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Bangalore Central
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Sarvagnanagar C. V. Raman Nagar Shivajinagar Shanti Nagar Gandhi Nagar Rajaji Nagar Chamrajpet Mahadevapura
Established	2008
Total electors	19,31,456
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent P. C. Mohan
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Bangalore Central is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency was created in 2008 as part of delimitation. It was carved out of the Bangalore North and South Lok Sabha constituencies during 2009 Indian elections. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was P. C. Mohan

Demographics

The Central Lok Sabha constituency is dominated by minority voters, and is challenge for candidates, with having to get the support of both linguistic and religious minorities. The constituency has around 5.5 lakh Tamil People, 4.5 lakh Muslims and about 2 lakh Christians. There is also a significant number of Marwaris and Gujaratis, especially around Chickpet and Gandhinagar suburbs. The Tamil population is concentrated around the suburbs of Shivajinagar, Ulsoor, Gandhinagar, Seshadripuram and are a deciding factor for the winning candidate. Further, the demography of the constituency ranges from rich to middle class to slums.

Vidhan Sabha segments and serving MLAs

As of 2014, Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:

List of members of parliament

Election results

General Election 2024

General election 2019

General election 2014

General election 2009

Gallery

• Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore falls under this constituency

See also

• Bangalore
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
2. "Order No. 42" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 23 March 2007. p. 116. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
3. ^ Kaggere, Niranjan (9 April 2014). "Tamil voters will decide winner in B'lore Central". No. Bangalore. Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
4. Hegde, Bhaskar (13 April 2014). "Will Tamilians back BJP this election?". No. Bangalore. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
5. Mohan, P C (10 April 2014). "Support from Tamil Sangham 10-04-2014". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
6. "Parliamentary constituencies of Karnataka as per new delimitation". BJP Karnataka. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
8. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bangalore central". Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
9. ^ "Bangalore Central". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
10. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

• Bangalore Central lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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• Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka
• Bengaluru Urban district