Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency

Bangalore Central is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency was created in 2008 as part of delimitation.^[2] It was carved out of the Bangalore North and South Lok Sabha constituencies during 2009 Indian elections.^[3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was P. C. Mohan

Bangalore Central
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Sarvagnanagar C. V. Raman Nagar Shivajinagar Shanti Nagar Gandhi Nagar Rajaji Nagar Chamrajpet Mahadevapura
Established	2008
Total electors	19,31,456[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent P. C. Mohan
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Demographics

The Central Lok Sabha constituency is dominated by minority voters, and is challenge for candidates, with having to get the support of both linguistic and religious minorities. The constituency has around 5.5 lakh Tamil People, 4.5 lakh Muslims and about 2 lakh Christians. There is also a significant number of Marwaris and Gujaratis, especially around Chickpet and Gandhinagar suburbs. The Tamil population is concentrated around the suburbs of Shivajinagar, Ulsoor, Gandhinagar, Seshadripuram and are a deciding factor for the winning candidate. Further, the demography of the constituency ranges from rich to middle class to slums.^[3][4][5]

Vidhan Sabha segments and serving MLAs

As of 2014, Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:^[6][7]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading 2024 (By Number )
160	Sarvagnanagar	Bangalore Urban	K. J. George		INC		INC (74,244)
161	C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)		S. Raghu		BJP		BJP (20,114)
162	Shivajinagar		Rizwan Arshad		INC		INC (27,510)
163	Shanti Nagar		N. A. Haris		INC		INC (20,338)
164	Gandhi Nagar		Dinesh Gundu Rao		INC		BJP (23,324)
165	Rajaji Nagar		S. Suresh Kumar		BJP		BJP (39,429)
168	Chamrajpet		Zameer Ahmed		INC		INC (42,953)
174	Mahadevapura (SC)		Manjula Aravind Limbavali		BJP		BJP (1,14,046)

List of members of parliament

Year	Member	Party
Till 2008 : Constituency did not exist
2009	P. C. Mohan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2024			50.05%
2019			50.35%
2014			51.85%
2009			40.16%

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Bangalore Central^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	658,915	50.05	−0.30
	INC	Mansoor Ali Khan	6,26,208	47.57	+3.14
	NOTA	None of the above	12,126	0.92	+0.02
Majority			32,707	2.48	−3.44
Turnout			13,18,346	54.16	−0.16
	BJP hold		Swing	-0.30

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bangalore Central^[1][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	602,853	50.35	−1.50
	INC	Rizwan Arshad	531,885	44.43	+4.39
	Independent	Prakash Raj	28,906	2.41	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,760	0.90	+0.11
Margin of victory			70,968	5.92	−6.88
Turnout			1,197,687	54.32	−1.32
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.50

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Bangalore Central^[1][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	557,130	51.85	+11.69
	INC	Rizwan Arshad	419,630	39.05	+3.05
	AAP	V. Balakrishnan	39,869	3.69	New
	JD(S)	Nandini Ala	20,387	1.90	−17.29
	NOTA	None of the above	8,449	0.79	New
Margin of victory			137,500	12.80	+8.63
Turnout			1,074,609	55.64	+11.09
	BJP hold		Swing	+11.69

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bangalore Central^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	340,162	40.16
	INC	H. T. Sangliana	304,944	36.00
	JD(S)	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	162,552	19.19
Margin of victory			35,218	4.16
Turnout			846,982	44.55
	BJP win (new seat)

Gallery

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  Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore falls under this constituency

See also

• Bangalore
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha