Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It included eight Assembly constituencies, namely Kanakapura, Ramanagaram,

Channapatna Channapatana is a city and taluk headquarters in Ramanagara District, Karnataka, India. Channapatna is approximately 60kms from Bangalore and 80kms from Mysore. Geography Channapatna has an average elevation of 739 metres (2424 ft). ...

, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli,

Malavalli Malavalli is a town and a taluka place in Mandya district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Malavalli town in history is quoted dates back to 27 March 1799 - Fourth Anglo Mysore War. Battle of Malavalli was fought between Tippu Sultan's Mysore A ...

and Anekal. Out of them, Kanakapura, Ramanagaram,

, Magadi and Anekal assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka. Sathanur segment was merged between Kanakapura, Ramanagaram and

constituencies.

became a part of Mandya constituency and Uttarahalli was reformed and Uttarahalli Circle was merged with new Bangalore South Assembly Constituency. The new Assembly Constituencies

Bangalore South Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

, Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar became a part of Bangalore Rural along with Kunigal Assembly Constituency from Tumkur district

Members of Parliament

*1952-66: ''Constituency does not exist'' * From Kanakapur constituency in Mysore State: ** 1967:

M. V. Rajasekharan Shri M.V. Rajasekharan (12 September 1928 – 13 April 2020) was a politician from the Indian National Congress party and a member of the Legislative Council Karnataka in the upper house of the Government of Karnataka The Government o ...

, Indian National Congress ** 1971: C. K. Jaffer Sheriff, Indian National Congress *

Karnataka State 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 ...

: ** 1977:

M. V. Chandrashekara Murthy Malavalli Venkatappa Chandrashekara Murthy (Kannada: ಮಳವಳ್ಳಿ ವೆಂಕಟಪ್ಪ ಚಂದ್ರಶೇಖರ ಮೂರ್ತಿ; 1 September 1939 – 21 November 2001), sometimes spelled M. V. Chandrashekhara Murthy, was an ...

, Indian National Congress ** 1980:

, Indian National Congress (Indira) ** 1984:

, Indian National Congress ** 1989:

, Indian National Congress ** 1991:

, Indian National Congress ** 1996:

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

, Janata Dal ** 1998:

M. Srinivas M. Srinivas may refer to: * M. Srinivas (born 1942), Indian politician * M. Srinivas (born 1945), Indian politician * Mangalapally Srinivas, Indian Crickter * M. Srinivas (medical professional), Indian {{hndis, Srinivas, M. ...

, Bharatiya Janata Party ** 1999:

, Indian National Congress ** 2002 ( By-Elections): H. D. Deve Gowda,

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 ...

** 2004: Tejashwini Sreeramesh, Indian National Congress * 2008 Onwards: ''Constituency does not exist'' ''See Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency''

Election results

*1996 Lok Sabha H D Kumaraswamy (Janatha Dal) - winner *1998 Lok Sabha M.Srinivas (BJP) : 470,387
Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar (INC) : 453,946
H D Kumaraswamy (Janatha Dal) : came third
*1999 Lok Sabha M.V.Chandrashekara Murthy (INC) : 532,910
M. Srinivas (BJP) : 498,893 * 2002 Lok Sabha (by-poll).

H. D. Devegowda Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933 in) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnat ...

(Janata Dal Secular): 5,81,709

D. K. Shivakumar Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), also known by his initials as D. K. Shivakumar, is an Indian politician who is the 9th and Current Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and also Water resources and Bengaluru Development an ...

(Congress) : 5,29,133

K. S. Eshwarappa K. S. Eshwarappa (born 10 June 1948) is an Indian politician and a senior Bharatiya Janata Party member, who was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, in the government headed by Jagadish Shettar. He has also served as the Minister for En ...

(BJP) : 2,28,134
* 2004 Lok Sabha. Tejaswini Ramesh (a.k.a. Tejaswini Gowda), Congress : 584,238
Ramachandra Gowda (BJP) : 467,575
Deve Gowda (JD(S)) : The former PM came third. * The constituency ceased to exist in 2008 when seats were re-arranged as per the latest population spread. * Results in tabular form

References

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Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

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