Gulbarga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gulbarga
Lok Sabha constituency
Gulbarga Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Assembly constituencies	Afzalpur Jewargi Gurmitkal Chittapur Sedam Gulbarga Rural Gulbarga Dakshin Gulbarga Uttar
Established	1952
Total electors	20,65,018 (2024)
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Radhakrishna
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in India.This constituency was created before the first general elections in 1951.^[1]

Assembly segments

Presently, Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:

No	Name	District	Member
34	Afzalpur	Kalaburagi	M. Y. Patil	INC	BJP
35	Jewargi	Kalaburagi	Ajay Singh	INC
39	Gurmitkal	Yadgir	Sharanagouda Kandakur	JD(S)
40	Chittapur (SC)	Kalaburagi	Priyank Kharge	INC	INC
41	Sedam		Sharan Prakash Patil	INC
43	Gulbarga Rural (SC)		Basawaraj Mattimud	BJP
44	Gulbarga Dakshin		Allamprabhu Patil	INC	BJP
45	Gulbarga Uttar		Kaneez Fathima	INC	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952	Swami Ramananda Tirtha	Indian National Congress
1957	Mahadevappa Rampure
1962
1967
1971	Dharamrao Afzalpurkar
1974^	Sidram Reddi
1977	Sidram Reddi
1980	Dharam Singh
1980^	C. M. Stephen
1984	Veerendra Patil
1989	B.G. Jawali
1991	B.G. Jawali
1996	Qamar ul Islam	Janata Dal
1998	Basavaraj Patil Sedam	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi	Indian National Congress
2004	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi
2009	Mallikarjun Kharge
2014	Mallikarjun Kharge
2019	Umesh Jadhav	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Radhakrishna	Indian National Congress

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Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			49.78%
2019			52.14%
2014			50.82%
2009			45.43%
2004			37.76%
1999			47.60%
1998			44.72%
1996			35.90%
1991			43.94%
1989			47.39%
1984			58.75%
1980 (by-poll)			62.33%
1980			56.20%
1977			60.67%
1974 (by-poll)			0.00%
1971			68.06%
1967			58.77%
1962			52.28%
1957			26.18%
1957			25.28%
1951			52.84%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Gulbarga^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Radhakrishna Doddamani	652,321	49.78	+5.66
	BJP	Umesh. G. Jadhav	6,25,116	47.70	−4.44
	NOTA	None of the above	8,429	0.64	−0.26
Majority			27,205	2.08	−5.94
Turnout			13,11,233	62.48
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Umesh Jadhav	620,192	52.14	+8.81
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	524,740	44.12	−8.27
	BSP	K. B. Vasu	10,865	0.91	−0.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,487	0.88	−0.11
	SVP	Vijay Jadhav	6,507	0.55
Majority			95,457	8.02
Turnout			11,90,471	61.18	+3.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+8.54

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	507,193	50.82	+5.36
	BJP	Revu Naik Belamgi	4,32,460	43.33	−0.37
	JD(S)	D. G. Sagar	15,690	1.57	−2.00
	BSP	Mahadev B. Dhanni	11,428	1.14	−0.65
	AAP	B. T. Lalitha Naik	9,074	0.91	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,888	0.99	N/A
Majority			74,733	7.49	+5.73
Turnout			9,98,086	57.96	+8.77
	INC hold		Swing	+5.36

