Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency has been known by different names in its history. For the 1951 and every election since 1977 it has been known as Bangalore North. For the 1957 and 1962 elections it was known as Bangalore City. For the 1967 and 1971 elections it formed a constituency jointly with Bangalore South and was known as Bangalore. From 1951 to 1973, this constituency resided in Mysore State. On 1 November 1973, Mysuru State was renamed as Karnataka.
Bangalore North held its first elections in 1951 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Keshava Iyengar of the Indian National Congress (INC). He was re-elected in the next election in 1957. K. Hanumanthaiya also of the INC represented this constituency for three consecutive terms from 1962 to 1977. C. K. Jaffer Sharief of the INC was its MP for five consecutive terms from 1977 to 1996 before being denied ticket in the 1996 election. C. Narayanaswamy of the Janata Dal party defeated Mohammed Obedulla Sharief.
This brought to an end a 45-year period where this constituency had been represented by a member of the INC from 1951 to 1996. Sharief became the MP once again in 1998. He was also re-elected in 1999 to serve his seventh term as MP for this constituency. H. T. Sangliana of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) represented this constituency in 2004. D. B. Chandre Gowda also of the BJP was elected in the 2009 election. As of the latest elections in 2024, its current MP is Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP who is also the incumbent Minister of State for Ministry of Labour and Employment and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Third Modi Ministry. Of the 17 elections held in this constituency, the most successful party is the INC who have won on 12 occasions.
Assembly segments
As of 2014, Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments: NoNameDistrictMember PartyParty Leading(in 2024)151 K. R. PuraBangalore UrbanByrati Basavaraj152 ByatarayanapuraKrishna Byre Gowda153YeshvanthapuraS. T. Somashekhar155DasarahalliS. Muniraju156Mahalakshmi LayoutK. Gopalaiah157MalleshwaramC. N. Ashwath Narayan158HebbalByrathi Suresh159Pulakeshinagar (SC)A. C. Srinivasa
Members of Parliament Year MemberParty 1952 Keshava Iyengar 1977 C. K. Jaffer Sharief 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 C. Narayanaswamy 1998 C. K. Jaffer Sharief 1999 2004 H. T. Sangliana 2009 D. B. Chandre Gowda 2014 Sadananda Gowda 20192024Shobha Karandlaje
Election results
General election 1951
General election 1977
General election 1980
General election 1984
General election 1989
General election 1991
General election 1996
General election 1998
General election 1999
General election 2004
General election 2009
General election 2014
General election 2019
General election 2024
See also Bangalore List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
External links Bangalore North lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule