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{{short description|Constituency in Karnataka, India}}
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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
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|Existence = 1977
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|CurrentMP = [[Tejasvi Surya]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|State = [[Karnataka]]
|SuccessfulParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (8 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Govindraj Nagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Govindraj Nagar]] [[Vijay Nagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Vijay Nagar]] [[Chickpet (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chickpet]] [[Basavanagudi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Basavanagudi]] [[Padmanaba Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Padmanabhanagar]] [[B.T.M Layout (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|B.T.M. Layout]] [[Jayanagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jayanagar]] [[Bommanahalli (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Bommanahalli]]
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|Name=Bangalore South|Reservation=None}}
'''Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency (Kengeri Lok Sabha constituency)''' is one of the 28 [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliamentary) constituencies in [[Karnataka]] state in southern [[India]].
Currently the seat is held by [[Tejasvi Surya]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who won against [[B. K. Hariprasad]] of [[Indian National Congress]] by a margin of 3,31,192 votes in the [[2019 Indian general election]].

==Assembly segments==
[[File:Bangalore South Constituencies.gif|thumb]]

At present, Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following 8 [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] segments:
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|166
|[[Govindraj Nagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Govindraj Nagar]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|167
|[[Vijay Nagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Vijay Nagar]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|169
|[[Chickpet (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Chickpet]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|170
|[[Basavanagudi (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Basavanagudi]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|171
|[[Padmanaba Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Padmanaba Nagar]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|172
|[[B.T.M Layout (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|B.T.M. Layout]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|173
|[[Jayanagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jayanagar]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|-
|175
|[[Bommanahalli (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Bommanahalli]]
|None
|[[Bangalore Urban district|Bangalore Urban]]
|}

==Members of Parliament==
===Bangalore South Constituency===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Member
! colspan = "2" |Party
! Votes
! Margin
|-
| 1977
| [[K. S. Hegde]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan = "3"|[[Janata Party]]
| 2,21,974
| 41,165
|-
| 1980
| [[T. R. Shamanna]]
| 1,98,390
| rowspan = "4"| Data Missing
|-
| 1984
| [[V. S. Krishna Iyer]]
| 2,64,765
|-
| 1989
| [[R. Gundu Rao]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 4,13,574
|-
| 1991
| [[K. Venkatagiri Gowda]]
| rowspan="8" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan = "8"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2,75,083
|-
| 1996
| rowspan = "6" |[[Ananth Kumar]]
| 2,51,235
| 21,968
|-
| 1998
| 4,29,648
| 180,047
|-
| 1999
| 4,10,161
| 66,054
|-
| 2004
| 3,86,682
| 62,271
|-
| 2009
| 4,37,953
| 37,612
|-
| 2014
| 6,33,816
| 2,28,575
|-
| 2019
| [[Tejasvi Surya]]
| 7,39,229
| 3,31,192
|-
|}

==History of the constituency==
Post independence Bangalore south constituency used to come under Mysore state. Mysore state was a state within the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]] from 1947 until 1956. [[T. Madiah Gowda]], freedom fighter, a lawyer by profession won in [[1st Lok Sabha|1st lok sabha]] election from Bangalore south constituency.

As a result of the [[States Reorganisation Act]] on 1 November 1956 few constituencies were added to Karnataka state and Bangalore north and Bangalore south constituencies were merged to make Bangalore constituency. [[H. C. Dasappa|H.C Dasappa]] got elected from Bangalore constituency from 1957 to 1962. He also served as the [[Minister of Railways (India)|Railway Minister of India]] under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] [[Fourth Nehru ministry|in 1963-64]]. Later former Chief Minister [[K. Hanumanthaiah|Kengal Hanumanthiah]] won this constituency three consecutive times.

Post Emergency and reorganization of constituencies across the country, this Lok Sabha seat came into existence as Bangalore South in 1977. Since then this constituency has gone to the polls 12 times. BJP has won 8 times, Janata Party 3 times and Congress just once. [[BJP]] leader [[Ananth Kumar]]<ref name="ananthkumar">{{cite web |first=Rohini|last=Swamy|title=Ananth Kumar, a skillful administrator and a political heavyweight|url=https://theprint.in/politics/ananth-kumar-a-skillful-administrator-and-a-political-heavyweight/148224/|website=print.in| access-date=2020-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504135101/https://theprint.in/politics/ananth-kumar-a-skillful-administrator-and-a-political-heavyweight/148224/| archive-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> won 6 consecutive terms from this constituency.

In 1977, [[K S Hegde]]<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of K.S.Hegde|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2392.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> (incidentally his son is the famous retired judge of [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]], [[Santosh Hegde]]) <ref>{{cite news |title=Men from Judiciary Try Their Luck in Politics|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/apr/07/Men-from-Judiciary-Try-Their-Luck-in-Politics-595439.html|newspaper=The New Indian Express|publisher=newindianexpress| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515182435/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/apr/07/Men-from-Judiciary-Try-Their-Luck-in-Politics-595439.html | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> won this seat against former Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthiah (who was instrumental in building [[Vidhana Soudha]]). He was a former judge of the Supreme Court who resigned in the mid 70's when he and 2 other judges were superseded in the Supreme Court, apparently for their past judgments against the government of the day.<ref name="Hegde">{{cite web |title=Tribute to K S Hegde|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515163343/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIplAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nZ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2396%2C2983366 |website=google.co.in|publisher=indianexpress| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515163343/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QIplAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nZ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2396%2C2983366 | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> This was the only seat other than [[Hassan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hassan]] won by the Janata party in Karnataka. He went on to be the first non Congress Speaker of the Lok Sabha and was known for his disciplined and non-partisan tenure.<ref name="Hegde"/>

In 1980, [[T. R. Shamanna]],<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of T. R. Shamanna|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2885.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515181251/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2885.htm | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> freedom fighter, an educationist, 4 time MLA before, and better known as Cycle Shamanna won the seat by Janata Party in that election. This was the only parliamentary seat won by Janata Party in Karnataka in that election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycle Shamanna Was as Simple as Gandhiji|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/apr/04/Cycle-Shamanna-Was-as-Simple-as-Gandhiji-594269.html|website=www.newindianexpress.com|publisher=New Indian Express|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525124712/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/apr/04/Cycle-Shamanna-Was-as-Simple-as-Gandhiji-594269.html| archive-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> In this elections of 1980, Congress came back to power at the center with Indira Gandhi back at the helm.

In 1984, [[V. S. Krishna Iyer]] won the elections. The elections were necessitated due to the murder of [[Indira Gandhi]] sitting Prime Minister. [[Rajiv Gandhi]] called for elections and Congress went on to win a landslide. V. S. Krishna Iyer,<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of V. S. Krishna Iyer|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3039.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515181526/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3039.htm | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> a Gandhian, Congressman who later joined [[Congress (O)]] and then Janata. He was an ex Mayor of Bangalore and was responsible for sanctioning the Cauvery water supply scheme for Bangalore city. He was instrumental in founding of Yuvakasangha along with Gandhian V Annaiah in 1946 in Bangalore which popularized free tuition classes for 10th standard students apart from [[B.Com]] students.<ref>{{cite news |title=V Annaiah passes away|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/gandhian-annaiah-passes-away-at-91/article6115219.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 June 2014|publisher=hindu| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616032325/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/gandhian-annaiah-passes-away-at-91/article6115219.ece| archive-date=2014-06-16}}</ref>

1989 elections saw the Congress winning the seat for the first time with former Karnataka Chief Minister [[R. Gundu Rao]]<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of R. Gundu Rao|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3385.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515182400/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3385.htm | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> winning the elections defeating V. S. Krishna Iyer. This is the only time that Congress has won the elections in this constituency.

1991 elections were necessitated when the [[Chandra Shekhar]] led government fell and elections were called. BJP fielded noted economist K Venkatagiri Gowda.<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of K Venkatagiri Gowda|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3503.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515182322/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3503.htm | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> He defeated the incumbent MP R. Gundu Rao and thus BJP won the elections for the 1st time in Bangalore South. BJP won 4 seats in this elections from Karnataka.

