Bangalore North, Karnataka — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bangalore North (Karnataka) was won by D.V. Sadananda Gowda (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 147,518 votes over Krishna Byregowda. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bangalore North, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1977	C. K. Jafar Sharif	Indian National Congress	198,669	54.2%	M. Chandrasekhar (Bharatiya Lok Dal)	40,184 (11.0 pts)
1980	C.K. Jaffar Sharief	Congress (I)	219,108	55.2%	B. Channabyregowda (Janata Party)	116,535 (29.4 pts)
1984	C. K. Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	260,279	51.1%	George Fernandes (Janata Party)	41,546 (8.2 pts)
1989	C.K.Jaffer Sharieff	Indian National Congress	390,460	51.9%	Lawrence V.Fernandes (Janata Dal)	107,124 (14.2 pts)
1991	C.K. Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	252,272	41.7%	C. Narayanaswamy (Janata Dal)	60,317 (10.0 pts)
1996	C Narayanaswamy	Janata Dal	398,650	48.6%	Mohd. Obaidulla Sharief (Indian National Congress)	133,302 (16.3 pts)
1998	C.K.Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	399,582	42.1%	Dr. Jeevaraj Alva (LS)	72,447 (7.6 pts)
1999	C.K Jaffar Sharief	Indian National Congress	525,523	51.1%	Michael B.Fernandes (Janata Dal (United))	175,605 (17.1 pts)
2004	Dr. H.T. Sangliana	Bharatiya Janata Party	473,502	40.9%	Jaffer Sharief C K (Indian National Congress)	30,358 (2.6 pts)
2009	D. B. Chandre Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	452,920	45.2%	C. K. Jaffer Sharief (Indian National Congress)	59,665 (6.0 pts)
2014	D.V Sadananda Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	718,326	52.9%	C.Narayana Swamy (Indian National Congress)	229,764 (16.9 pts)
2019	D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	824,500	53.3%	Krishna Byregowda (Indian National Congress)	147,518 (9.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C. K. Jafar Sharif	Indian National Congress	198,669	54.2%
M. Chandrasekhar	Bharatiya Lok Dal	158,485	43.2%
Abdul Azeez Memon	Independent	3,195	0.9%
M. Guruswamy	Independent	2,299	0.6%
K. K. Misra	Independent	1,678	0.5%
Haji S. Habib Khan Azad Bashu	Independent	1,426	0.4%
Rani Annadurai	Independent	924	0.3%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.K. Jaffar Sharief	Congress (I)	219,108	55.2%
B. Channabyregowda	Janata Party	102,573	25.8%
M.D. Nataraj	Congress (U)	65,253	16.4%
H.L. Nanjappa	Janata Party (Secular)	7,666	1.9%
B.S. Nazeer Hussain Khan	Independent	1,123	0.3%
B.M. Venkateshalu	Independent	793	0.2%
A.R. Abdul Shukoor	Independent	364	0.1%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C. K. Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	260,279	51.1%
George Fernandes	Janata Party	218,733	43.0%
G. I. D'Souza	Independent	4,534	0.9%
Narayana Reddy	Independent	4,341	0.9%
Momu Anjanappa Reddy	Independent	2,305	0.5%
B. K. Narayanaswamy	Independent	1,968	0.4%
M. S. Channappa	Independent	1,827	0.4%
D.S. William	Independent	1,779	0.3%
N. Rajappa	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,704	0.3%
Shankara B. R.	Independent	1,261	0.2%
Jayaramu	Independent	1,142	0.2%
B. M. Krishna Reddy	Independent	993	0.2%
Mundey Phutane	Independent	892	0.2%
T. Shivaram	Independent	830	0.2%
B. Jayaram	Independent	634	0.1%
Mohammed Saleh	Independent	614	0.1%
Khalid Nishu	Independent	605	0.1%
H. G. Lingaraj	Independent	592	0.1%
H. R. Siddalingachar	Independent	544	0.1%
Syed Rafiuddin	Independent	531	0.1%
S. Kanagarajan	Independent	516	0.1%
K. M. A. H. Gowda	Independent	375	0.1%
A. Vijayanarayana Gowda	Independent	375	0.1%
C. Srinivasa	Independent	369	0.1%
K. K. Mishra	Independent	368	0.1%
K. M. Nagaraja Reddy	Independent	367	0.1%
H. V. Mohana	Independent	250	0.0%
A. R. Abdul Shukoor	Independent	179	0.0%
S. Manthiyappa	Independent	155	0.0%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.K.Jaffer Sharieff	Indian National Congress	390,460	51.9%
Lawrence V.Fernandes	Janata Dal	283,336	37.6%
Syed Shahabuddin	Independent	55,046	7.3%
B.R.Shankar	Independent	4,482	0.6%
K.N.Kempaiah	Independent	3,120	0.4%
B.Venkataswamappa	Independent	2,457	0.3%
K.K.Mishra	SVP	2,192	0.3%
Byataraje Gowda	Independent	1,570	0.2%
M.A.Khan	Independent	1,449	0.2%
Narayanappa	Independent	1,376	0.2%
V.Aswathappa	Independent	1,221	0.2%
T.N.Rama Rao	Independent	1,209	0.2%
A.Narayana Swamy	Independent	1,178	0.2%
C.R.Lokesh Reddy	Independent	957	0.1%
Balakrishnappa	Independent	901	0.1%
Abdul Azeez Memom	Indian Union Muslim League	843	0.1%
M.L.Subbaraj	Independent	619	0.1%
Venkateswara	Independent	618	0.1%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.K. Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	252,272	41.7%
C. Narayanaswamy	Janata Dal	191,955	31.7%
Pramila Nesargi (W)	Bharatiya Janata Party	145,074	24.0%
K.K. Misra	SUP	2,414	0.4%
B.K. Narayanaswamy	Independent	1,161	0.2%
Shivaramanna	Independent	1,067	0.2%
C.J. Khader Nawaz Sharief	Independent	923	0.2%
S.M. Raju	LKD	857	0.1%
Mallikarjuna	Independent	747	0.1%
K. Satyanarayana	Independent	720	0.1%
Prabhuraju	Independent	704	0.1%
Panner Selvan	Independent	665	0.1%
H.V. Mohan	Independent	619	0.1%
M.R. Vijaya Kumar	Independent	604	0.1%
B. Puttaraju	Independent	542	0.1%
L. Lakshmaiah	Independent	522	0.1%
D. Jairam	Independent	469	0.1%
M.A. Shujath Pasha	Independent	428	0.1%
Sripada Rao	KNP	410	0.1%
Mahaboob Be (W)	Independent	386	0.1%
P. Venkatesh	Independent	299	0.0%
H.K. Chandrashekar	Independent	263	0.0%
Narayanappa	Independent	255	0.0%
D.R. Venkatesh Gowda	Independent	234	0.0%
V. Aswathappa	Janata Party	213	0.0%
M. Krishnappa	Independent	177	0.0%
B.M. Krishna Reddy	Independent	161	0.0%
Byataraja Gowda	Independent	153	0.0%
M. Sundra Murthy	Independent	120	0.0%
Gaddam Obalesh	Independent	115	0.0%
Fayaz Pasha	Independent	111	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C Narayanaswamy	Janata Dal	398,650	48.6%
Mohd. Obaidulla Sharief	Indian National Congress	265,348	32.4%
Y Ramakrishna	Bharatiya Janata Party	124,416	15.2%
B Krishnappa	Bahujan Samaj Party	5,168	0.6%
K K Mishra	SUP	4,917	0.6%
Noorali Afzal	Independent	1,555	0.2%
Bhaskar Reddy	Independent	1,444	0.2%
G B Muthukumar	Independent	1,027	0.1%
B K Narayanaswamy	Independent	906	0.1%
A.S. Mohanakrishnan	BNJP	887	0.1%
Lakshmaiah	Independent	867	0.1%
K Padmarajan	Independent	848	0.1%
B Venkataswamappa	Independent	816	0.1%
H Basavaraj	Independent	772	0.1%
Noor Pasha	Independent	755	0.1%
Padmanabha Pillai	Independent	699	0.1%
