Bangalore North is one of the Lok Sabha constituency out of the 28 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency has been known by different names in its history. Here the first general election was held in the year 1951 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Keshava Iyengar of the Indian National Congress(INC) party. The 17th Lok Sabha election 2019 for this constituency will be held on April 18, 2019. The parliament constituency number of this constituency is 24.The results of the Bangalore North Constituency will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the Parliamentary seat in Bangalore North at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Voting took place for the Bangalore North seat in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 54.66 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Bangalore North Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. BJP Candidate D.V. Sadananda Gowda won General Election 2019.  Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Voting In 7 Phases From April 11 to May 19, Counting And Results On May 23; Check All Dates For General Elections.

D. V. Sadananda Gowda, from Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP), who is the current minister of statistics and programme implementation and Krishna Byre Gowda from Indian National Congress(INC) have been nominated to compete for the Lok Sabha seat of Bangalore North in General Election 2019. The Election Commission has declared March 26, 2019, as the last date of filing on nominations from the seats. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 29, 2019. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase II: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 18.

During 16th Lok Sabha Polls, D. V. Sadananda Gowda from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated C. Narayanaswamy from Indian National Congress(INC). The other candidate who competed for this seat was Abdul Azeem from Janata Dal (Secular). The BJP candidate won by a margin of 229,764 votes where he secured 718,326. The total turnout of voters was 1,356,718.

The 17th Lok Sabha election will be held throughout India from April 11, 2019, and it will last till May 19, 2019. The polling will be done in 7 phases. The result for each phase will be declared on May 23, 2019.

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