Bangalore South Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update
Latest Election News and Update

As many as 165 candidates, including 126 Independents and 9 women were in the fray for the 15 assembly seats. The BJP and the opposition Congress had contesting in all the Read More…

It was a victorious Monday for BJP when it won 12 out of 15 seats in Karnataka by-elections on 9th December 2019. Now, the Yediyurappa government stands stronger than before Read More…

KARNATAKA BY-ELECTIONS RESULTS SUMMARY Karnataka By-Polls Results: BJP:12, INC:2, JD(S):0, INDEPENDENT:1 With BJP en-route a mammoth victory in the Karntaka bypolls, chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa is set to retain his Read More…

Uddhav Thackeray – The current chief minister of the state of Maharashtra took the first step in politics with the help of his powerful father Blasaheb Thackeray. How unbelievable it Read More…

On 5th December 2019, By-polls were held for 15 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. While the results will be declared on 9th December, Karnataka Exit Polls have suggested a Read More…

The Supreme Court with its decision that upheld former Karnataka assembly speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 17 rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) legislators for defection but defected MLA’s can contest elections, Supreme Court by this Read More…
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Bangalore South Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tejasvi Surya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 736605 | 0 | 2624 | 739229 | 62.2 | Winner |
B.K.Hariprasad | Indian National Congress | 407372 | 0 | 665 | 408037 | 34.33 | 1st Runner-up |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 9917 | 0 | 21 | 9938 | 0.84 | 2nd Runner-up |
Ahoratra Natesha Polepalli | Uttama Prajaakeeya Party | 6128 | 0 | 8 | 6136 | 0.52 | 3rd Runner-up |
A.Raju | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3846 | 0 | 18 | 3864 | 0.33 | 4th Runner-up |
Brahmanand.N | Independent | 2700 | 0 | 1 | 2701 | 0.23 | 5th Runner-up |
Vatal Nagaraj | Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha | 2500 | 0 | 10 | 2510 | 0.21 | 6th Runner-up |
Dr.John Basco Philips | Indian Christian Front | 2355 | 0 | 2 | 2357 | 0.2 | 7th Runner-up |
Prashantha.C | Independent | 2232 | 0 | 0 | 2232 | 0.19 | 8th Runner-up |
Manohar Iyer | Independent | 2152 | 0 | 0 | 2152 | 0.18 | 9th Runner-up |
Chetan Chaman | Independent | 1106 | 0 | 1 | 1107 | 0.09 | 10th Runner-up |
Bhagya.S | Independent | 1090 | 0 | 0 | 1090 | 0.09 | 11th Runner-up |
Santhosh Min.B | Independent | 959 | 0 | 1 | 960 | 0.08 | 12th Runner-up |
Thyagaraj | Republican Sena | 789 | 0 | 0 | 789 | 0.07 | 13th Runner-up |
Dr. Banuprakash A.S Sathya Yuga | Pyramid Party Of India | 699 | 0 | 0 | 699 | 0.06 | 14th Runner-up |
K.C.Nagabhushana Reddy | Independent | 641 | 0 | 0 | 641 | 0.05 | 15th Runner-up |
R.Shekar | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | 540 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 0.05 | 16th Runner-up |
Madesh.V | Independent | 495 | 0 | 0 | 495 | 0.04 | 17th Runner-up |
Kollur Manjunatha Naik | Independent | 463 | 0 | 0 | 463 | 0.04 | 18th Runner-up |
B.Chikka Nagesha | Independent | 450 | 0 | 0 | 450 | 0.04 | 19th Runner-up |
Ravikumara.T | Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia) | 418 | 0 | 1 | 419 | 0.04 | 20th Runner-up |
Syed Sadiq Pasha | Karnataka Karmikara Paksha | 403 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 0.03 | 21th Runner-up |
Ambrose D' Mello | Independent | 388 | 0 | 1 | 389 | 0.03 | 22th Runner-up |
B.Sreenivasulu | Independent | 368 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 0.03 | 23th Runner-up |
Yogeesh Nagaraj | Independent | 281 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 0.02 | 24th Runner-up |
G Venkatesh Bhovi | Independent | 240 | 0 | 1 | 241 | 0.02 | 25th Runner-up |
The Bangalore South parliamentary constituency is part of the administrative district of Bangalore called Bangalore Urban. This district has the city of Bangalore as its administrative headquarters, which is the largest city of Karnataka and its capital. The economy of the Bangalore South Parliamentary constituency thrives on a rich and flourishing IT sector, with some of the biggest multinational companies of the world in the city. There are eight Assembly segments in this constituency. One of BJP's most influential leaders, Ananth Kumar has represented this constituency as a Member of Parliament consecutively for five terms, starting from 1996.
Bangalore South Lok Sabha Election Summary
