NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party's Tejasvin Surya won the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency by defeating Congress' Sowmya Reddy.
Bangalore South in one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India went into election on April 26, in the second phase of the general election with a total turnout of 53.17%.
Bangalore South Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
|
Candidate Name
| Party Name
| Votes
| Position
|
Tejasvi Surya
| BJP
| 750830
| Won
|
Sowmya Reddy
| INC
| 473747
| Lost
|
Chetan Chaman
| CCP
| 492
| Trailing
|
Arun Prasad. A
| BSP
| 2425
| Lost
|
Since the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency was established in 1977, Congress has won the seat only once, back in 1989, making it a stronghold for the BJP. The BJP has maintained a firm grip on this seat, winning consecutively in 2009, 2014, and 2019.
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Lok Sabha Election Results Candidates
| Party
| Assets
| Criminal cases
|
Karavali Manjunath. Be
| Rashtriya Samaj Dal (R)
| 10,05,14,000
| Yes
|
Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata
| IND
| 7,36,00,000
| No
|
Vatal Nagaraj
| Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
| 5,09,86,262
| No
|
Tejasvi Surya
| BJP
| 4,10,30,489
| Yes
|
Sowmya Reddy
She suffered a shock defeat – by a mere 16 votes –at the hands of BJP in Jayanagar assembly segment last year
| INC
| 2,30,03,877
| Yes
|
The election featured a competitive race between the incumbent Tejasvi Surya from the BJP and Congress's candidate, Sowmya Reddy, both striving to claim the parliamentary seat. Sowmya Reddy is the general secretary of the All India Mahila Congress and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Reddy had lost the Jayanagar assembly election in 2023 by just 16 votes – a seat the Congress had won five times since 1989.
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Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Lok Sabha election result Tejasvi Surya of the BJP secured a commanding victory in 2019, defeating Congress's B.K. Hariprasad with a substantial margin of 27.87%. Likewise, in 2014, BJP's Ananth Kumar achieved a notable win over Congress's Nandan Nilekani, reinforcing the BJP's dominance in the constituency.
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