Dharwad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dharwad
Existence 2008–present
Current MP Pralhad Joshi
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year 2014
State Karnataka
Total Electors 1,579,024[1]
Assembly Constituencies Navalgund, Kundgol, Dharwad, Hubli-Dharwad-East (SC), Hubli-Dharwad-Central, Hubli-Dharwad-West, Kalghatgi, an Shiggaon.[2]

Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency (Kannada: ಧಾರವಾಡ ಲೋಕ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[2][3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Pralhad Joshi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest election in 2014, Joshi represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

  1. Navalgund
  2. Kundgol
  3. Dharwad
  4. Hubli-Dharwad-East
  5. Hubli-Dharwad-Central
  6. Hubli-Dharwad-West
  7. Kalghatgi
  8. Shiggaon

Before delimitation, Navalgund, Dharwad and Kalghatgi Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad North constituency and Kundgol and Shiggaon Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad South constituency.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2009

Indian general election, 2009: Dharwad[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Joshi 446,786 55.97 N/A
INC Manjunath Channappa Kunnur 309,123 38.73 N/A
NCP Mahesh Gurupadayya Talakallamath 7,176 0.90 N/A
Independent Shankarappa Gurushiddappa Yadavannavar 6,502 0.81 N/A
BSP Kashimsab Mulla 5,981 0.75 N/A
JD(U) Hanumantsa Chandrakantsa Niranjan 4,921 0.62 N/A
Independent Bagwan Nasir Papulsab 2,967 0.37 N/A
Independent Ramachandra Kalingappa Mahar 2,673 0.33 N/A
Independent Basavaraj Ramanna Balannavar 2,477 0.31 N/A
Independent Basanagouda Mudigouda Hanasi 2,029 0.25 N/A
Independent J. Bhaskar 1,592 0.20 N/A
Independent Gurupadagouda Venkanagouda Patil 1,423 0.18 N/A
Independent Zameer Khan 1,390 0.17 N/A
Independent Ali M. Sandimani 1,199 0.15 N/A
Independent Ibrahim Kallimani 1,063 0.13 N/A
Independent Ashok Vishnusa Baddi 912 0.11 N/A
Margin of victory 137,663 17.24 N/A
Turnout 798,214 56.55 N/A
BJP win (new seat)

General election 2014

Indian general election, 2014: Dharwad[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Joshi 543,395 52.19 -3.78
INC Vinay Kulkarni 431,738 41.46 +2.73
JD(S) Banakapur Hanumanthappa Mallappa 8,836 0.85 N/A
BSP Irappa Bharamappa Madar 6,858 0.66 -0.09
Independent Shailendra Patil 6,196 0.60 N/A
Independent Pramod Hanumantharao Muthalik 5,465 0.52 N/A
AAP Hemant Kumar 4,349 0.42 N/A
RPI(A) Gurushantappa H. Chalavadi 4,128 0.40 N/A
Independent Shreekant Kabadi 3,018 0.29 N/A
Independent Sanjay Kothari 2,359 0.23 N/A
Independent Vikas B. Soppin 2,174 0.21 N/A
SUCI(C) Gangadhar S. Badiger 1,785 0.17 N/A
Independent Maruti Ramappa Hanasi 1,587 0.15 N/A
Independent Shakeel Abdulsattar Dodwad 1,368 0.13 N/A
Independent Irshad Begam Adhoni 1,053 0.10 N/A
Independent Imamsab Mehboobsab Torgal 995 0.10 N/A
Independent Dokka Anandaraj 985 0.09 N/A
NOTA None of the above 12,937 1.24 N/A
Margin of victory 111,657 10.73 -6.51
Turnout 1,041,226 65.94 +9.39
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 207.
  3. 1 2 "BJP makes early start". The Hindu (N. Ram). 17 March 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 58–59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dharwad". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
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