Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency

Bangalore Central
Bangalore Central
Lok Sabha constituency
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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
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent P. C. Mohan
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Last updated July 02, 2024

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

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
160	Sarvagnanagar	Bangalore Urban	K. J. George	INC	INC
161	C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)		S. Raghu	BJP	BJP
162	Shivajinagar		Rizwan Arshad	INC	INC
163	Shanti Nagar		N. A. Haris	INC	INC
164	Gandhi Nagar		Dinesh Gundu Rao	INC	BJP
165	Rajaji Nagar		S. Suresh Kumar	BJP	BJP
168	Chamrajpet		Zameer Ahmed	INC	INC
174	Mahadevapura (SC)		Manjula Aravind Limbavali	BJP	BJP

List of members of parliament

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

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Bangalore Central
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			13,15,510	54.06	-0.26
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Bangalore Central ^[1]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	602,853	50.35	-1.50
	INC	Rizwan Arshad	5,31,885	44.43
	Independent	Prakash Raj	28,906	2.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,760	0.90
Margin of victory			70,968	5.92
Turnout			11,97,687	54.32
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Bangalore Central ^[1]^[8]
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	N/A
	JD(S)	Nandini Ala	20,387	1.90	-17.29
	NOTA	None of the above	8,449	0.79	N/A
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^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	P. C. Mohan	340,162	40.16	N/A
	INC	H. T. Sangliana	304,944	36.00	N/A
	JD(S)	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	162,552	19.19	N/A
Margin of victory			35,218	4.16	N/A
Turnout			846,982	44.55	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

Gallery

Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore falls under this constituency

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References

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[turnout-1] 1 2 3 "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[2] "Order No. 42" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 23 March 2007. p. 116. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

[Kaggere-3] 1 2 Kaggere, Niranjan (9 April 2014). "Tamil voters will decide winner in B'lore Central". No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[Hegde-4] Hegde, Bhaskar (13 April 2014). "Will Tamilians back BJP this election?". No. Bangalore. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[5] Mohan, P C (10 April 2014). "Support from Tamil Sangham 10-04-2014". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[assembly-6] "Parliamentary constituencies of Karnataka as per new delimitation". BJP Karnataka. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[Bangalore_Central-8] 1 2 "Bangalore Central". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.

[9] "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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