Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency

Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[1][2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Pralhad Joshi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). After winning 2019 general elections Pralhad Joshi was appointed as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Coal, Minister of Mining on 30 May 2019 in cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Navalgund Kundgol Dharwad Hubli-Dharwad East Hubli-Dharwad Central Hubli-Dharwad West Kalghatgi Shiggaon
Established	2008
Total electors	18,91,024
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Constituency Map

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
69	Navalgund	Dharwad	N. H. Konaraddi		INC		INC
70	Kundgol		M. R. Patil		BJP		BJP
71	Dharwad		Vinay Kulkarni		INC		BJP
72	Hubli-Dharwad East (SC)		Abbayya Prasad		INC		INC
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central		Mahesh Tenginakai		BJP		BJP
74	Hubli-Dharwad West		Aravind Bellad		BJP		BJP
75	Kalghatgi		Santosh Lad		INC		BJP
83	Shiggaon	Haveri	Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan		INC		INC

Before delimitation, Navalgund, Dharwad and Kalghatgi Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad North constituency and Kundgol and Shiggaon Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad South constituency.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952-2008 : See Dharwad North
2009	Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Dharwad^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi	716,231	52.41	4.02
	INC	Vinod Asooti	6,18,907	45.29	4.75
	NOTA	None of the above	6,147	0.45	0.16
Majority			97,324	7.12	9.77
Turnout			13,66,570	74.51	4.22
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Dharwad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pralhad Joshi	684,837	56.43	+4.24
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	479,765	39.54	−1.92
	BSP	Irappa Bharamappa Madar	6,344	0.52	−0.14
	IND	Somashekhar Peeraji Yadav	5,400	0.44	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	3,512	0.29	−0.95
Margin of victory			205,072	16.89	+6.16
Turnout			1,214,138	70.29	+4.29
	BJP hold		Swing	+4.24

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Dharwad^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pralhad Joshi	543,395	52.19	−3.78
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	431,738	41.46	+2.73
	NOTA	None of the above	12,937	1.24	N/A
	JD(S)	Banakapur Hanumanthappa Mallappa	8,836	0.85	N/A
	BSP	Irappa Bharamappa Madar	6,858	0.66	−0.09
Margin of victory			111,657	10.73	−6.51
Turnout			1,041,470	65.99	+9.44
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Dharwad^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pralhad Joshi	446,786	55.97
	INC	Manjunath Kunnur	309,123	38.73
	NCP	Mahesh Gurupadayya Talakallamath	7,176	0.90
	IND	Shankarappa G. Yadavannavar	6,502	0.81
	BSP	Kashimsab Mulla	5,981	0.75
Margin of victory			137,663	17.24
Turnout			798,214	56.55
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency
• Dharwad South Lok Sabha constituency
• Dharwad district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha