Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency

Former constituency of the Indian parliament in Karnataka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It included eight Assembly constituencies, namely Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli, Malavalli and Anekal. Out of them, Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi and Anekal assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka. Sathanur segment was merged between Kanakapura, Ramanagaram and Channapatna constituencies. Malavalli became a part of Mandya constituency and Uttarahalli was reformed and Uttarahalli Circle was merged with new Bangalore South Assembly Constituency.

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Kanakapura
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Established1967
Abolished2009
ReservationNone
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The new Assembly Constituencies Bangalore South, Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar became a part of Bangalore Rural along with Kunigal Assembly Constituency from Tumkur district

Members of Parliament

Election results

2002 by-election

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2002 By elections: Kanakapura [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) H. D. Devegowda 581,709 41.35 +27.99
INC D. K. Shivakumar 5,29,133 37.61 −5.78
BJP K. S. Eshwarappa 2,28,134 16.22 −24.21
Majority 52,576 3.74
Turnout 14,08,007
Swing to JD(S) from INC Swing
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