Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency

Chitradurga is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes^[1] This constituency covers the entire Chitradurga district and part of Tumkur district.

Chitradurga
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Molakalmuru Challakere Chitradurga Hiriyur Hosadurga Holalkere Sira Pavagada
Established	2008
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Govind Karjol
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
97	Molakalmuru (ST)	Chitradurga	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		INC		INC
98	Challakere (ST)		T. Raghumurthy		INC		INC
99	Chitradurga		K. C. Veerendra Puppy		INC		BJP
100	Hiriyur		D. Sudhakar		INC		BJP
101	Hosadurga		B. G. Govindappa		INC		BJP
102	Holalkere (SC)		M. Chandrappa		BJP		BJP
136	Sira	Tumkur	T. B. Jayachandra		INC		BJP
137	Pavagada (SC)		H. V. Venkatesh		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	S. Nijalingappa		Indian National Congress
1957	J. Mohammed Imam		Praja Socialist Party
1962	J. Veerabasappa		Indian National Congress
1967	J. Mohammed Imam		Swatantra Party
1971	K. Mallanna		Indian National Congress
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. H. Ranganath		Indian National Congress
1989	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa
1991
1996	P. Kondandaramaiah		Janata Dal
1998	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa		Indian National Congress
1999	Shashi Kumar		Janata Dal
2004	N. Y. Hanumanthappa		Indian National Congress
2009	Janardhana Swamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	B. N. Chandrappa		Indian National Congress
2019	A. Narayanaswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Govind Karjol

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Chitradurga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govind Karjol	684,890	50.11	0.15
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	6,36,769	46.58	2.76
	NOTA	None of the above	3,190	0.23	0.12
Majority			48,121	3.53	2.95
Turnout			13,67,995	73.65	2.85
	BJP hold		Swing	0.15

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chitradurga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	A. Narayanswamy	626,195	50.26	16.62
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	5,46,017	43.82	1.18
	BSP	C. U. Mahanthesh	8,907	0.71	N/A
	IND.	N. T. Vijayakumar	8,707	0.70	New
	NOTA	None of the above	4,368	0.35
Majority			80,178	6.48	2.76
Turnout			12,46,506	70.80	4.73
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Chitradurga^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. N. Chandrappa	467,372	42.64
	BJP	Janardhana Swamy	3,66,220	33.40
	JD(S)	Gullihatty D. Shekhar	2,02,108	18.43
	AAP	Mohana Dashari	14,226	1.30
Majority			1,01,291	9.24
Turnout			10,97,666	66.07
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Chitradurga district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha