Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Bidar (Karnataka) was won by Bhagwanth Khuba (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 116,834 votes over Eshwar B. Khandre. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Bidar, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Shankardev Balaji Rao
Indian National Congress
168,554
55.9%
Ramchandra Veerappa (Bharatiya Lok Dal)
50,230 (16.7 pts)
1980
Narsing Hulla
Congress (I)
158,817
59.5%
Shankar Dev (Janata Party)
105,408 (39.5 pts)
1984
Nasing Suryavansi
Indian National Congress
179,836
53.4%
Rajendra Verma (Bharatiya Janata Party)
59,615 (17.7 pts)
1989
Narsingrao Surya Vanshi
Indian National Congress
177,828
32.3%
Prabhudev Kalmath (Independent)
38,947 (7.1 pts)
1991
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
227,867
50.6%
Narsingrao Hulaji Suryawanshi (Indian National Congress)
116,225 (25.8 pts)
1996
Ramachandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
234,707
48.5%
Tatya Rao Kamble (Indian National Congress)
159,413 (32.9 pts)
1998
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
317,504
53.2%
Babu Honna Naik (Janata Dal)
184,633 (31.0 pts)
1999
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
350,221
48.0%
Narasingarao Suryawanshi (Indian National Congress)
152,033 (20.8 pts)
2004
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
312,838
38.3%
Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi (Indian National Congress)
23,621 (2.9 pts)
2009
N.Dharam Singh
Indian National Congress
337,957
43.4%
Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli (Bharatiya Janata Party)
39,619 (5.1 pts)
2014
Bhagwanth Khuba
Bharatiya Janata Party
459,290
47.7%
N. Dharam Singh (Indian National Congress)
92,222 (9.6 pts)
2019
Bhagwanth Khuba
Bharatiya Janata Party
585,471
52.5%
Eshwar B. Khandre (Indian National Congress)
116,834 (10.5 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Shankardev Balaji Rao
Indian National Congress
168,554
55.9%
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Lok Dal
118,324
39.3%
Shivram Mogha
RPK
12,184
4.0%
Yeshwantrao S/O Chandappa
Independent
2,340
0.8%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Narsing Hulla
Congress (I)
158,817
59.5%
Shankar Dev
Janata Party
53,409
20.0%
Doddi Deshrath Nagappa
Congress (U)
49,026
18.4%
Jayanandrao Laloji Ekambakar
Independent
3,643
1.4%
Hanmanth Jetteppa
Independent
2,030
0.8%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Nasing Suryavansi
Indian National Congress
179,836
53.4%
Rajendra Verma
Bharatiya Janata Party
120,221
35.7%
Sidramappa Bedal Sharan
Independent
11,176
3.3%
Kamalapurker Ravi
Independent
6,433
1.9%
Dhanaji Rao Pandurang Rao Allandker
LKD
4,691
1.4%
Laxman
Independent
3,726
1.1%
Jayanand Rao Ekembekar
Independent
2,929
0.9%
H. Dashrath Rao
Independent
2,354
0.7%
Lamani Revappa Chandappa
Independent
1,681
0.5%
Gundappa Bablad
Independent
1,518
0.5%
Mallikarjun Sambaji Warwatti
Independent
1,253
0.4%
Masaji Eknath
Independent
1,195
0.4%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Narsingrao Surya Vanshi
Indian National Congress
177,828
32.3%
Prabhudev Kalmath
Independent
138,881
25.2%
K.Pundalikrao Shettiba
Janata Dal
134,380
24.4%
Madana Pundalikarao Prabhanna
JNP (JP)
37,983
6.9%
Ramrao Lobichand Rathod
Independent
28,139
5.1%
Jayanandrao Laloji Ekambekar
RPK
10,811
2.0%
Shanker Kashappa Kodla
RPI
7,637
1.4%
Gunwanth Gundappa
DMM
4,672
0.8%
Mohan Baliram
Independent
3,053
0.6%
Jayraj Shivlingappa Chature
Independent
2,634
0.5%
Saidappa Ghalappa
Independent
1,918
0.3%
Roopchand Rathod
Independent
1,793
0.3%
Mukund Pundik Khanapukar
Independent
673
0.1%
