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Bellary, Karnataka — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Bellary (Karnataka) was won by Y. Devendrappa (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 55,707 votes over V. S. Ugrappa. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bellary, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1977 K. S. Veera Bhadrappa Indian National Congress 258,589 69.6% N. Thippanna (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 145,544 (39.2 pts)
1980 R.Y. Ghorpade Congress (I) 234,792 64.2% M.Y. Ghorpade (Congress (U)) 136,037 (37.2 pts)
1984 Basavarajeswari Indian National Congress 276,640 56.0% M. P. Prakash (Janata Party) 72,286 (14.6 pts)
1989 Basavarajesweri Indian National Congress 336,337 51.9% N.Thippana (Janata Dal) 76,085 (11.8 pts)
1991 Basavarajeshwari (W) Indian National Congress 234,812 45.9% Y. Netakallappa (Janata Dal) 65,981 (12.9 pts)
1996 K C Kondaiah Indian National Congress 273,584 43.9% N Thippanna (Janata Dal) 4,519 (0.7 pts)
1998 K.C.Kondaiah Indian National Congress 284,909 39.8% N.Thippanna (LS) 63,738 (8.9 pts)
1999 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 414,650 51.7% Sushma Swaraj (Bharatiya Janata Party) 56,100 (7.0 pts)
2004 G. Karunakara Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party 318,978 33.6% Kondaiah K C (Indian National Congress) 31,679 (3.3 pts)
2009 J. Shantha Bharatiya Janata Party 402,213 46.7% N.Y. Hanumanthappa (Indian National Congress) 2,243 (0.3 pts)
2014 B. Sreeramulu Bharatiya Janata Party 534,406 51.1% N.Y. Hanumantappa (Indian National Congress) 85,144 (8.1 pts)
2019 Y. Devendrappa Bharatiya Janata Party 616,388 50.8% V. S. Ugrappa (Indian National Congress) 55,707 (4.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. S. Veera Bhadrappa Indian National Congress 258,589 69.6%
N. Thippanna Bharatiya Lok Dal 113,045 30.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R.Y. Ghorpade Congress (I) 234,792 64.2%
M.Y. Ghorpade Congress (U) 98,755 27.0%
N. Rachaiah Janata Party 26,641 7.3%
D. Muhammed Ghouse Independent 3,838 1.0%
A,M. Gangappa Swamy Independent 1,552 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basavarajeswari Indian National Congress 276,640 56.0%
M. P. Prakash Janata Party 204,354 41.4%
S. M. Shanthaveeraiah Independent 3,125 0.6%
K. Shanmukhappa Independent 1,967 0.4%
G. M. Cholaiah Independent 1,929 0.4%
K. S. Channabasappa Independent 1,867 0.4%
H. Srinivasa Acharya Independent 1,855 0.4%
H. M. Ehsanullah Independent 1,838 0.4%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basavarajesweri Indian National Congress 336,337 51.9%
N.Thippana Janata Dal 260,252 40.2%
Kotraiah Guruvina JNP (JP) 40,466 6.2%
H.Sreenivasa Acharya Independent 10,720 1.7%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basavarajeshwari (W) Indian National Congress 234,812 45.9%
Y. Netakallappa Janata Dal 168,831 33.0%
K. Nagabhushanam Bharatiya Janata Party 84,837 16.6%
Nazeer Hussain Independent 5,145 1.0%
B. Dharma Naik Independent 4,650 0.9%
Y. Thimma Reddy Independent 2,955 0.6%
B. Shekar Babu Independent 2,934 0.6%
G. Mohan Lal Independent 2,876 0.6%
G.M. Chandramouli Independent 1,134 0.2%
K. Rudra Goud Independent 1,031 0.2%
T. Nagabhushanam Naidu Independent 1,021 0.2%
Ham. Sivanandaiah Independent 376 0.1%
K. Shanmukhappa Independent 356 0.1%
Annaji Gowdra Basavana Goud Independent 354 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K C Kondaiah Indian National Congress 273,584 43.9%
N Thippanna Janata Dal 269,065 43.2%
Indushekar Sangankal Bharatiya Janata Party 43,286 6.9%
K V Ravindranath Babu KCP 16,636 2.7%
S Jaleel Ahmed Independent 1,973 0.3%
M J Jayakumar Independent 1,859 0.3%
Rajkumar Independent 1,822 0.3%
Subhansab Independent 1,699 0.3%
Godehallu Mathada Chandramouliswamy Independent 1,681 0.3%
Jinnu Mallikarjuna Independent 1,388 0.2%
Desai Jadiappa Independent 1,177 0.2%
Jambanalli Venkobanna Independent 1,157 0.2%
Masoomsab Independent 1,082 0.2%
Uppar Thimmappa Independent 999 0.2%
K Gopalakrishna Independent 954 0.2%
R Manjunath Independent 826 0.1%
K S Veerabhadrappa Independent 825 0.1%
R Shankarappa Independent 771 0.1%
