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Bijapur Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Bijapur? — Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 77,229 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Ramesh Jigajinagi

BJP
Margin: 77,229Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Bijapur

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Ramesh JigajinagiBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Raju Alagur. (INC)Margin77,229
  2. 2019May 2019Jigajinagi Ramesh ChandappaBJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Dr. Sunita Devanand Chavan (JD(S))Margin2,58,038

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Ramesh Jigajinagi

BJPComfortable win

votes

6,72,781

Margin

77,229(6%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Ramesh Jigajinagi · BJPRaju Alagur. · INC
6,72,7815,95,552
Candidate (9)votes
  1. 1Ramesh Jigajinagi✓ WinnerBJP6,72,78151.91%
  2. 2Raju Alagur.INC5,95,55245.95%
  3. 3Ganapati Rathod (Hanjagi)Karnataka Rashtra SamithiDeposit lost7,6910.59%
  4. 4NOTA7,5020.58%
  5. 5Bhovi TarabaiINDDeposit lost4,3530.34%
  6. 6Ramji Yamanappa BuddhapriyaNaki Bharatiya Ekta PartyDeposit lost2,4260.19%
See all candidates (+3)
  1. 7Nagajyoti.B.N.Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost2,3920.18%
  2. 8Rajakumar Appanna HonnakattiRashtriya Samaj PakshaDeposit lost1,7940.14%
  3. 9Jitendra.Ashok. KambleRepublican Party of India (A)Deposit lost1,6230.13%
Total votes12,96,114

Deposit lost: 6 of 8 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
19,47,976

incl. service voters

Votes cast
12,97,073

incl. 7,087 postal

Turnout
66.59%
Polling stations
2,086

Turnout of men and women

Women65.3%

6,25,538 of 9,57,940 voted on EVMs

Men67.1%

6,64,416 of 9,89,826 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 210; 32 voted.

  • Candidates8 (2 women)
  • Lost deposit6
  • NOTA7,502
  • Valid votes12,88,612

Women candidates: Bhovi Tarabai, Nagajyoti.B.N.

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa✓ WinnerBJP6,35,86757.22%
  2. 2Dr. Sunita Devanand ChavanJD(S)3,77,82934%
  3. 3Dhareppa Mahadev ArdhavarINDDeposit lost23,7062.13%
See all candidates (+10)
  1. 4Pujari Shrinath SangappaBSPDeposit lost23,4422.11%
  2. 5NOTA12,2861.11%
  3. 6Gurubasava. P . RabakaviUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost8,4790.76%
  4. 7Balaji Dyamanna Waddar (Yatnal)INDDeposit lost7,6440.69%
  5. 8Ramappa Harijan (Holer)INDDeposit lost4,9920.45%
  6. 9Dadasab Siddappa BagayatINDDeposit lost4,1880.38%
  7. 10Dondiba Ramu RathodINDDeposit lost4,1020.37%
  8. 11Rudrappa Deyappa ChalawadiBharipa Bahujan MahasanghDeposit lost3,2160.29%
  9. 12Yamanappa Vittal GunadalRepublican Party of India (Karnataka)Deposit lost2,9570.27%
  10. 13Shrivenkateshwar Maha Swamiji (Katakadhond D.G)Hindustan Janta PartyDeposit lost2,6460.24%
Total votes11,11,354

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Bijapur?

Ramesh Jigajinagi (BJP) won Bijapur in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 6,72,781 votes.

What was the winning margin in Bijapur?

Ramesh Jigajinagi defeated Raju Alagur. (INC) by 77,229 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Bijapur?

2019: Jigajinagi Ramesh Chandappa (BJP)

What was the turnout in Bijapur in 2024?

66.59% — 12,97,073 of 19,47,976 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 65.3%, men's 67.1%.

How many voters does Bijapur have?

19,47,976 electors at the 2024 election — 9,89,826 men, 9,57,940 women, 210 third gender (service voters included), and 2,086 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer