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Bangalore North (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Bengaluru North Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency has been known by different names in its history. For the 1951 and every election since 1977 it has been known as Bengaluru North. For the 1957 and 1962 elections it was known as Bengaluru City. For the 1967 and 1971 elections it formed a constituency jointly with Bengaluru South and was known as Bengaluru. From 1951–73, this constituency resided in Mysuru State. On 1 November 1973, Mysuru State was renamed as Karnataka. Bengaluru North held its first elections in 1951 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Keshava Iyengar of the Indian National Congress (INC). He was re-elected in the next election in 1957. K. Hanumanthaiya also of the INC represented this constituency for three consecutive terms from 1962 to 1977. C. K. Jaffer Sharief of the INC was its MP for five consecutive terms from 1977 ...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi, the incumbent Indian prime minister. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies have historically reflected a traditional Hindu nationalist ideology; it has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. After The Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in ...
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Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh. History V. P. Singh united the entire disparate spectrum of parties ranging from regional parties such as the Telugu Desam Party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and the Asom Gana Parishad, together and formed the National Front (India), National Front with N. T. Rama Rao as Indian Election History President and Vishwanath Pratap Singh, V. P. Singh as convenor with outside support from the (Right-wing politics, Right-wing Political party) Bharatiya Janata Party and (Left-wing politics, Left-wing Political party) Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left front. They defeated Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) in the 1989 par ...
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1962 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha. Results By-elections In 1963, a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in Madhya Pradesh. The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate C. Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with votes. This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly an ...
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1957 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 9 June 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. They were held five years after the 1951–52 elections in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously. There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting system. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member. The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19.3% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent ...
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1952 Indian General Election
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his he ...
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Akhanda Srinivas Murthy
R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy is an Indian politician and a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the representative of the Pulakeshinagar constituency as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was previously a representative of the constituency from 2013-2018 as a member of the Janata Dal (Secular), following which he resigned to join the Indian National Congress and was elected for a second term securing the highest margin of victory in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. In August 2020, a violent riot broke out in Bangalore, provoked by an inflammatory Facebook post on Muhammad that was allegedly shared by the nephew of Murthy. On 16 April 2023, Murthy resigned as the INC MLA from the Pulakeshinagar constituency after being denied a ticket for the 2023 elections The following elections are scheduled to occur in 2023. The National Democratic Institute also maintains calendar of elections around the world * 2023 United Nations Security Counci ...
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Byrathi Suresh
Byrathi Suresh is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka & as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Hebbal constituency. He belongs to Indian National Congress. Personal life Suresh is married to Smt Byrathi Padmavati. They have a son and a daughter. His wife Padmavati unsuccessfully contested from Hosakote Hoskote (historically known as Ooscota or Ooscata) is a taluk in Bangalore Rural District, India. Headquartered at the Hosakote town, it consists of five hoblis - Anugondanahalli, Jadigenahalli, Kasaba, Nandagudi and Sulibele. History Hoskote ... Constituency in By-elections 2019. Career He began his political entry by becoming MLC in 2012. He is a close associate of chief minister Siddaramaiah. He quit his MLC post to contest the assembly elections 2018 and got elected as MLA of Hebbal Vidhana Sabha constituency. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Suresh, Byrathi 1972 births In ...
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Janata Dal (Secular)
The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the split of Janata Dal party. It has a political presence mainly in Karnataka. In Kerala, the party is a part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). History The Janata Dal (Secular), formed in 1999, had its origins in the Janata Party, founded in 1977 as a coalition of several smaller parties that combined forces to oppose the Indian National Congress. In 1988 the Janata Party and other smaller parties merged to form the Janata Dal. In 1996, Janata Dal reached its pinnacle when H. D. Deve Gowda became Prime Minister of India, heading the United Front (UF) coalition government. ...
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Krishna Byre Gowda
Krishna Byre Gowda (born 4 April 1973) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Rural Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs in the cabinet of H D Kumaraswamy. He was the Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Siddaramaiah from May 2013-2018. A Member of Legislative Assembly from the Byatarayanapura Constituency since June 2008, he has served five times as an M.L.A. of Karnataka state, twice from Vemgal in Kolar district from 2003 to 2007, and thrice from the Byatarayanapura Constituency in Bengaluru. Krishna has served as the President of Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress between 2007 and 2011, and currently holds the office of General Secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, since 2012. Early life Krishna Byre Gowda was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, to C Byre Gowda and Savithramma. His father C. Byre Gowda was a senior legislator and Cabinet Minister of Karnataka State, having served as an M.L.A for five consecutive terms. He served a ...
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Byrati Basavaraj
Byrathi Basavaraj is an Indian politician who is a 4th time MLA and Ex-Minister of Urban (excluding Bengaluru) Development of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He started social service and entered politics and became panchayat member and president. He became corporator for Hoodi ward in 2009 and contested Krishnarajapura Vidhanasabha constituency (K R Puram) in 2013 and became MLA for the first time from congress. He became second time MLA in 2018 general elections from congress. In 2019 after his resignation, he contested from BJP in by election and won with a huge margin. Later he became minister for Urban Development in B S Yediyurappa cabinet and second term minister in Basavaraj Bommai cabinet.He won as 4th term MLA in 2023 assembly elections. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Krishnarajapura in the 2013 and 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially ...
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Bangalore Urban District
Bangalore Urban district is the most densely populated district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is surrounded by the Bangalore Rural district on the east and north, the Ramanagara district on the west and the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu on the south. Bangalore Urban district came into being in 1986, with the partition of the erstwhile Bangalore district into Bangalore Urban and Bangalore Rural districts. Bangalore Urban has five taluks: Hebbal, Bangalore, Hebbala (Bangalore North), Kengeri (Bangalore South), Krishnarajapura (Bangalore East), Yelahanka (Bangalore North Additional) and Anekal. The city of Bangalore is situated in the Bangalore Urban district and is the headquarters of the district. The district has 2 Administrative division, divisions, 5 taluks, talukas, 17 hoblies, 872 villages, 11 rural habitations, 5 towns, 1 List of cities in India by population, tier-three city and 1 Tier 1 cities in India, tier-one city, administered by 96 Gram panchayat, Villag ...
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Karnataka Legislative Assembly
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the ''Vidhan Sabha'' (lower house) and the ''Vidhan Parishad'' (upper house). The members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by people through adult franchise. There are 224 members of the ''Legislative Assembly'' of Karnataka. Karnataka is divided into 224 constituencies used to elect the Legislative assembly members. Each constituency elects one member of the assembly. Members are popularly known as MLAs. The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or "first past the post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India. The normal term of the members lasts for five years. In case of death, resignation, or disqualification of a member, a by-election is conducted for constitu ...
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