Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency of Karnataka: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Bagalkot is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. Voting for Lok Sabha election in Telangana was held in two phases on April 18 and April 23. Bagalkot went to polls on April 23 and counting will be held on May 23. 

Bagalkot registered 70.62 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 1.73 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1700547 while the total voter turnout is 1200854. While in 2014, the constituency registered 68.89 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1565777 while the total voter's turnout was 1078610.

Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda of Bharatiya Janata Party, Mahmad Husen Mujawar of Bahujan Samaj Party and Veena Kashappanavar of Indian National Congress are a few prominent candidates contesting for general elections 2019 from Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.

Bagalkot parliamentary constituency comprises of eight assembly segments namely Mudhol, Terdal, Jamkhandi, Bilgi, Badami, Bagalkot, Hungund and Nargund.

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Mahmad Husen Mujawar	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Veena Kashappanavar	Indian National Congress
4	Parashuram Laxman Neelnaik	Republican Party of India (Karnataka)
5	Basanagouda Ramanagouda Meti	Secular Democratic Congress
6	Jamindar Maruti	Karnataka Jantha Paksha
7	Muttappa Mudakappa Hirekumbi	Raita Bharat Party
8	Adagal Rajendra	Bahujan Mukti Party
9	Ramanagoud S Balawad	Hindustan Janta Party
10	M Shashikumar Hlepadi	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party
11	Pendari Buddesab Makabulsab	Independent
12	Muttu S Surakod (Madar)	Independent
13	Ravi Shivappa Padasalagi	Independent
14	Shivarajkumar Ajjappa Talawar	Independent

For the last three parliamentary elections, the seat has been in the Bharatiya Janata Party's kitty. In 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda defeated Congress candidate Ajay Kumar Sarnaik by a margin of 116560 votes. While Chandanagouda bagged 571548 votes, Sarnaik stood at the second spot with 454988 votes.