Bangalore City Lok Sabha constituency

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Bangalore City
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
State Mysore State
Established1957
Abolished1967
ReservationNone

Bangalore City Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Mysore State in southern India.

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Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
Till 1957 : Constituency did not exist
1957 [1] Keshava Iyengar Indian National Congress
1962 [2] Kengal Hanumanthaiah
After 1967: Constituency Abolished

Election results

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election: Bangalore City [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Keshava Iyengar 89,611 58.26 +11.09
Independent Haridranath Chattopadhyaya46,94830.52N/A
ABJS M. A. Venkat Rao17,24811.21N/A
Margin of victory42,66327.74-5.50
Turnout 153,80743.33-2.07
INC hold Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Bangalore City [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. Hanumanthaiya 118,028 55.23 -3.03
SWA V. S. Natarajan57,48926.90N/A
CPI M. S. Krishnan 25,88012.11N/A
ABJS M. A. Venkat Rao12,3095.76-5.45
Margin of victory60,53928.33+0.59
Turnout 219,27655.83+12.50
INC hold Swing

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References

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Second Lok Sabha Volume-I". Election Commission of India. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. "Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. "Statistical report on general elections, 1957 to the Second Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  4. "Statistical report on general elections, 1962 to the Third Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.

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