Chikkodi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chikkodi [ edit ]
Current MP	Prakash Babanna Hukkeri
Party	INC
Elected Year	2014
State	Karnataka
Total Electors	1,442,206
Most Successful Party	INC (9 times)

Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency (Kannada: ಚಿಕ್ಕೋಡಿ ಲೋಕ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka in southern India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:

1. Nippani
2. Chikkodi–Sadalga
3. Athni
4. Kagawad
5. Kudachi
6. Raybag
7. Hukeri
8. Yemkanmardi

Members of Parliament

Mysore State:

• 1962: V.L. Patil, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Patil, Indian National Congress
• 1971: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress

Karnataka State:

• 1977: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress
• 1980: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1984: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress
• 1989: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress
• 1991: B. Shankaranand, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Ratnamala Dhareshwar Savanoor, Janata Dal
• 1998: Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, Lok Shakti
• 1999: Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, Janata Dal (United)
• 2004: Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2009: Ramesh Vishwanath Katti, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2014: Prakash Babanna Hukkeri, Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election 2004

Indian general election, 2004: Chikkodi^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi	3,79,580	45.30
	INC	Ghatage S. B.	3,36,088	40.11
	JD(S)	Khokate Shivabal Ramachandra	66,671	7.96
	BSP	M Gopinath	29,275	3.49
Turnout			8,38,005
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

General Election 2009

Indian general election, 2009: Chikkodi^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Ramesh Vishwanath Katti	4,38,081	50.48
	INC	Prakash Babanna Hukkeri	3,82,794	44.11
	BSP	Shivanand Wantamuri Siddamallappa	19,762	2.28
Turnout			8,67,802	67.56
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014

Indian general election, 2014: Chikkodi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Prakash Babanna Hukkeri	4,74,373
	BJP	Ramesh Vishwanath Katti	4,71,370
	NCP	Prataparao Patil	42,738
	JD(S)	Shrimant Balasaheb Patil	39,992
Majority			3,003
Turnout
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Belgaum district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 238. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
2. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
3. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". ECI. Retrieved 21 May 2014.