In 1996, BJP fielded an young candidate [[Ananth Kumar]]<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of H N Ananth Kumar|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=20&lastls=16|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515182050/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=20&lastls=16 | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> who won the elections against Varalakshmi Gundu Rao, wife of R Gundu Rao.<ref name="ananthkumar"/> He went on to win 5 consecutive elections. Interestingly all his nearest opponents were different candidates but they were all from Congress. Till the rise of Ananth Kumar the seat was won by legal luminaries, freedom fighters, Chief Minister and senior Economists. Ananth Kumar went on to become one of the most powerful and influential politicians from Karnataka, serving both the [[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee government]] and the [[Premiership of Narendra Modi|Modi government]] in multiple capacities.

Anand Kumar succumbed to cancer in 2018 during the course of the [[16th Lok Sabha]],<ref name="ananthkumar"/> and in 2019, BJP was forced to field a new face due to his untimely death. [[Tejasvi Surya]]<ref>{{cite web |title=A short biography of Tejasvi Surya|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5182&lastls=17|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|publisher=loksabha| access-date=2020-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515181927/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5182&lastls=17 | archive-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> went on to win with over 3.3 lakh votes and at the age of 29 became one of the youngest MPs in the [[17th Lok Sabha]].

==Election results==
===General Election 1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: Bangalore South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = [[Ananth Kumar]]
| votes = 4,29,648
| percentage = 53.83
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = D. P. Sharma
| votes = 2,49,601
| percentage = 31.27
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Janata Dal
| candidate = [[V. Somanna]]
| votes = 1,10,323
| percentage = 13.82
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samata Party
| candidate = B. S. Rajput
| votes = 2,688
| percentage = 0.34
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = G. H. Paksha Rangaswamy
| votes = 1,649
| percentage = 0.21
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 1,80,047
| percentage = 22.56
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 7,98,135
| percentage = 57.09
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 1999===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: Bangalore South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ananth Kumar]]
|votes = 4,10,161
|percentage = 50.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[B. K. Hariprasad]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,44,107
|percentage = 42.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = B. T. Parthasarathy
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 22,801
|percentage = 2.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate = D. Arumugam
| votes = 11,643
| percentage = 1.45
| change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Dr. B. R. Manjunath
| votes = 11,636
| percentage = 1.45
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 66,054
|percentage = 8.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,04,342
|percentage = 54.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: Bangalore South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ananth Kumar]]
|votes = 3,86,682
|percentage = 48.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[M. Krishnappa (Born 1953)|M. Krishnappa]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,24,411
|percentage = 40.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Jayanthi
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 77,551
|percentage = 9.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = S. V. Srinivasa Rao
| votes = 5,012
| percentage = 0.63
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = G. H. Paksha Rangaswamy
| votes = 3,304
| percentage = 0.41
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 62,271
|percentage = 7.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,00,649
|percentage = 49.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: [[Bangalore|Bangalore South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ananth Kumar]]
|votes = 4,37,953
|percentage = 48.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Krishna Byre Gowda]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 4,00,341
|percentage = 44.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[K. E. Radhakrishna|Prof. K. E. Radhakrishna]]
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 30,045
|percentage = 3.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[G. R. Gopinath|Capt. G. R. Gopinath]]
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 16,383
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = S. Naheeda Salma
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 4,621
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 37,612
|percentage = 4.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,09,065
|percentage = 44.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: [[Bangalore|Bangalore South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ananth Kumar]]
|votes = 6,33,816
|percentage = 56.88
|change = +8.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Nandan Nilekani]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 4,05,241
|percentage = 36.37
|change = -7.69
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ruth Manorama]]
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 25,677
|percentage = 2.30
|change = -1.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Nina Nayak]]
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|votes = 21,403
|percentage = 1.92
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = [[Pramod Muthalik]]
| votes = 4,247
| percentage = 0.38
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = [[None of the Above]]
| votes = 7,414
| percentage = 0.67
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,28,575
|percentage = 20.51
|change = +16.37
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,14,359
|percentage = 55.75
|change = +10.98
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +8.68
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Bengaluru|Bangalore South]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Tejasvi Surya]]|votes=7,39,229|percentage=62.20|change=+5.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[B. K. Hariprasad]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=4,08,037|percentage=34.33|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=9,938|percentage=0.84|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,31,192|percentage=27.87|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=11,89,657|percentage=53.70|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Bangalore]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/karnataka/bangalore_south/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Bangalore South lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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