Shivakantha Jayraj Chature
Independent
463
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
227,867
50.6%
Narsingrao Hulaji Suryawanshi
Indian National Congress
111,642
24.8%
K. Pundlik Rao
Janata Dal
103,759
23.0%
Kattimani Shivalingappa Haralaya
Independent
2,504
0.6%
Chaleppa Lalappa
Independent
1,868
0.4%
Shankreppa Rudrappa
Independent
1,570
0.3%
H. Mahadevi Shankar Rao Mitra (W)
Independent
1,011
0.2%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramachandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
234,707
48.5%
Tatya Rao Kamble
Indian National Congress
75,294
15.6%
Maruthi Manpade
CPI (Marxist)
71,023
14.7%
Suryavanshi Vaijnat Rao Tulsiram
Bahujan Samaj Party
19,408
4.0%
Narasing Hulla Suryavanshi
AIIC(T)
15,568
3.2%
Shoba Naik
KCP
15,126
3.1%
Sharanbasappa Vithappa Sirsikar
Janata Party
8,462
1.7%
Prakash Thakur Narsappa Thakur
Independent
8,287
1.7%
Basavaraj Pawar Lambusingh Pawar
Independent
4,137
0.9%
Pandit Nagendrajee Narsinrao
Independent
3,115
0.6%
Shankerrao Maruthi Sonalwadi
Independent
3,100
0.6%
Chitralekha Kanteppa
Independent
2,348
0.5%
Arjun Ramanna Sidle
Independent
2,230
0.5%
Baburao Devaji Chauan
Independent
2,229
0.5%
Tonne Kashinath Narasappa
Independent
2,120
0.4%
Gangamma Thulasidas Phule
Independent
1,855
0.4%
Shanker Thippanna
Independent
1,483
0.3%
Bheemarao Venkappa
Independent
1,457
0.3%
Ishwarsing Thakur
Independent
1,277
0.3%
Tippanna Saibanna Kiran
Independent
1,167
0.2%
Sidaram Sambappa Kunchinoor
Independent
870
0.2%
B Shivanna
Independent
858
0.2%
Jairam Ghalleppa Khajure
Independent
762
0.2%
Ghalleppa Lalappa
Independent
733
0.2%
Shanthabai Rathod Shanker Rao
Independent
727
0.2%
Ramchander Kallappa Bhandare
Independent
726
0.2%
Sham Rao Chandrappa
Independent
648
0.1%
Hanumantha Rao Rathod
Independent
612
0.1%
Shivaraj Sangappa Kanak
Independent
585
0.1%
Vitha Bai Nagappa
Independent
558
0.1%
Kalyan Rao Tippanna Ninne
Independent
554
0.1%
Sangappa Hulleppa Darbare
Independent
411
0.1%
Shamanna Sidram
Independent
404
0.1%
H Mahadevi
Independent
376
0.1%
Milind Balram
Independent
232
0.0%
Annapurnabai Amba Rao
Independent
231
0.0%
Maruti Rao D Male
Independent
219
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
317,504
53.2%
Babu Honna Naik
Janata Dal
132,871
22.3%
Gundappa Korwar
Indian National Congress
101,150
17.0%
Suryawanshi Vaijanath Rao
Bahujan Samaj Party
31,288
5.2%
Sharanbasappa Vittappa Sirsikar
Janata Party
7,024
1.2%
Dr.Shanker Rao Sonalawadi
Independent
2,913
0.5%
Yeshwanth Ramchandra
SAP
2,896
0.5%
Mallappa J. Madar
Independent
648
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
350,221
48.0%
Narasingarao Suryawanshi
Indian National Congress
198,188
27.2%
Doddi Shankarrao
Janata Dal (Secular)
112,423
15.4%
Subhash Kallappa Sikindrapurkar
Bahujan Samaj Party
49,802
6.8%
Basappa Kalwadi
Nationalist Congress Party
19,045
2.6%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramchandra Veerappa
Bharatiya Janata Party
312,838
38.3%
Narsingrao Hulla Suryawanshi
Indian National Congress
289,217
35.5%
Motiram Chowdhary
Janata Dal (Secular)
173,291
21.2%
Surendra Narendra Dande
KNDP
25,908
3.2%
Dhanaji Bhima Lamani
RSPS
14,538
1.8%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
N.Dharam Singh
Indian National Congress
337,957
43.4%
Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli
Bharatiya Janata Party
298,338
38.3%
Subhash Tippanna Nelge
Janata Dal (Secular)
49,303
6.3%
Jagannath.R.Jamadar
Bahujan Samaj Party
22,568
2.9%
Parmeshwar Ramchandra
Independent
9,510
1.2%
Pashamiya Esmail Sab
Independent
7,691
1.0%
Syed Qubul Ulla Hussiani (Sajid)
Independent
5,461
0.7%
Narsappa Muthangi
Independent
4,054
0.5%