Mohd. Imtiaz	Independent	654	0.1%
A.S. Paul	Independent	619	0.1%
Antony F Rajiv	Independent	577	0.1%
Dr. Bharathkumar	Independent	566	0.1%
M Mohan	Independent	555	0.1%
Mohd. Asif	Independent	536	0.1%
Dodda Venkatashamappa	Independent	532	0.1%
H M Ramakrishna	Independent	458	0.1%
H M Sreenivasa Rao	Independent	445	0.1%
K Ananda	Independent	429	0.1%
Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	421	0.1%
B P Umamahesh	Independent	369	0.0%
M Sundaramurthy	Independent	335	0.0%
S K Dhanraj	Independent	334	0.0%
Prof. Bijoor S R	Independent	318	0.0%
B Ramesh	Independent	314	0.0%
B S Shashidhar	Independent	306	0.0%
C Mahendra	Independent	288	0.0%
Gaddam Obalesh	Independent	262	0.0%
G. Govinda Reddy	Independent	253	0.0%
K Sathyanarayana	Independent	228	0.0%
B. Manzoor Ahmed	Independent	207	0.0%
V Ashwathappa	Independent	203	0.0%
M Narayana	Independent	196	0.0%
Rabhindranath Ojza	Independent	189	0.0%
Monandev Alva	Independent	178	0.0%
M D Shaik Dil	Independent	169	0.0%
K M Thomas	Independent	166	0.0%
Ravi Kumar	Independent	160	0.0%
Yellegowda	Independent	158	0.0%
N K Chandrashekar	Independent	128	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.K.Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	399,582	42.1%
Dr. Jeevaraj Alva	LS	327,135	34.5%
C. Narayana Swamy	Janata Dal	206,396	21.8%
R. Saravanan	Janata Party	4,959	0.5%
J.Krishnappa	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,784	0.3%
Muniswamappa	Independent	1,258	0.1%
Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	1,247	0.1%
Muhammed Yasin	Independent	1,216	0.1%
A.S. Rajan	Independent	1,140	0.1%
Abdul Moulana Shariff	Independent	950	0.1%
S.M. Raju	Independent	471	0.0%
Asif Ali Shah	Independent	408	0.0%
B.N. Srinivas	Independent	378	0.0%
Noor Ali Afjal	Independent	340	0.0%
Babu Abel	Independent	308	0.0%
Siva Channabasappa	Independent	275	0.0%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.K Jaffar Sharief	Indian National Congress	525,523	51.1%
Michael B.Fernandes	Janata Dal (United)	349,918	34.0%
C.Narayanaswamy	Janata Dal (Secular)	105,843	10.3%
K.N.Parameshappa	Independent	17,147	1.7%
M.Sundaramurthy	AIADMK	16,656	1.6%
Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	13,271	1.3%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dr. H.T. Sangliana	Bharatiya Janata Party	473,502	40.9%
Jaffer Sharief C K	Indian National Congress	443,144	38.3%
Ibrahim C M	Janata Dal (Secular)	208,588	18.0%
Venkatesh M	Independent	11,347	1.0%
Joe Simon	KNDP	7,079	0.6%
Mohamad Ibrahim	Independent	6,878	0.6%
Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	3,604	0.3%
Uma K	Independent	2,703	0.2%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
D. B. Chandre Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	452,920	45.2%
C. K. Jaffer Sharief	Indian National Congress	393,255	39.3%
R. Surendra Babu	Janata Dal (Secular)	110,983	11.1%
Padmaa K. Bhat	Bahujan Samaj Party	8,731	0.9%
H. Pillaiah	Independent	5,804	0.6%
V. Prasanna Kumar	Independent	4,034	0.4%
T. B. Madwaraja	Independent	3,529	0.4%
Zafer Mohiuddin	Independent	2,196	0.2%
N. Harish Gowda	Independent	2,016	0.2%
K. A. Mohan	Independent	1,932	0.2%
Joseph Solomon	Independent	1,650	0.2%
M. Tippuvardhan	BPJP	1,506	0.2%
Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	1,304	0.1%
L. Nagaraj	Independent	1,198	0.1%
T. R. Chandrahasa	Independent	1,017	0.1%
A. Jaleel	Independent	864	0.1%
Venkatesa Setty	Independent	840	0.1%
Kanya Kumar	Independent	828	0.1%
H. A. Shivakumar	Independent	821	0.1%
S. M. Raju	Independent	819	0.1%
Anchana Khanna	Independent	797	0.1%
Syed Akbar Basha	Independent	796	0.1%
K. Sathyanarayana	Independent	691	0.1%
G S Kumar	Independent	667	0.1%
Mu. Venkateshaiah	Independent	666	0.1%
B K Chandra	Independent	661	0.1%
C. Krishnamurthy	Independent	647	0.1%
Lakshmaiah	Independent	485	0.0%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
D.V Sadananda Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	718,326	52.9%
C.Narayana Swamy	Indian National Congress	488,562	36.0%
Abdul Azeem	Janata Dal (Secular)	92,681	6.8%
Babu Mathew	Aam Aadmi Party	28,107	2.1%
None Of The Above	Independent	11,996	0.9%
V Velu	Bahujan Samaj Party	5,586	0.4%
Sun Star D.Jayaram	GAP	3,784	0.3%
Sunil.V.J	Independent	1,561	0.1%
S. Ramu	Independent	1,131	0.1%
Mu.Venkatesh Simha Bhovi	Independent	1,033	0.1%
Manohar H.A.	Independent	919	0.1%
T.S.Chaithanya (S.J.R)	Independent	911	0.1%
Muthuraju. M	RPI(A)	829	0.1%
Mohammed Qutbuddin	Independent	680	0.1%
Dr.Meerlayaq Hussain	Independent	612	0.0%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
D.V. Sadananda Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party	824,500	53.3%
Krishna Byregowda	Indian National Congress	676,982	43.7%
K.N. Jagadesh Kumar	Independent	8,463	0.5%
Santhosh M.	UPP	6,598	0.4%
Syed Kawjawali Hydri	Bahujan Samaj Party	5,297	0.3%
Thimmaraj Gowda	Independent	4,462	0.3%
Krishnaiah	Independent	2,560	0.2%
N. Hanume Gowda	Independent	1,812	0.1%
Sumatha K.S.	Independent	1,416	0.1%
Umesh Babu Pillegowda	Independent	1,410	0.1%
Abdul Azeez	KPJP	1,207	0.1%
Abdul Basheer	Independent	1,192	0.1%
Tulasappa Dasar	Independent	1,144	0.1%
Vinay Kumar V.Nayak	Independent	1,057	0.1%
Krishnamurthy V .	RRP	1,033	0.1%
Ahmed Khan	BMP	1,028	0.1%
N. Narayana Swamy	JVBP	696	0.0%
Abdul Karim Desai	Independent	686	0.0%
L. Nagaraj	Independent	667	0.0%
Venu M.	Independent	580	0.0%
Amirtha Jai Kumar Essac Yesaiah	KKP	574	0.0%
Dr.I.M.S. Manivan	Independent	571	0.0%
Shiva Manjesh K.S.	Independent	545	0.0%
Venkatesasetty	Independent	539	0.0%
Parameshwar Gowda	Independent	482	0.0%
Kumar L.	BPKP	473	0.0%
Dr. Meer Layaq Hussain	Independent	394	0.0%
D.Jairam	GAP	385	0.0%
Venkataraju V.	Independent	362	0.0%
C. Ravi Kumar	Independent	359	0.0%
Prasanna Kumar S.	Independent	353	0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Bangalore North has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bangalore North in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

D.V. Sadananda Gowda (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bangalore North, Karnataka, in 2019 with 824,500 votes (53.3%), a margin of 147,518 votes over Krishna Byregowda.

Which parties have won Bangalore North since 1977?

Since 1977, Bangalore North has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Bangalore North?

The closest result on record for Bangalore North was 2004, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 30,358 votes (2.6 percentage points).