Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency

Dharwad
Dharwad
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Established	1957
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, it ceased to exist.^[1]

Assembly segments

Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:^[2]

Dharwad Rural
Dharwad
Hubli
Hubli Rural
Kalghatgi
Gadag
Naragund
Navalgund

Members of Parliament

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
Bombay State (as Dharwad North)
1952	1st	Dattatraya Parasuram Karmarkar	Indian National Congress	1952 – 1957
After the Formation of Mysore State
1957	2nd	Dattatraya Parasuram Karmarkar	Indian National Congress	1957 – 1962
1962	3rd	Sarojini Mahishi	Indian National Congress	1962 – 1967
1967	4th			1967 – 1971
1971	5th			1971 – 1977
After the Renaming of Karnataka State
1977	6th	Sarojini Mahishi	Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	7th	D. K. Naikar		1980 – 1984
1984	8th			1984 – 1989
1989	9th			1989 – 1991
1991	10th			1991 – 1996
1996	11th	Vijay Sankeshwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	1996 – 1998
1998	12th			1998 – 1999
1999	13th			1999 – 2004
2004	14th	Pralhad Joshi		2004 – 2009

2008 onwards: Constituency does not exist. See Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency and Haveri Lok Sabha constituency

Detailed Result

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			47.51%
1999			47.95%
1998			50.15%
1996			39.14%
1991			33.26%
1989			45.61%
1984			52.31%
1980			58.19%
1977			57.63%
1971			66.82%
1967			62.52%
1962			71.64%
1957			59.44%
1952			59.68%

2004

2004 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Pralhad Joshi	385,084	47.51
	INC	B. S. Patil	302,006	37.26
	JD(S)	Shagoti Chikkappa Ningappa	52,572	6.49
	KNDP	Jagadguru Mate Mahadevi	27,616	3.41
	Independent	Badni Hemaraj Adiveppa	16,301	2.01
	BSP	Bakkai Laxman Chandrappa	12,987	1.60
	Independent	Kusugal Channa Basappa Shiddabasappa	8,582	1.06
	SP	Prof. Ashok Badiger	5,404	0.67
Majority			83,078	10.25
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vijay Sankeshwar	345,197	47.95
	INC	Veeranna A. Mattikatti	303,595	42.17
	JD(S)	Kalebudde Ismailsab Abdul Gafar	71,147	9.88
Majority			41,602	5.78
Turnout			752,900	67.14
	BJP hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vijay Sankeshwar	339,660	50.15
	INC	D. K. Naikar	210,459	31.07
	JD	Shankaranna Munvalli	113,763	16.80
	Independent	2 Independent Candidates	5,269	0.78
	Others	3 Other Party Candidates	8,135	1.20
Majority			129,201	19.08
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vijay Sankeshwar	228,572	39.14
	JD	Munavalli Shankaranna Ishwarappa	188,221	32.23
	INC	D. K. Naikar	149,768	25.64
	Independent	18 Independent Candidates	17,479	3.00
Majority			40,351	6.91
Turnout			598,156	55.83
	Swing to BJP from INC		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	D. K. Naikar	157,682	33.26
	BJP	Bellad Chandrakant	135,891	28.66
	JD	B. R. Yavagal	134,565	28.38
	KRRS	G. S. Patil Kulkarni	34,520	7.28
	PBI	B. A. Bidanal	958	0.20
	Independent	12 Independent Candidates	10,485	2.23
Majority			21,791	4.60
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	D. K. Naikar	276,545	45.61
	JD	Chandrakant Bellad	220,997	36.45
	KRRS	B. C. Patil	69,645	11.49
	JP	Sayyed Nijamuddin	13,405	2.21
	Independent	7 Independent Candidates	19,109	3.14
	Others	3 Other Party Candidates	6,677	1.11
Majority			55,548	9.16
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Naikar Dyamappa Kallappa	229,865	52.31
	JP	S. I. Shettar	185,014	42.11
	LKD	M. P. Laxmeshwar	8,510	1.94
	Independent	14 Independent Candidates	16,015	3.65
Majority			44,851	10.20
Turnout			450,810	62.63
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	D. K. Naikar	208,269	58.19
	JP	Mahishi Sarojini Bindurao	111,575	31.17
	INC(U)	Sikkedesai Nanasaheb Balasaheb	25,851	7.22
	JP(S)	Hegade Ganapati Shridhar	7,493	2.09
	Independent	C. R. Patil Charantimath	2,668	0.75
	Independent	Jain Parsamal Lunachand Ji	1,597	0.45
	Independent	Korlahalli Somashekhar Fakirappa	488	0.14
Majority			96,694	27.02
Turnout			371,546	57.31
	Swing to INC(I) from INC		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Dharwad North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mahishi Sarojini Bindurao	205,627	57.63
	JP	Joshi Jaganath Rao Anant	151,199	42.37
Majority			54,428	15.26
Turnout			368,014	68.74
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Dharwar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi	189,382	66.82
	INC(O)	Wali Rachapa Gangappa	91,313	32.22
	PSP	S. P. Sirur	2,742	0.97
Majority			98,069	34.60
Turnout			293,135	63.39
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Dharwar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. S. Bindurao	169,173	62.52
	ABJS	J. R. Anantrao	81,743	30.21
	PSP	S. A. Khadar	19,679	7.27
Majority			87,430	32.31
Turnout			283,277	65.30
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Dharwar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sarojini Bindurao Mahishi	187,654	71.64
	SWA	Veerayya Virabasayya Shivalli	34,104	13.02
	ABJS	Ishwarappa Allamprabhu Menasinkai	30,163	11.51
	PSP	Hucheshwar Gurushidha Mudgal	10,036	3.83
Majority			153,550	58.62
Turnout			275,322	62.71
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Dharwar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Karmarkar Dattatraya Parashuram	123,622	59.44
	Independent	Munavalli Basappa Nagappa	58,259	28.01
	ABJS	Joshi Jagannath Anantrao	26,106	12.55
Majority			65,363	31.43
Turnout			207,987	53.35
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: Dharwar North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Karmaka Dattatraya Parsuramrao	129,077	59.68
	KMPP	Kambli Siddappa Totappa	87,206	40.32
Majority			41,871	19.36
Turnout			216,283	59.23
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

↑ "BJP makes early start". The Hindu. 17 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
↑ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 415–16. Retrieved 1 April 2010.

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[hindu-1] "BJP makes early start". The Hindu. 17 March 2009. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.

[2] "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 415–16. Retrieved 1 April 2010.

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