6]
Year Winner Party
1952 Keshava Iyengar Indian National Congress
1957
1962 K. Hanumanthaiya
1967
1971
1977 C. K. Jaffer Sharief
1980
1984
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 D. V. Sadananda Gowda
2019

Election results

General election 1951
Indian general election, 1951–52: Bengaluru North[7]
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 33.24 N/A
Turnout 177,057 45.40 N/A
INC hold Swing

General election 1957
1957 Indian general election: Bangalore City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshava Iyengar 89,611 58.26 +11.09
Independent Haridranath Chattopadhyaya 46,948 30.52 N/A
BJS 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
1962 Indian general election: Bangalore City[9]
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
BJS 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
1967 Indian general election: Bangalore[10]
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
1971 Indian general election: Bangalore[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Hanumanthaiya 181,819 65.13 +17.26
BJS 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
1977 Indian general election: Bangalore North[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 198,669 54.18 -10.95
BLD 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
1980 Indian general election: Bangalore North[13]
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
1984 Indian general election: Bangalore North[14]
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
1989 Indian general election: Bangalore North[15]
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
1991 Indian general election: Bangalore North[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 252,272 41.72 -10.13
JD C. Narayanaswamy 191,955 31.75 -5.88
BJP Pramila Nesargi 145,074 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
1996 Indian general election: Bangalore North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD C. Narayanaswamy 398,650 48.64 +16.89
INC Mohd. Obaidulla Sharief 265,348 32.37 -9.35
BJP Y. Ramakrishna 124,416 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
1998 Indian general election: Bangalore North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 399,582 42.11 -9.74
Lok Shakti D. R. Jeevaraj Alva 327,135 34.48 N/A
JD C. Narayanaswamy 206,396 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
1999 Indian general election: Bangalore North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 525,523 51.10 +8.99
JD(U) Michael B. Fernandes 349,918 34.03 N/A
JD(S) C. Narayanaswamy 105,843 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
2004 Indian general election: Bangalore North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. H. T. Sangliana 473,502 40.93 N/A
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 443,144 38.31 -12.79
JD(S) C. M. Ibrahim 208,588 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
2009 Indian general elections: Bangalore North[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. B. Chandre Gowda 452,920 45.22 +4.29
INC C. K. Jaffer Sharief 393,255 39.26 +0.95
JD(S) R. Surendra Babu 110,983 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
2014 Indian general elections: Bangalore North [1][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda 7,18,326 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
2019 Indian general elections: Bangalore North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda 8,24,500 52.87 8.25
INC Krishna Byre Gowda 6,76,982 43.41 7.42
NOTA None of the Above 11,632 0.75 0.13
IND K. N. Jagadesh Kumar 8,463 0.54
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

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