Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency of the Indian parliament in Karnataka
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Bijapur (Vijayapura) Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes.[1]
| Bijapur | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
![]() Bijapur Lok Sabha Constituency Map | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bijapur |
| Assembly constituencies | Muddebihal Devar Hippargi Basavana Bagevadi Babaleshwar Bijapur City Nagthan Indi Sindagi |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |

Assembly segments
Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[1]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Party Leading (in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Muddebihal | Bijapur | C. S. Nadagouda | INC | BJP | ||
| 27 | Devar Hippargi | Rajugouda Patil | JD(S) | ||||
| 28 | Basavana Bagevadi | Shivanand Patil | INC | ||||
| 29 | Babaleshwar | M. B. Patil | |||||
| 30 | Bijapur City | Basangouda Patil Yatnal | BJP | INC | |||
| 31 | Nagthan (SC) | Vittal Katakadhond | INC | BJP | |||
| 32 | Indi | Yashavant Rayagoud Patil | |||||
| 33 | Sindagi | Ashok M. Managuli | |||||
Members of Parliament
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Rajaram Girdharilal Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Murigappa Siddappa Sugandhi | Independent | |
| 1962 | Rajaram Girdharilal Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | G.D. Patil | Swatantra Party | |
| 1971 | Bhimappa Choudhari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Kalingappa Choudhari | ||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1984 | Shivashankarappa Guraddi | Janata Party | |
| 1989 | Basagondappa Gudadinni | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Basanagouda Rudragouda Patil | Janata Dal | |
| 1998 | M. B. Patil | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | Basangouda Patil Yatnal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Ramesh Jigajinagi | ||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
General Election 2024
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | 635,867 | 57.22 | +9.42 | |
| JD(S) | Sunita Chavan | 377,829 | 34.00 | +28.05 | |
| IND. | Dhareppa Mahadev Ardhavar | 23,706 | 2.13 | ||
| BSP | Pujari Shrinath Sangapaa | 23,442 | 2.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,286 | 1.11 | ||
| Majority | 258,038 | 23.22 | +16.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,112,493 | 61.89 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi | 471,757 | 48.80 | ||
| INC | Prakash Rathod | 401,938 | 41.58 | ||
| JD(S) | K. Shivram | 57,551 | 5.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 8,287 | 0.86 | ||
| Majority | 69,819 | 7.22 | |||
| Turnout | 966,797 | 59.58 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