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	345,241	45.43
	BJP	Revu Naik Belamgi	3,31,837	43.67
	JD(S)	Babu Honna Naik	27,130	3.57
	IND	Shivakumar Kollur	13,818	1.82
	BSP	Mahadev B. Dhanni	13,575	1.79
Majority			13,404	1.76
Turnout			7,59,693	49.22
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi	312,601	37.76
	BJP	Basawaraj Patil Sedam	255,130	30.82
	JD(S)	Vithal Heroor	189,100	22.84
	BSP	Suryakant Nimbalkar	26,724	3.23
	IND	2 Independent Candidates	21,961	2.65
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	22,378	2.70
Majority			57,471	6.94
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi	352,359	47.60
	BJP	Basavaraj Patil Sedam	282,522	38.17
	JD(S)	Malleshappa Yavoor	65,756	8.88
	BSP	Vithal Heroor	35,465	4.79
	IND	Hamid Pasha Sarmasth	4,141	0.56
Majority			69,837	9.43
Turnout			773,746	60.42
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Baswaraj Patil Sedam	328,982	44.72
	JD	Qamarul Islam	197,184	26.80
	INC	Dr. B. G. Jawali	140,913	19.15
	BSP	Vithal Heroor	55,583	7.56
	SAP	S. K. Kanta	7,671	1.04
	BMSM	Mahamed Masaq Ali	3,030	0.41
	RJD	Khalid Kareem Khan	1,456	0.20
	IUML	Abdul Hamid Dabar	889	0.12
Majority			131,798	17.92
Turnout			751,734	59.00
	Swing to BJP from JD		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Qamarul Islam	203,521	35.90
	BJP	Basawaraj Patil Sedam	187,976	33.16
	INC	Dr. B. G. Jawali	132,383	23.35
	KCP^[a]	Shivayya Kusayya Guttedar	15,444	2.72
	IND	15 Independent Candidates	27,618	4.88
Majority			15,545	2.74
Turnout			580,679	48.21
	Swing to JD from INC		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. G. Jawali	182,351	43.94
	BJP	Basawaraj Patil Sedam	120,268	28.98
	JP	Vaijanath Patil	89,760	21.63
	RPI(K)	Sujatha Parmeshwar Jane	1,284	0.31
	IND	11 Independent Candidates	21,299	5.13
Majority			62,083	14.96
Turnout			426,525	40.93
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. G. Jawali	283,796	47.39
	JD	Abdul Hameed	174,958	29.21
	JP	Malleshappa Yewoor	92,907	15.51
	IND	5 Independent Candidates	27,892	4.66
	OTH	3 Other Party Candidates	19,350	3.23
Majority			108,838	18.18
Turnout			637,640	61.57
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Veerendra Patil	235,751	58.75
	JP	Vidyadhar Guruji	140,261	34.95
	IND	7 Independent Candidates	25,257	6.30
Majority			95,490	23.80
Turnout			415,495	54.06
	INC hold		Swing

1980 by-election

1980 Indian by-election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	C. M. Stephen	150,665	62.33
	INC(O)	B. R. Gouda	76,985	31.85
	IND	C. M. Swamy	4,224	1.75
	IND	G. V. Naindu	4,144	1.71
	IND	N. L. Muttangi	3,544	1.47
	IND	H. Jayappa	2,158	0.89
Majority			73,680	30.48
Turnout
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Dharam Singh	174,398	56.20
	JP	Vaijnath Patil	56,422	18.18
	INC(U)	Sidram Reddy	48,959	15.78
	JP(S)	Veeranna Thimmaji	16,442	5.30
	IND	Narasappa Lachappa Muttangi	7,352	2.37
	IND	Mahadevappa T. Patil	6,770	2.18
Majority			117,976	38.02
Turnout			322,788	46.06
	Swing to INC(I) from INC		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sidram Reddi	188,381	60.67
	JP	Govind Vadeyaraj	102,989	33.17
	CPI	Sriniwas Gudi	19,152	6.17
Majority			85,392	27.50
Turnout			322,935	51.28
	INC hold		Swing

1974 by-election

1971

1971 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dharamrao Afzalpurkar	171,264	68.06
	INC(O)	Sharanbasappa Appa Doddappa	75,690	30.08
	IND	B. Shamsunder Manikyam	4,691	1.86
Majority			95,574	37.98
Turnout			262,905	50.20
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahadevappa Rampure	136,188	58.77
	SWA	M. Virupakshayya	77,911	33.62
	ABJS	G. A. Rao	10,728	4.63
	IND	S. Sharnappa	6,910	2.98
Majority			58,277	25.15
Turnout			242,601	49.59
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahadevappa Rampure	92,399	52.28
	SWA	Sharanagowda Sidramayya	84,326	47.72
Majority			8,073	4.56
Turnout			184,634	44.68
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Gulbarga (Two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahadevappa Rampure	139,041	26.18
	INC	Shankardeo	134,239	25.28
	IND	Sharangowda Sidramayya	109,124	20.55
	IND	B. Sham Sunder	88,352	16.64
	PSP	R. V. Bidap	60,317	11.36
Turnout			531,073	36.96

1951

1951 Indian general election: Gulbarga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Swami Ramanand Tirtha	56,087	52.84
	IND	Saran Gowda	39,041	36.78
	Socialist	Sadashivappa D. Akki	11,012	10.37
Majority			17,046	16.06
Turnout			106,140	29.11
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

Karnataka Congress Party

References

"Gulbarga Was a Dual-member Lok Sabha Constituency in 1957". The New Indian Express. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
"2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Gulbarga". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
"Gulbarga Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.

Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

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