Bidar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Bidar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in India. This constituency came into existence in 1962. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008. It comprises the entire Bidar district and part of Gulbarga district.Bidar Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for | District |
42 | Chincholi | Scheduled Castes | Gulbarga |
46 | Aland | - | Gulbarga |
47 | Basavakalyan | - | Bidar |
48 | Humnabad | - | Bidar |
49 | Bidar South | - | Bidar |
50 | Bidar | - | Bidar |
51 | Bhalki | - | Bidar |
52 | Aurad | SC | Bidar |
From Hyderabad State
- 1952: Shoukatulla Shah Ansari
- 1957: Seat did not exist
From Mysore / Karnataka State
- 1962: Ramchandra Veerappa, Congress
- 1967: Ramchandra Veerappa, Congress
- 1971: Shanker Dev Balaji Rao defeated Ramchandra Veerappa
- 1977: Shanker Dev Balaji Rao defeated Ramchandra Veerappa
- 1980: Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi defeated Shankar Dev
- 1984: Narsing Hulla
- 1989: Narsing Hulla
- 1991: Ramchandra Veerappa defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi
- 1996: Ramchandra Veerappa, BJP
- 1998: Ramchandra Veerappa, BJP
- 1999: Ramchandra Veerappa defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi
- 2004: Ramchandra Veerappa defeated Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi
- 2004 : Narsing Hulla Suryawanshi defeated Basawraj Veerappa
- 2009: Dharam Singh, Congress
- 2014: Bhagwanth Khuba, BJP
- 2019: Bhagwanth Khuba, BJP
2019 Elections
2014 Elections
1962 Elections
Ramachander Veerappa 95,691 votes
B. Shamsunder 41,389 votes