A powerhouse seat of the BJP, the Bangalore South Lok Sabha seat presented a high-profile battle in the 2014 general elections. All eyes were glued on this constituency as the richest candidate this season, Nandan Nilekani fought the elections on a Congress ticket, contesting against five-time MP, Anantha Kumar. Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys Limited, one of the country's IT hubs, took on sitting MP Anantha Kumar, who has represented the seat in the Parliament since 1996. Though AAP fielded child-rights activist Nina Nayak from this constituency, the fight has clearly been focused on Nilekani and Kumar. Anantha Kumar won 633816 votes, emerging winner. He defeated his closest rival Nandan Nilekani by 228575 votes. One of the main agendas of the Congress campaign was 'change'. Nilekani and his wife Rohini had attracted urban voters in the region by focusing on the need to bring in change in the representation of this constituency by a five-time MP. Nilekani, who debuted in the elections this time, held rounds of interactive sessions with Congress leaders and workers in this constituency, as well as with IT techies, who form a bulk of the voters in Bangalore South. The BJP's campaign agenda focused on critiquing the UPA government's Aadhar scheme or the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), whose chief architect is Nilekani. Nilekani has also been critiqued as an 'outsider' and a 'newcomer'. Nayak's campaigns, on the other hand, rested on issues of national interest such as corruption. For both Nilekani and Kumar, the elections proved a tough challenge against each other, as both the candidates drew considerable support from the population at large. Although Kumar did not suffer anti-incumbency, it is interesting to note, that Kumar's vote-share has significantly declined, as compared to the last general elections in 2009. Nilekani has been able to shrug off the tag of 'newcomer' and 'outsider', by claiming that although he may be new in Bangalore South, he is not new to Bangalore. As the majority of the voters in Bangalore South constituency come from an educated middle-class background, (xxxs)'s victory is clear indication of the faith that the literate voters have attested on him.Being a seat which has, since 1991, sent non-Congress MPs to the Parliament, the historic win of Anantha Kumar for the sixth time has ensured bright political prospects of BJP party in Bangalore South.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Bangalore South Parliamentary Constituency
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Bangalore South parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Bangalore South constituency is Shri Ananth Kumar of BJP.Year | PC No. | PC Name | Category | winner/current MP | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner Up MP | Gender | Party | Vote |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 26 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar | M | BJP | 633816 | Nandan Nilekani | M | INC | 405241 |
2009 | 26 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar,Shri | M | BJP | 437953 | Krishna Byre Gowda | M | INC | 400341 |
2004 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar | M | BJP | 386682 | Krishnappa M | M | INC | 324411 |
1999 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar | M | BJP | 410161 | B.K.Hari Prasad | M | INC | 344107 |
1998 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar | M | BJP | 429648 | D.P.Sharma | M | INC | 249601 |
1996 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | Ananth Kumar | M | BJP | 251235 | Varalakshmi Gundurao | M | INC | 229267 |
1991 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | K. Venkatgiri Gowda | M | BJP | 275083 | R. Gundu Rao | M | INC | 247835 |
1989 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | R.Gundu Rao | M | INC | 413574 | M.Raghupathy | M | JD | 173720 |
1984 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | V. S. Krishna Iyer | M | JNP | 264765 | K. Venkatagiri Gowda | M | INC | 252033 |
1980 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | T.R. Shamanna | M | JNP | 198390 | D.P. Sharma | M | INC(I) | 195663 |
1977 | 13 | Bangalore South | GEN | K. S. Hegde | M | BLD | 221974 | K. Hanumantaiya | M | INC | 180809 |
List of Assembly Constituencies in Bangalore South Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Bangalore South parliamentary constituency.Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
---|---|---|
Govindraj Nagar | Vijay Nagar | Chickpet |
Basavanagudi | Padmanaba Nagar | B.T.M. Layout |
Jayanagar | Bommanahalli |