In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

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.

Chitradurga Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes	Status
A Narayanaswamy	Bharatiya Janata Party	624200	1995	626195	50.26	Winner
B N Chandrappa	Indian National Congress	545159	858	546017	43.82	1st Runner-up
Mahanthesh C U	Bahujan Samaj Party	8896	11	8907	0.71	2nd Runner-up
N T Vijayakumar	Independent	8705	2	8707	0.7	3rd Runner-up
Niranjana A D Cheelangi	Ambedkar Samaj Party	7771	2	7773	0.62	4th Runner-up
Lokesha M K	Independent	7025	1	7026	0.56	5th Runner-up
L Venugopal	Independent	6378	1	6379	0.51	6th Runner-up
NOTA	None Of The Above	4348	20	4368	0.35	7th Runner-up
L Rangappa (Rtd.Ddpi)	Independent	4306	6	4312	0.35	8th Runner-up
Devendrappa	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party	4276	4	4280	0.34	9th Runner-up
C H Narayanaswamy	Independent	3801	1	3802	0.31	10th Runner-up
Ramesha V	Independent	2718	3	2721	0.22	11th Runner-up
V S Bhutharaja	Independent	2464	0	2464	0.2	12th Runner-up
D Pennappa Turuvanur	Independent	2359	0	2359	0.19	13th Runner-up
Arunachalam Y	Pyramid Party Of India	2220	0	2220	0.18	14th Runner-up
R Hanumanthappa	Independent	1836	1	1837	0.15	15th Runner-up
Ganesh	Independent	1760	0	1760	0.14	16th Runner-up
S Meetyanaik	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)	1631	5	1636	0.13	17th Runner-up
Kumar Y	Independent	1612	4	1616	0.13	18th Runner-up
Thippeswamy T	Independent	1570	1	1571	0.13	19th Runner-up

Covering the entire district of Chitradurga and a portion of the Tumkur District is the Lok Sabha constituency of Chitradurga. It is one of the 28 Lok Sabha segments in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, and is reserved for SC candidates. 1,534,169 is the total electorate count in the Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 18). Out of these 779,895 number of electorates are males and the remaining 754,274 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. Out of the eight Assembly segments which comprise this constituency, Sira and Pavagada are geographically situated in the Tumkur District, while the remaining are part of the Chitradurga District.

The assembly segments which are reserved for candidates belonging to the marginalized sections of the society are Molakalmuru, Holalkere, Challakere and Pavagada. A Congress stronghold, Chitradurga survives on an agrarian economy. However, the government has recognized the Chitradurga district as one of the 250 economically- backward regions of the country. Therefore, it is being funded under special schemes such as the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme. This district is famous for its Chitradurga Fort, which is historically important.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Chitradurga Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Chitradurga 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 Chitradurga constituency is Shri B.N.Chandrappa of INC.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	18	Chitradurga	(SC)	B.N.Chandrappa	M	INC	467511	Janardhana Swamy	M	BJP	366220
2009	18	Chitradurga	(SC)	Swamy,Shri Janardhana	M	BJP	370920	Dr. B Thippeswamy	M	INC	235349
2004	7	Chitradurga	GEN	N.Y. Hanumanthappa	M	INC	322609	Kodandaramaiah P	M	JD(S)	285149
1999	7	Chitradurga	GEN	Shashi Kumar	M	JD(U)	370793	C.P.Mudalagiriyappa	M	INC	359615
1998	7	Chitradurga	GEN	C.P.Mudala Giriyappa	M	INC	321930	P.Kodandaramaiah	M	LS	263609
1996	7	Chitradurga	GEN	P.Kodandaramaiah	M	JD	251617	C P Mudalagiriyappa	M	INC	232235
1991	7	Chitradurga	GEN	C.P. Mudalagiriyappa	M	INC	302847	L.G. Havanura	M	BJP	220335
1989	7	Chitradurga	GEN	C.P.Mudalagiriyappa	M	INC	339303	M.Sanna Chikkappa	M	JD	197110
1984	7	Chitradurga	GEN	K. H. Ranganath	M	INC	279146	B. L. Gowda	M	JNP	222335
1980	7	Chitradurga	GEN	K. Mallanna	M	INC(I)	215180	B.L. Gowda	M	JNP	105819
1977	7	Chitradurga	GEN	K. Mallanna	M	INC	227926	H. C. Boraiah	M	BLD	141272

Facts about current sitting MP of Chitradurga Constituency

Activities of Shri B.N. Chandrappa in 16th Lok Sabha
Name of MP	Shri B.N. Chandrappa
Age	63
Nature of Membership	Elected
Term	May, 2014 to In office
Political Party	Indian National Congress
Gender	Male
Educational Qualification	M.A. (Sociology)
Debates participated	44
Private member bills passed	1
Questions asked	282
Attendance	N/A

Note:Data corresponds to the period 1 June 2014 to 13 Feb 2018.

List of Assembly Constituencies in Chitradurga Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Chitradurga parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Molakalmuru (ST)	Challakere (ST)	Chitradurga
Hiriyur	Hosadurga	Holalkere (SC)
Sira	Pavagada

Last Updated on July 2, 2019