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Bangalore South Lok Sabha Elections

Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Karnataka and will cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 18. This constituency has been vacant since 2018 due to death of MP Ananth Kumar.

Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments – Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Chickpet, Basavanagudi, Padmanaba Nagar, B. T. M. Layout, Jayanagar and Bommanahalli.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ananth Kumar belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party – roared to victory by winning by a margin of over 2.28 lakh votes. He had defeated Nandan Nilekani of the Indian National Congress. Kumar had secured 633816 votes while Nilekani got 405241 votes.

The voter turnout figure was at 55.75 percent across 1926 polling stations.

Some of the other candidates in the fray were Ruth Manorama of the Janata Dal (Secular) and Nina P. Nayak of the Aam Aadmi Party.

In the year 2009, Ananth Kumar of the BJP– won by a margin of just over 37 thousand votes. He had defeated Krishna Byre Gowda of the INC. Kumar had secured 437953 votes while Gowda got 400341 votes.

Some of the other candidates in the fray were Prof. K. E. Radhakrishna of the JD(S) and Capt. G. R. Gopinath who was an Independent.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Tejasvi Surya	BJP	Won	739229
B.K.Hariprasad	INC	Lost	408037
Nota	NOTA	Lost	9938
Ahoratra Nitesh Polepalli	UPP	Lost	6136
A.Raju	BSP	Lost	3864
Brahmananda N	IND	Lost	2701
Vatal Nagaraj	KCVP	Lost	2510
Dr.John Basco Philips	ICF	Lost	2357
Prashantha.C	IND	Lost	2232
Manohar Iyer	IND	Lost	2152
Chetan Chaman	IND	Lost	1107
Bhagya S	IND	Lost	1090
Santhosh Min B	IND	Lost	960
Thyagaraj	RPS	Lost	789
Dr. Banu Prakash A.S Sathya Yuga	PPOI	Lost	699
K.C.Nagabhushana Reddy	IND	Lost	641
R.Shekar	VCK	Lost	540
Madesh V	IND	Lost	495
Kollar Manjunatha Naik	IND	Lost	463
B.Chikka Nagesh	IND	Lost	450
Ravikumara.T	PSP(L)	Lost	419
Syed Sadiq Pasha	KKP	Lost	403
Ambrose D' Mello	IND	Lost	389
B.Sreenivasulu	IND	Lost	368
Yogeesh Nagaraj	IND	Lost	281
G Venkatesh Bhovi	IND	Lost	241

Bangalore South News

Bangalore South Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Bangalore South Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka.

Apr 08, 2019, 13:57 PM IST

Bangalore South Lok Sabha Constituency

Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments – Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Chickpet, Basavanagudi, Padmanaba Nagar, B. T. M. Layout, Jayanagar and Bommanahalli.

Apr 08, 2019, 13:30 PM IST