Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency

Belgaum
Belgaum
Lok Sabha constituency
	Belagavi Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Arabhavi ; Gokak ; Belgaum Uttar ; Belgaum Dakshin ; Belgaum Rural ; Bailahongal ; Saundatti Yellamma ; Ramdurg
Established	1951
Total electors	18,07,250 (2021)
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Jagadish Shetter
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Mangala Suresh Angadi

Last updated August 28, 2025

Belgaum (officially Belagavi), is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Vidhana Sabha segments

The composition of Belgaum Lok Sabha seat has undergone several changes. In 1962, there were three assembly seats in the constituency from Belgaum, named Belgaum City, Belgaum I and Belgaum II. Then the map was redrawn and some seats like Khanapur, Uchagaon and Bagewadi were added to Belgaum seat as part of renaming. In 2008, it was back to three seats named after the city of Belgaum : North, South, and Rural. Since 2008, this seat comprises the following eight assembly segments in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha:

No^[a]	Name	District	Member
8	Arabhavi	Belgaum	Balachandra Jarkiholi	BJP	BJP
9	Gokak		Ramesh Jarkiholi	BJP	BJP
11	Belgaum Uttar		Asif Sait	INC	BJP
12	Belgaum Dakshin		Abhay Patil	BJP	BJP
13	Belgaum Rural		Lakshmi Hebbalkar	INC	BJP
16	Bailhongal		Mahantesh Kaujlagi	INC	BJP
17	Saundatti Yellamma		Vishwas Vaidya	INC	INC
18	Ramdurg		Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan	INC	INC

↑ Constituency number

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952-57 : See Belgaum North, Belgaum South
1957	Balvantrao Datar	Indian National Congress
1962	Balvantrao Datar
1963^	Hemanand Koujalagi
1967	N. M. Nabisab
1971	Appayappa Kotrashetti
1977	Appayappa Kotrashetti
1980	Shanmukhappa Sidnal	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Shivanand Koujalagi	Janata Dal
1998	Babagouda Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Amarsinh Patil	Indian National Congress
2004	Suresh Angadi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2021^	Mangala Angadi
2024	Jagadish Shettar

^ by-poll

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Belgaum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagadish Shettar	762,029	55.06	+11.99
	INC	Mrinal Ravindra Hebbalkar	583,592	42.17	−0.39
	MES	Mahadev Patil	9,503	0.69	−10.77
	NOTA	None of the above	5,726	0.41	−0.63
Majority			178,437	12.89	+12.38
Turnout			1,386,821	71.79
	BJP hold		Swing

2021 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Belgaum^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangala Suresh Angadi	440,327	43.07	−19.85
	INC	Satish Laxmanarao Jarkiholi	435,087	42.56	+11.80
	MES	Shubham Vikrant Shelke	117,174	11.46	+11.46
	NOTA	None of the above	10,631	1.04
Majority			5,240	0.51	−31.95
Turnout			1,022,793	56.15
	BJP hold		Swing

Source:^[2]

2019 Lok Sabha

2019 Indian general elections: Belgaum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Angadi	761,991	63.22	+11.69
	INC	V. S. Sadhunavar	370,687	30.76	−13.72
	IND.	Ganesh M. Daddikar	8,151	0.68
	BSP	Badroddin Kamdod	5,750	0.48
Majority			391,304	32.46
Turnout			1,207,142	67.84
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Lok Sabha

2014 Indian general elections: Belgaum ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Angadi	554,417	51.53	−0.58
	INC	Lakshmi Hebbalkar	478,557	44.48	+9.33
	NOTA	None of the above	11,509	1.07
	AAP	Angadi Muttappa	8,524	0.79
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	5,477	0.51	−8.57
Majority			75,860	7.03
Turnout			1,078,982	68.25	+13.50
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 Lok Sabha

2009 Indian general elections: Belgaum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Angadi	384,324	50.85
	INC	Amarsinh Vasantarao Patil	265,637	35.15
	JD(S)	A. B. Patil	68,594	9.08
	IND.	Hanaji Ashok Pandu	10,811	1.43
Majority			118,687	15.70
Turnout			754,561	54.75	−11.35
	BJP hold		Swing

1984 Lok Sabha

Shanmukhappa Basappa Sidnal (INC) : 202,506^[4]
Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil (JNP) : 166,966
Prabhakar Pawashe (Maharashytra Ekikaran Samiti) : finished third.

References

↑ Arakal, Ralph Alex (3 May 2021). "Karnataka bypolls: BJP wins Belagavi, Basavakalyan; Congress takes Maski". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
↑ "1984 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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[1] Constituency number

[2] Arakal, Ralph Alex (3 May 2021). "Karnataka bypolls: BJP wins Belagavi, Basavakalyan; Congress takes Maski". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[3] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[4] "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[elections1984-5] "1984 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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