Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Karnataka. Voting here for the 2019 Lok Sabha election took place on April 18. The result will be out on May 23. Chikballapur constituency came into existence in 1977.

Chikballapur registered 76.61 per cent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 0.55 per cent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1808391 while 1385387 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 76.06 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1657970 while 1261087 voted.

Dr. C.S.Dwarakanath of the Bahujan Samaj Party, B.N.Bache Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party, S.Varalakshmi of the Communist Party Of India (Marxist), M.Veerappa Moily of the Indian National Congress, D.Palya Khadar Subhan Khan of the Samajwadi Janata Party(Karnataka) are some of the prominent names who contested the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.

Here is the full list of candidates from Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka:

Karnataka Lok Sabha constituencies: All you need to know

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Dr. C.S.Dwarakanath	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	B.N.Bache Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	S.Varalakshmi	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	M.Veerappa Moily	Indian National Congress
5	D.Palya Khadar Subhan Khan	Samajwadi Janata Party(Karnataka)
6	Nazir Ahmed	Karnataka Karmikara Paksha
7	Nagendra Rao Shinde	Karnataka Jantha Paksha
8	S.R.Nageshareddy	Ambedkar Samaj Party
9	Muniraju.G	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party
10	AbdulKarim Desai	Independent
11	Alanguru Kanakalakshmi	Independent
12	Nasrulla	Independent
13	Nalina.K.S	Independent
14	L. Nagaraj	Independent
15	Phaniraj.S.V	Independent

Also read: Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency

Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments – Gauribidanur, Bagepalli, Chikkaballapur, Yelahanka, Hoskote, Devanahalli, Doddaballapur and Nelamangala.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, M. Veerappa Moily of the Indian National Congress had defeated B. N. Bache Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the year 2009, M.Veerappa Moily of the INC, won by defeating C. Aswathanarayana of the BJP.