Baswaraj Pailwan Okalli
Independent
3,907
0.5%
Manjile Miyya Peer Sab Quresh
Independent
3,883
0.5%
Devendrappa Sangramappa Patil
Independent
3,127
0.4%
Advocate Moulvi Zameeruddin
NDEP
2,787
0.4%
Dongapure Shant Kumar
Independent
2,646
0.3%
Shivaraj Timmanna Bokke
Independent
2,455
0.3%
Md Arshad Ahmed Ansari
Independent
2,443
0.3%
Suresh Swamy Talghatker
Independent
2,307
0.3%
Khaja Sameeuddin Khaja Moinuddin
Independent
2,157
0.3%
Jadhav Venkat Rao Gyanoba Rao
Independent
2,134
0.3%
Subhash Chandra G.Khapate
LJP
2,090
0.3%
Md Osman Ali Lakhpati
Independent
2,087
0.3%
Mufti Shaikh Abdul Gaffar Qasmi
Independent
1,967
0.3%
Yashwanth Narsing
Independent
1,888
0.2%
Shravan Sangonda Bhande
Revolutionary Socialist Party
1,870
0.2%
Sameeuddin Bandeli
Independent
1,864
0.2%
Bhaskar Babu Paterpalli
ICSP
1,853
0.2%
Amruthappa.M.D
Independent
1,795
0.2%
Yevate Patil Shrimanth
Independent
1,099
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwanth Khuba
Bharatiya Janata Party
459,290
47.7%
N. Dharam Singh
Indian National Congress
367,068
38.1%
Bandeppa Khashempur
Janata Dal (Secular)
58,728
6.1%
Shankar Bhayya
Bahujan Samaj Party
15,079
1.6%
Balbheem Veerappa Unne
Independent
7,118
0.7%
Ismail Zabi Ullah
Independent
5,818
0.6%
Prabhu
Independent
5,097
0.5%
Chandrakant
Aam Aadmi Party
4,540
0.5%
Machendar
Independent
4,379
0.5%
Abdul Hameed Faraan
WPOI
3,747
0.4%
Babu Pasha
Independent
2,869
0.3%
Shravana S.Bhande Munganal
Revolutionary Socialist Party
2,862
0.3%
Shravana S.Bhande Munganal
Revolutionary Socialist Party
2,862
0.3%
None Of The Above
Independent
2,817
0.3%
Kallaling Hugar Nelogi
Independent
2,307
0.2%
Naganath Patil
Independent
2,204
0.2%
Mohammed Rafiq
Independent
2,095
0.2%
Ramesh Gaykawad
ANC
1,976
0.2%
Siddaramappa Nagappa Karabasti Chinchansoor
Independent
1,742
0.2%
Mirza Shafee Baig
Independent
1,462
0.2%
Govind
Samajwadi Party
1,427
0.1%
Hattarki Yashwanthrao Shivaraya
BPP
1,414
0.1%
Subhash Bhimsha Sindankera
Independent
1,406
0.1%
Ramanna
HJP
1,378
0.1%
Syed Waheed
BMP
1,302
0.1%
Shamala.M.Udanoor
Independent
1,259
0.1%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Bhagwanth Khuba
Bharatiya Janata Party
585,471
52.5%
Eshwar B. Khandre
Indian National Congress
468,637
42.0%
Baba Bukhari
Bahujan Samaj Party
15,188
1.4%
Ravikant. K. Hugar Vakil
Independent
5,748
0.5%
Shivaraj Timmanna Bokke
Independent
4,980
0.4%
Maulasab Tadakal
Independent
4,634
0.4%
Abdus Sattar Mujahed
ABML(S)
4,624
0.4%
Dayanand Godbole
API
3,635
0.3%
Sharad Gandge
Independent
3,440
0.3%
Santosh Rathod
BJKD(D)
3,344
0.3%
Moulappa. A. Malge
Independent
2,027
0.2%
Ambresh Kencha
UPP
1,853
0.2%
Sugriv Bharat Kachave
KKJHS
1,707
0.2%
Shrimanth Arjun Yevate Patil
Independent
1,322
0.1%
Mufti Shiak Abdul Gaffar
Independent
1,259
0.1%
Rajkumar
PJP(S)
1,241
0.1%
Rajamabi Dastagir
BBKD
1,208
0.1%
Advocate Moulvi Zameruddin
NDP
1,138
0.1%
Saibanna Jamadar
Independent
1,051
0.1%
Md Merajuddin
BMP
1,000
0.1%
Mohammed Abdul Wakeel
BPP
970
0.1%
Mohammed Yousuf
Praja Socialist Party
742
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Bidar 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 Bidar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Bhagwanth Khuba (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Bidar, Karnataka, in 2019 with 585,471 votes (52.5%), a margin of 116,834 votes over Eshwar B. Khandre.
Which parties have won Bidar since 1977?
Since 1977, Bidar has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.
What was the closest result in Bidar?
The closest result on record for Bidar was 2004, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 23,621 votes (2.9 percentage points).