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Chikballapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Chikkballapur Lok Sabha constituency, also spelled 'Chikkaballapur', is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency came into existence in 1977 after the reorganisation of Indian states. It covers parts of Chikkaballapura District and Bengaluru Rural District. Vidhan Sabha segments Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments: Members of Lok Sabha Mysore State *1952-62: ''Constituency does not exist. See Kolar Lok Sabha constituency'' *1962: K. Chengalaraya Reddy, Indian National Congress *1967-77: ''Constituency does not exist. See Hoskote Lok Sabha constituency'' Karnataka State *1977: M. V. Krishnappa, Indian National Congress *1980: S. N. Prasan Kumar, Indian National Congress (I) *1984: V. Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress *1989: V. Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress *1991: V. Krishna Rao, Indian National Congress *1996: R. L. J ...
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Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnataka'' in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. Its capital and largest city is Bengaluru. Karnataka is bordered by the Lakshadweep Sea to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the southwest. It is the only southern state to have land borders with all of the other four southern Indian sister states. The state covers an area of , or 5.83 percent of the total geographical area of India. It is the sixth-largest Indian state by area. With 61,130,704 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Karnataka is the eighth-largest state by population, comprising 31 districts. Kannada, one of the classical languages of India, ...
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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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2014 Indian General Elections
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 elections. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested the 543 elected Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.40%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections. The results were declared on 16 May, 15 days before the 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014. The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centres. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received 31% of the vote and won 282 seats, while its National Democratic Alliance won a total of 336 seats. The BJP's vote share was the lowest by a party winning a majority of seats since independence, However, the governing coalition had ...
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None Of The Above
"None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. It is based on the principle that consent requires the ability to withhold consent in an election, just as they can by voting "No" on ballot questions. It must be contrasted with " abstention", in which a voter does not cast a ballot. Entities that include "None of the Above" on ballots as standard procedure include India ("None of the above"), Indonesia (, "empty box"), Greece (, white), the U.S. state of Nevada (None of These Candidates), Ukraine (, "against all"), Belarus, Spain (, "white vote"), North Korea, and Colombia (). Russia had such an option on its ballots (, "against all") until it was abolished in 2006. Bangladesh introduced this option (, "no vote") in 2008. Pakistan introduced this option on ballot papers for the 2013 P ...
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Uttama Prajaakeeya Party
Uttama Prajaakeeya Party (UPP) is an Indian political party based in Karnataka. The party contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections across all the constituencies in Karnataka. History In 12 August 2017, Kannada Actor and Director Upendra Rao, known for his realism in movie direction, announced that he will stepping into administration and governance by starting his own political party under a socialist concept Prajaakeeya (translates to 'people-centric') as opposed to Rajakeeya (translates to 'politics'). Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party He extended his support to an already existing politician, Mahesh Gowda and jointly formed a party called Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Paksha (KPJP) and invited suggestions from the general public on improving various aspects of administration. However, due to differences in ideologies with Mahesh, Upendra left the party in March 2018, stating that Mahesh's involvement in internal party corruption was not in line with his ideology of com ...
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2019 Indian General Elections
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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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Indian National Congress (I)
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major List of political parties in India, political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the Centrism, centre to of Politics of India, Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all party, catch-all and ...
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Hoskote Lok Sabha Constituency
Hoskote is a former Lok Sabha constituency in Mysore State (Karnataka from 1967 to 1977). This seat came into existence in 1967 and ceased to exist in 1976, before 1977 Lok Sabha Elections. This constituency was later merged with Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Parliament *1952-62: ''Constituency does not exist. See Kolar Lok Sabha constituency'' *1962-67: ''Constituency does not exist. See Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency'' *1967: M. V. Krishnappa, Indian National Congress *1971: M. V. Krishnappa, Indian National Congress *1977 Onwards: ''Constituency does not exist. See Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency'' See also * Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency * Kolar Lok Sabha constituency * Bangalore Rural district Bangalore Rural district, is one of the 31 districts in Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1986, when Bangalore District was divided into Bangalore Rural and Bangalore Urban. Presently in Bangalore Rural district, there are 1 division, 4 t ...
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ...
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Kolar Lok Sabha Constituency
Kolar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Jurisdiction The places under Kolar ( ಕೋಲಾರ / कोलार ) Lok Sabha Constituency : 1951 DelimitationECIPage 383Parliamentary Constituencies. ''Election Commission of India'', 1 April 2018. *Kolar District *Kolar District ''(Current)'' *Part of Tumkur District ** Part of Sira Taluk *** Sira Hobli ***Gowdagere Hobli *** Hulikunte Hobli *** Kallambella Hobli Vidhan Sabha segments Presently, Kolar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments: Members of Lok Sabha Election results 2019 Lok Sabha Elections 2014 Lok Sabha 2009 Lok Sabha See also * Kolar district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha References External linksElection Statistics Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It wa ...
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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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