Kushtagi Lok Sabha constituency

Kustagi Lok Sabha constituency is a former Lok Sabha constituency in Hyderabad State, India. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist.

Kustagi
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Hyderabad State
Established	1952
Abolished	1956
Reservation	None

Assembly segments

Kustagi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following seven Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

1. Lingsugur
2. Manvi
3. Sindhanur
4. Gangavati
5. Koppal
6. Yelburga
7. Kushtagi

After Raichur district of erstwhile Hyderabad State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Koppal Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

• 1952: Shiv Murthy Swamy, Independent^[2]

Election results

1952

1951 Indian general election: Kushtagi^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shiv Murthy Swamy
Margin of victory
Turnout
	Independent win (new seat)

Notes

1. "Statistical Report on Hyderabad elections, 1951 to the 1st Assembly" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
2. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 92.

See also

• Koppal Lok Sabha constituency
• Koppal district
• Raichur district
• List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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