Bidar Bidar (/ biːd̪ər/) is a city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. It is the headquarters of Bidar district, which borders Maharashtra and Telangana. It is a rapidly urbanising city in the wider ''Bidar Metropolitan area ...

Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28

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(parliamentary) constituencies in

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 ''Karnat ...

state in

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. This constituency came into existence in 1962. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the

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till 2008. It comprises the entire

Bidar district Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Kamared ...

and part of

Kalaburagi district Kalaburagi district, formerly known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Kalaburagi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is the headquarters of Kalaburagi divi ...

List of Vidhan Sabha segments

Bidar Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:

Members of Lok Sabha

From Hyderabad State * 1952:

Shaukatullah Shah Ansari Dr. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (12 May 1908 – 29 December 1972) was an Indian politician, physician, diplomat, and physician who was elected to the Indian Parliament from the Bidar parliamentary constituency for the first Lok Sabha of India. ...

(INC) * 1957: Seat did not exist From Mysore / Karnataka State * 1962:

Ramchandra Veerappa Ramchandra Veerappa (1908–2004) was an Indian politician who represented Bidar constituency in the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper ...

, Congress * 1967:

, Congress * 1971: Shanker Dev Balaji Rao (INC) defeated Ramchandra Veerappa (NC-O) * 1977: Shanker Dev Balaji Rao (INC) defeated Ramchandra Veerappa (Janata Party) * 1980:

Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi Narsingrao Hullaji Suryawanshi (born January 20, 1952) is an Indian senior statesman who served as Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Bidar four times. He belongs to the Indian National Congress party. Early life Narsingrao Suryawans ...

(Congress (I)) defeated Shankar Dev (Janata Party) * 1984: Narsing Hulla (Congress) * 1989: Narsing Hulla (Congress) * 1991:

(BJP) defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi (Congress) * 1996:

, BJP * 1998:

, BJP * 1999:

(BJP) defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi (Congress) * 2004:

(BJP) defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi (Congress) * 2004 (bye-election, after the sitting MP's death) :

(Congress) defeated Basawraj Veerappa (BJP) * 2009:

Dharam Singh Dharam Narayan Singh (25 December 1936 – 27 July 2017) was an Indian senior congress politician who served as the 17th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 28 May 2004 to 28 January 2006 and Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar Lok Sabha constitue ...

, Congress * 2014: Bhagwanth Khuba, BJP * 2019: Bhagwanth Khuba, BJP

Election results

2019 Elections

2014 Elections

2004 Lok Sabha Elections

* Ramchandra Veerappa (BJP) : 312,838 votes (Died in 2004) * Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi (INC) : 289,217

2004 bye-election

* Narsing Halla Suryawanshi (INC) : 196,917 votes * Basawraj Ramchandra Veerappa (BJP) : 183,447 (Son of Ramchandra Veerappa)

1962 Elections

* Ramachander Veerappa (INC) 95,691 votes * B. Shamsunder (PSP) 41,389 votes

References

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