Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka
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Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[1][2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Pralhad Joshi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). After winning 2019 general elections Pralhad Joshi was appointed as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Coal, Minister of Mining on 30 May 2019 in cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Kundgol
Dharwad
Hubli-Dharwad East
Hubli-Dharwad Central
Hubli-Dharwad West
Kalghatgi
Shiggaon
| Dharwad | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Assembly constituencies | Navalgund Kundgol Dharwad Hubli-Dharwad East Hubli-Dharwad Central Hubli-Dharwad West Kalghatgi Shiggaon |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 18,91,024 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
As of 2014, Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Party Leading (in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Navalgund | Dharwad | N. H. Konaraddi | INC | INC | ||
| 70 | Kundgol | M. R. Patil | BJP | BJP | |||
| 71 | Dharwad | Vacant | |||||
| 72 | Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) | Abbayya Prasad | INC | INC | |||
| 73 | Hubli-Dharwad Central | Mahesh Tenginakai | BJP | BJP | |||
| 74 | Hubli-Dharwad West | Aravind Bellad | |||||
| 75 | Kalghatgi | Santosh Lad | INC | ||||
| 83 | Shiggaon | Haveri | Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan | INC | |||
Before delimitation, Navalgund, Dharwad and Kalghatgi Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad North constituency and Kundgol and Shiggaon Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad South constituency.[2]
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
1952-2008 : See Dharwad North | |||
| 2004 | Pralhad Venkatesh joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Election results
General Election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi | 716,231 | 52.41 |  4.02 | |
| INC | Vinod Asooti | 6,18,907 | 45.29 |  4.75 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,147 | 0.45 | 0.16 | |
| Majority | 97,324 | 7.12 | 9.77 | ||
| Turnout | 13,66,570 | 74.51 | 4.22 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pralhad Joshi | 684,837 | 56.43 | +4.24 | |
| INC | Vinay Kulkarni | 479,765 | 39.54 | −1.92 | |
| BSP | Irappa Bharamappa Madar | 6,344 | 0.52 | −0.14 | |
| IND | Somashekhar Peeraji Yadav | 5,400 | 0.44 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,512 | 0.29 | −0.95 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,05,072 | 16.89 | +6.16 | ||
| Turnout | 1,214,138 | 70.29 | +4.29 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +4.24 | |||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pralhad Joshi | 543,395 | 52.19 | −3.78 | |
| INC | Vinay Kulkarni | 431,738 | 41.46 | +2.73 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 12,937 | 1.24 | N/A | |
| JD(S) | Banakapur Hanumanthappa Mallappa | 8,836 | 0.85 | N/A | |
| BSP | Irappa Bharamappa Madar | 6,858 | 0.66 | −0.09 | |
| Margin of victory | 111,657 | 10.73 | −6.51 | ||
| Turnout | 1,041,470 | 65.99 | +9.44 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pralhad Joshi | 446,786 | 55.97 | ||
| INC | Manjunath Kunnur | 309,123 | 38.73 | ||
| NCP | Mahesh Gurupadayya Talakallamath | 7,176 | 0.90 | ||
| IND | Shankarappa G. Yadavannavar | 6,502 | 0.81 | ||
| BSP | Kashimsab Mulla | 5,981 | 0.75 | ||
| Margin of victory | 137,663 | 17.24 | |||
| Turnout | 798,214 | 56.55 | |||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||