Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency

Chikkballapur
Chikkballapur
Lok Sabha constituency
	Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Gauribidanur; Bagepalli; Chikkaballapur; Yelahanka; Hoskote; Devanahalli; Doddaballapur; Nelamangala
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent K. Sudhakar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Chikkballapur Lok Sabha constituency, also spelled 'Chikkaballapur', is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1977 after the reorganisation of Indian states. It covers parts of Chikkaballapura District and Bengaluru Rural District.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member		Party Leading (in 2024)
139	Gauribidanur	Chikballapur	K. Puttaswamy Gowda (KHP)	Independent politician	BJP
140	Bagepalli		S. N. Subbareddy	Indian National Congress	INC
141	Chikkaballapur		Pradeep Eshwar	Indian National Congress	BJP
150	Yelahanka	Bangalore Urban	S. R. Vishwanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP
178	Hoskote	Bangalore Rural	Sharath Kumar Bachegowda	Indian National Congress	INC
179	Devanahalli (SC)		K. H. Muniyappa	Indian National Congress	BJP
180	Doddaballapur		Dheeraj Muniraj	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP
181	Nelamangala (SC)	Bangalore Rural and Ramanagara	N. Shreenivasaiah	Indian National Congress	BJP

2024 Indian general elections: Chikkballapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Sudhakar	822,619	53.93	0.15
	INC	Raksha Ramaiah	6,59,159	43.21	2.56
	CPI(M)	MP Munivenkatappa	4,557	0.29	1.05
	BSP	Mahadev. P	4,440	0.29	1.4
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,596	0.43	0.15
Majority			163,460	10.71	2.42
Turnout			15,25,199	76.98	0.24
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 Indian general elections: Chikkballapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. N. Bache Gowda	745,912	53.78	20.92
	INC	M. Veerappa Moily	5,63,802	40.65	7.04
	CPI(M)	S. Varalakshmi	28,648	1.34	0.72
	BSP	Dr. C. S. Dwarakanath	23,446	1.69
	UPP	G. Muniraju	5,093	0.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,025	0.58	0.03
Majority			1,82,110	13.13	12.38
Turnout			13,87,987	76.74	0.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Chikkballapur^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Veerappa Moily^[5]	4,24,800	33.61	6.29
	BJP	B. N. Bache Gowda	4,15,280	32.86	1.79
	JD(S)	H. D. Kumaraswamy	3,46,339	27.40	8.39
	CPI(M)	G. V. Sreerama Reddy	26,071	2.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,682	0.61
Majority			9,520	0.75	4.5
Turnout			12,63,274	76.18	8.09
	INC hold		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Chikkballapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. Veerappa Moily	3,90,500	39.90
	BJP	C. Aswathanarayana	3,39,119	34.65
	JD(S)	C. R. Manohar	1,86,075	19.01
	BSP	Hennuru Lakshmi Narayana	14,629	1.49
Majority			51,381	5.25
Turnout			9,78,610	68.09
	INC hold		Swing