Gulbarga is one of the Lok Sabha constituency out of the 28 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to scheduled caste. This constituency was created before the first general elections in 1951. Here the general election 2019 will be held on April 23. The parliament constituency number of this seat is PC No. 5. The results of the Gulbarga Constituency will be declared today. The counting of votes began on the Parliamentary seat in Gulbarga at 8 am on Thursday, May 23. Voting took place for the Gulbarga seat in the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A total voter turnout of 60.89 per cent was recorded, as per Election Commission of India. Stay with us for Live updates on the results for the Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. BJP Candidate Dr Umesh G Jadhav Elected MP.  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.

Indian National Congress(INC) candidate for Gulbarga seat is Mallikarjun Kharge while Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) has nominated Umesh. G. Jadhav to compete for this constituency in General Election 2019. The Election Commission has declared April 4, 2019, as the last date of filing on nominations from the seats. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 8, 2019. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase III: List of States And Constituencies Voting On April 23.

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During 16th Lok Sabha election, INC candidate Mallikarjun Kharge won the seat by a majority of 74,733 votes. He defeated BJP candidate Revunaik Belamagi, who was able to get 4,32,460 votes. The total turnout of voters were 9,97,638 out of which 9,888 people pressed on None of the above(NOTA) button.

The 17th Lok Sabha Polls will be held throughout India from April 11, 2019. The polling will be done in 7 phases where the last phase will be held on May 19, 2019. The result for all the seats will be declared on May 23, 2019.

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