Kolar Lok Sabha constituency

Kolar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes.

Kolar
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Sidlaghatta Chintamani Srinivasapur Mulbagal Kolar Gold Fields Bangarapet Kolar Malur
Established	1952
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent M. Mallesh Babu
Party	Janata Dal (Secular)
Elected year	2024

Jurisdiction

The places under Kolar ( ಕೋಲಾರ ) Lok Sabha Constituency :

1951 delimitation

Source:^[1]

• Kolar District
• Kolar District (Current)
• Part of Tumkur District
  • Part of Sira Taluk
    • Sira Hobli
    • Gowdagere Hobli
    • Hulikunte Hobli
    • Kallambella Hobli

Vidhana Sabha segments

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
142	Sidlaghatta	Chikballapur	B. N. Ravikumar		JD(S)		JD(S)
143	Chintamani		M. C. Sudhakar		INC		JD(S)
144	Srinivasapur	Kolar	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		JD(S)		JD(S)
145	Mulbagal (SC)		Samruddhi V Manjunath		JD(S)		JD(S)
146	Kolar Gold Fields (SC)		M. Roopakala		INC		INC
147	Bangarapet (SC)		S. N. Narayana Swamy		INC		JD(S)
148	Kolar		Kothur G. Manjunath		INC		JD(S)
149	Malur		K. Y. Nanjegowda		INC		JD(S)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1952	Doddathimmiah		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	G.Y. Krishnan
1971
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1984	V. Venkatesh		Janata Party
1989	Y. Ramakrishna		Indian National Congress
1991	K.H. Muniyappa
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	S. Muniswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	M. Mallesh Babu		Janata Dal (Secular)

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kolar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	M. Mallesh Babu	691,481	51.02	5.33
	INC	K. V. Gowtham	620,093	45.76	6.10
	NOTA	None of the above	5,831	0.43	0.67
Majority			71,388	5.26	11.40
Turnout			1,355,228	78.27	1.02
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kolar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Muniswamy	709,165	56.35	32.64
	INC	K. H. Muniyappa	4,99,144	39.66	2.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,889	1.10	N/A
Majority			2,10,021	16.69	12.45
Turnout			12,59,093	77.25	1.74
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014 Lok Sabha

2014 Indian general elections: Kolar^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.H. Muniyappa	418,926	37.16	0.01
	JD(S)	Kolar Kesava	3,75,076	32.92	11.37
	BJP	M. Narayana Swamy	2,67,322	23.71	10.98
	AAP	Kotiganahalli Ramaiah	17,563	1.56	New
Majority			47,850	4.24	1.76
Turnout			11,27,340	75.51	6.36
	INC hold		Swing

2009 Lok Sabha

2009 Indian general elections: Kolar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K.H. Muniyappa[4]	344,771	37.17	5.33
	BJP	D. S. Veeraiah	3,21,765	34.69	6.51
	JD(S)	G. Chandranna	1,99,896	21.55	12.35
Majority			23,006	2.48	1.18
Turnout			9,27,261	69.15	2.75
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Kolar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha