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Bellary Lok Sabha Elections

Bellary is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. Voting for Lok Sabha election in Karnataka will be held in two phases on April 18 and April 23. Bellary will be going to polls on April 23 and counting will be held on May 23. After the 2008 delimitation exercise, the constituency was reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates.

Bellary parliamentary constituency comprises of eight assembly segments namely Hadagalli, Hagaribommanahalli, Vijayanagara, Kampli, Bellary, Bellary City, Sandur and Kudligi. While Hadagalli and Hagaribommanahalli have been reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates, Kampli, Bellary, Sandur and Kudligi have been reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates. Vijayanagara and Bellary City are unreserved assembly seats.

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party leader B. Sreeramulu won the seat by a margin of 85144 votes. Sreeramulu bagged 534406 votes while his nearest rival NY Hanumantappa secured 449262 votes. In Bellary, 71.93 per cent or 1078982 voters exercised their franchise in the last election. Of the 15 contestants who were in the fray, 13 of them lost their deposits.

Bharatiya Janata Party had won the 2009 election too with party candidate J Shantha winning 402213 votes. At the second spot was NY Hanumantappa with 399970 votes.

However, bypolls were held in Bellary in 2018 along with two others seats in the state BS Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu of the BJP and CS Puttaraju of the Janata Dal Secular vacated Shivamogga, Bellari and Mandya following their election to the assembly in May 2018.

In the bypolls, the JD(S)-Congress coalition in the state got a huge boost after it bagged the Bellary seat. Congress leader VS Ugrappa won the seat by a margin of more than 2.43 lakh votes defeating BJP's J Shantha, the sister of B Sriramulu, a key aide of the Reddys and former MP from there.

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Candidates Party Status Votes
Y. Devendrappa BJP

Won

616388
V. S. Ugrappa INC

Lost

560681
K. Gulappa BSP

Lost

9961
Nota NOTA

Lost

9024
B. Eshwarappa SHS

Lost

6919
A. Devadas SUCI

Lost

3833
T. Veeresh SFB

Lost

3397
Conductor Pampapathi IND

Lost

3101
P. D. Ramanayaka RPOI(K)

Lost

2722
B. Raghu PPOI

Lost

2658
Nayakara Ramappa ILP(A)

Lost

1840
Naveen Kumar. S BPHP

Lost

1402

Bellary News

Bodies of COVID-19 victims dumped in large pit in Karnataka's Bellary, videos trigger outrage, probe ordered

Bodies of COVID-19 victims dumped in large pit in Karnataka's Bellary, videos trigger outrage, probe ordered

In a major violation of Centre’s COVID-19 norms, videos of at least dead bodies of COVID-19 victim being dumped in a large pit in Karnataka has come to fore triggering public outrage.

Jun 30, 2020, 18:03 PM IST
Bellary Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Bellary 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 Bellary Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka. 

Apr 11, 2019, 14:07 PM IST
Bellary Lok Sabha constituency

Bellary Lok Sabha constituency

In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party leader B. Sreeramulu won the seat by a margin of 85144 votes. Sreeramulu bagged 534406 votes while his nearest rival NY Hanumantappa secured 449262

Apr 09, 2019, 17:00 PM IST
Karnataka by-elections: 66 per cent voter turnout registered

Karnataka by-elections: 66 per cent voter turnout registered

Around 66 per cent of the 54.5 lakh electorate voted on Saturday in the five by-elections across Karnataka, a poll official said.

Nov 03, 2018, 21:29 PM IST
Karnataka polls: Congress taunts PM Modi for letting off mining Reddy brothers

Karnataka polls: Congress taunts PM Modi for letting off mining Reddy brothers

The ruling Congress on Tuesday taunted the Modi government for letting off Karnataka`s infamous Reddy mining brothers.

Apr 25, 2018, 16:02 PM IST
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