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Chitradurga Lok Sabha Elections

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Karnataka and will cast its vote in the 2019 election on April 18. Chitradurga constituency is reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes.

Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments – Molakalmuru, Challakere, Chitradurga, Hiriyur, Hosadurga, Holalkere, Sira and Pavagada.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, B N Chandrappa of the Indian National Congress – won by a margin of over 1 lakh votes. He had defeated Janardhana Swamy of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chandrappa had secured 467511 votes while Swamy got 366220 votes.

The voter turnout figure was at 66.07 percent across 2081 polling stations.

Other candidates in the fray were Gullihatty.D.Shekhar of the Janata Dal (Secular) and Mohana Dasari of the Aam Aadmi Party.

In the year 2009, Janardhana Swamy of the BJP, won by a margin of 1.35 lakh votes. He defeated Dr. B Thippeswamy of the INC. While Swamy secured 370920 votes Thippeswamy managed to get 235349 votes.

Some of the other candidates in the fray were M Rathnakar of the Janata Dal (Secular) and M Jayanna of the Bahujan Samaj Party.

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Candidates Party Status Votes
A Narayanaswamy BJP

Won

626195
B N Chandrappa INC

Lost

546017
Mahanthesh C U BSP

Lost

8907
N. T. Vijayakumar IND

Lost

8707
Niranjana A D Cheelangi AMSP

Lost

7773
Lokesha. M. K. IND

Lost

7026
L Venugopal IND

Lost

6379
Nota NOTA

Lost

4368
L Rangappa (Rtd.Ddpi) IND

Lost

4312
Devendrappa UPP

Lost

4280
C H Narayanaswamy IND

Lost

3802
Ramesha V IND

Lost

2721
V S Bhutharaja IND

Lost

2464
D Pennappa Turuvanur IND

Lost

2359
Arunachalam Y PPOI

Lost

2220
R Hanumanthappa IND

Lost

1837
Ganesh IND

Lost

1760
S Meetyanaik PSP(L)

Lost

1636
Kumar Y IND

Lost

1616
Thippeswamy T IND

Lost

1571

Chitradurga News

Scheduled caste MP not allowed to enter village in Karnataka

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Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Chitradurga 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 Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka.

Apr 05, 2019, 16:01 PM IST
Chitradurga Lok Sabha Constituency

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Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments.

Apr 05, 2019, 14:34 PM IST
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