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Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 12°30′N 77°24′E / 12.5°N 77.4°E / 12.5; 77.4
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Kanakapura
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
Established1967
Abolished2009
ReservationNone

Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It included eight Assembly constituencies, namely Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli, Malavalli and Anekal. Out of them, Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi and Anekal assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka. Sathanur segment was merged between Kanakapura, Ramanagaram and Channapatna constituencies. Malavalli became a part of Mandya constituency and Uttarahalli was reformed and Uttarahalli Circle was merged with new Bangalore South Assembly Constituency.

The new Assembly Constituencies Bangalore South, Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar became a part of Bangalore Rural along with Kunigal Assembly Constituency from Tumkur district

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
Till 1967 : Constituency did not exist
1952 M. V. Rajasekharan Indian National Congress
1971 C. K. Jaffer Sharief
1977 M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy
1980 Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 H. D. Kumaraswamy Janata Dal
1998 M. Srinivas Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy Indian National Congress
2002^ H. D. Deve Gowda Janata Dal
2004 Tejashwini Sreeramesh Indian National Congress
After 2009 : Constituency Abolished

^ Denote By-Elections

Election results

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2002 by-election

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2002 By elections: Kanakapura [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) H. D. Devegowda 581,709 41.35 +27.99
INC D. K. Shivakumar 5,29,133 37.61 −5.78
BJP K. S. Eshwarappa 2,28,134 16.22 −24.21
Majority 52,576 3.74
Turnout 14,08,007
Swing to JD(S) from INC Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

12°30′N 77°24′E / 12.5°N 77.4°E / 12.5; 77.4