Bidar Lok Sabha constituency

See also: Bidar (disambiguation)

Bidar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1962. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008. It comprises the entire Bidar district and part of Kalaburagi district.

Bidar
Lok Sabha constituency
Assembly constituencies within Bidar LS constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Chincholi Aland Basavakalyan Humnabad Bidar South Bidar Bhalki Aurad
Established	1952 (73 years ago) (1952)
Total electors	18,92,962 (as per 2024)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sagar Khandre
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Bhagwanth Khuba

List of Vidhan Sabha segments

Bidar Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
42	Chincholi (SC)	Kalaburagi	Avinash Umesh Jadhav		BJP		INC
46	Aland		B. R. Patil		INC		BJP
47	Basavakalyan	Bidar	Sharanu Salagar		BJP		INC
48	Humnabad		Siddu Patil		BJP		INC
49	Bidar South		Shailendra Beldale		BJP		INC
50	Bidar		Rahim Khan		INC		INC
51	Bhalki		Eshwara Khandre		INC		INC
52	Aurad (SC)		Prabhu Chauhan		BJP		INC

Members of Lok Sabha

• ^ Bye-election

Year	Member[2]	Party
1952	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari		Indian National Congress
1957 : Seat did not exist
1962	Ramchandra Veerappa		Indian National Congress
1967
1971	Shanker Dev
1977
1980	Narsingrao Suryawanshi		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991	Ramchandra Veerappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998
1999
2004
2004^	Narsingrao Suryawanshi		Indian National Congress
2009	Dharam Singh
2014	Bhagwanth Khuba		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Sagar Eshwar Khandre		Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Bidar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sagar Eshwar Khandre	666,317	53.63
	BJP	Bhagwanth Khuba	5,37,442	43.26
	NOTA	None of the above	4,686	0.38
Majority			1,28,875	10.37
Turnout			12,43,057	65.62	+2.62
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bidar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhagwanth Khuba	585,471	52.41	+4.54
	INC	Eshwara Khandre	4,68,637	41.95	+3.69
	BSP	Baba Bukhari	15,188	1.36
	IND.	Ravikant. K. Hugar Vakil	5,748	0.51
Majority			1,16,834	10.46
Turnout			11,18,255	63.00	+2.81
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Elections

2014 Indian general elections: Bidar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhagwanth Khuba	459,260	47.87
	INC	N. Dharam Singh	3,67,068	38.26
	JD(S)	Bandeppa Khasempur	58,728	6.12
	BSP	Shankar Bhayya	15,079	1.57
Majority			92,222	9.61
Turnout			9.63,206	60.16
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2004 Lok Sabha Elections

• Ramchandra Veerappa (BJP) : 312,838 votes (Died in 2004) ^[4]
• Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi (INC) : 289,217

2004 bye-election

• Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi (INC) : 196,917 votes
• Basawraj Ramchandra Veerappa (BJP) : 183,447 (Son of Ramchandra Veerappa)

1962 Elections

• Ramachander Veerappa (INC) 95,691 votes
• B. Shamsunder (PSP) 41,389 votes