Hemalanaik Kattimani Independent 593 0.1%
Nazeer Hussain Independent 589 0.1%
Ramanaik Independent 377 0.1%
Singapur Nagaraj Independent 346 0.1%
S R Rangappa Independent 273 0.0%
M K Syed Independent 254 0.0%
Dr. K Shanmukhappa Independent 182 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K.C.Kondaiah Indian National Congress 284,909 39.8%
N.Thippanna LS 221,171 30.9%
Y.Nettakallappa Janata Dal 186,992 26.1%
Sudhakar Hiremat KTVP 10,498 1.5%
P.Narayana Murthy Independent 9,201 1.3%
R.Manjunath Independent 1,888 0.3%
K. Subhan Sab Independent 1,055 0.1%
P.Prakash Reddy Independent 862 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 414,650 51.7%
Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party 358,550 44.7%
K.Mahalingappa Janata Dal (Secular) 28,855 3.6%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
G. Karunakara Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party 318,978 33.6%
Kondaiah K C Indian National Congress 287,299 30.2%
Gulagi Nagaraj B Janata Dal (Secular) 247,842 26.1%
Kamala Nabhan B Bahujan Samaj Party 36,277 3.8%
Somashekara K Independent 19,642 2.1%
Narayana Moorthy P Independent 17,571 1.8%
Idli Ramappa CPI (ML) Liberation 12,413 1.3%
Ghousia Begum Independent 10,306 1.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
J. Shantha Bharatiya Janata Party 402,213 46.7%
N.Y. Hanumanthappa Indian National Congress 399,970 46.5%
A. Ramanjanappa Independent 16,167 1.9%
T. Nagendra Bahujan Samaj Party 14,712 1.7%
Chowdappa CPI (ML) Liberation 11,540 1.3%
B. Ramaiah Independent 9,338 1.1%
D. Ganganna Independent 6,929 0.8%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. Sreeramulu Bharatiya Janata Party 534,406 51.1%
N.Y. Hanumantappa Indian National Congress 449,262 43.0%
R. Ravinayaka Janata Dal (Secular) 12,613 1.2%
None Of The Above Independent 11,320 1.1%
A. Devdas SUCI(C) 8,486 0.8%
Malagi Shivakumar Giriyappa Aam Aadmi Party 6,038 0.6%
N.R. Mallayya Swamy Independent 5,206 0.5%
B. Ramudu (Addigeri Ramanna) Bahujan Samaj Party 4,557 0.4%
N.B. Krishnappa Nayaka Independent 3,888 0.4%
K. Raghavendra PPI 3,501 0.3%
Doddamani Prasad CPI (ML) Liberation 2,456 0.2%
Comrade S. Bheemappa CPI(ML)RS 2,042 0.2%
G. Nataraja KP 1,997 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Y. Devendrappa Bharatiya Janata Party 616,388 50.8%
V. S. Ugrappa Indian National Congress 560,681 46.2%
K. Gulappa Bahujan Samaj Party 9,961 0.8%
B. Eshwarappa Shiv Sena 6,919 0.6%
A. Devadas SUCI(C) 3,833 0.3%
T. Veeresh SFB 3,397 0.3%
Conductor Pampapathi Independent 3,101 0.3%
P. D. Ramanayaka RPI(K) 2,722 0.2%
B. Raghu PPI 2,658 0.2%
Nayakara Ramappa ILP(AP) 1,840 0.2%
Naveen Kumar. S BPP 1,402 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1977: Indian National Congress margin 39.2 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 37.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 14.6 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 11.8 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 12.9 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 0.7 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 8.9 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 7.0 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.3 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.3 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.1 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 4.6 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Bellary 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), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bellary in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Y. Devendrappa (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bellary, Karnataka, in 2019 with 616,388 votes (50.8%), a margin of 55,707 votes over V. S. Ugrappa.

Which parties have won Bellary since 1977?

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

What was the closest result in Bellary?

The closest result on record for Bellary was 2009, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 2,243 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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