Bangalore South Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Bangalore South Lok Sabha Constituency of Karnataka.

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Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Southern state of Karnataka. Voting here for the 2019 Lok Sabha election took place on April 18. The result will be declared on May 23.

Bangalore South registered 64.89 per cent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 1.55 per cent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 2497141 while 1620440 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 66.44 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 2190159 while 1455174 voted.

Tejasvi Surya of Bharatiya Janata Party, A Raju of Bahujan Samaj Party and BK Hariprasad of Indian National Congress are a few prominent candidates who contested for general elections 2019 from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.

Here is the full list of candidates from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka:

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	TEJASVI SURYA	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	A.RAJU	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	B.K.HARIPRASAD	Indian National Congress
4	DR.JOHN BASCO PHILIPS	Indian Christian Front
5	THYAGARAJ	Republican Sena
6	AHORATRA NATESHA POLEPALLI	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party
7	DR. BANUPRAKASH A.S SATHYA YUGA	Pyramid Party of India
8	RAVIKUMARA.T	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
9	VATAL NAGARAJ	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
10	R.SHEKAR	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
11	SYED SADIQ PASHA	Karnataka Karmikara Paksha
12	AMBROSE D' MELLO	Independent
13	B.CHIKKA NAGESHA	Independent
14	CHETAN CHAMAN	Independent
15	K.C.NAGABHUSHANA REDDY	Independent
16	PRASHANTHA.C	Independent
17	BRAHMANAND.N	Independent
18	BHAGYA.S	Independent
19	MANOHAR IYER	Independent
20	MADESH.V	Independent
21	KOLLUR MANJUNATHA NAIK	Independent
22	YOGEESH NAGARAJ	Independent
23	G VENKATESH BHOVI	Independent
24	B.SREENIVASULU	Independent
25	SANTHOSH MIN.B	Independent

This constituency has been vacant since 2018 due to death of MP Ananth Kumar. Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency covers eight assembly segments – Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Chickpet, Basavanagudi, Padmanaba Nagar, B. T. M. Layout, Jayanagar and Bommanahalli.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Ananth Kumar belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Part had defeated Nandan Nilekani of the Indian National Congress. In the year 2009, Ananth Kumar had defeated Krishna Byre Gowda of the INC.