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Dharwad Lok Sabha Constituency
Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Pralhad Joshi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). After winning 2019 general elections Pralhad Joshi was appointed as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Coal, Minister of Mining on 30 May 2019 in cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

No Name District Member Party
69 Navalgund Dharwad N. H. Konaraddi INC
70 Kundgol M. R. Patil BJP
71 Dharwad Vinay Kulkarni INC
72 Hubli-Dharwad East (SC) Abbayya Prasad INC
73 Hubli-Dharwad Central Mahesh Tenginakai BJP
74 Hubli-Dharwad West Aravind Bellad BJP
75 Kalghatgi Santosh Lad INC
83 Shiggaon Haveri Basavaraj Bommai BJP

Before delimitation, Navalgund, Dharwad and Kalghatgi Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad North constituency and Kundgol and Shiggaon Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad South constituency.

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1952-2008 : See Dharwad North
2009 Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Dharwad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi 716,231 52.41 Decrease4.02
INC Vinod Asooti 6,18,907 45.29 Increase4.75
NOTA None of the above 6,147 0.45 Increase0.16
Majority 97,324 7.12 Decrease9.77
Turnout 13,66,491 74.37 Increase4.08
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Dharwad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Joshi 684,837 56.43 +4.24
INC Vinay Kulkarni 4,79,765 39.54 -1.92
BSP Irappa Bharamappa Madar 6,344 0.52 -0.14
IND Somashekhar Peeraji Yadav 5,400 0.44 N/A
NOTA None of the above 3,512 0.29 -0.95
Margin of victory 2,05,072 16.89 +6.16
Turnout 12,14,138 70.29 +4.29
BJP hold Swing +4.24

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Dharwad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Joshi 543,395 52.19 -3.78
INC Vinay Kulkarni 4,31,738 41.46 +2.73
NOTA None of the above 12,937 1.24 N/A
JD(S) Banakapur Hanumanthappa Mallappa 8,836 0.85 N/A
BSP Irappa Bharamappa Madar 6,858 0.66 -0.09
Margin of victory 1,11,657 10.73 -6.51
Turnout 10,41,470 65.99 +9.44
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Dharwad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pralhad Joshi 446,786 55.97 N/A
INC Manjunath Kunnur 3,09,123 38.73 N/A
NCP Mahesh Gurupadayya Talakallamath 7,176 0.90 N/A
IND Shankarappa Gurushiddappa Yadavannavar 6,502 0.81 N/A
BSP Kashimsab Mulla 5,981 0.75 N/A
Margin of victory 1,37,663 17.24 N/A
Turnout 7,98,214 56.55 N/A
BJP win (new seat)

See also