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Gulbarga, Karnataka — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Gulbarga (Karnataka) was won by Dr. Umesh G Jadhav (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 95,452 votes over Mallikarjun Kharge. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Gulbarga, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1977 Sidram Reddi Indian National Congress 188,381 60.7% Govind Vadeyaraj (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 85,392 (27.5 pts)
1980 Dharamsingh Congress (I) 174,398 56.2% Vaijnath Patil (Janata Party) 117,976 (38.0 pts)
1984 Veerenira Patil Indian National Congress 235,751 58.8% Vidyadhar Guruji (Janata Party) 95,490 (23.8 pts)
1989 B.G.Jawali Indian National Congress 283,796 47.4% Abdul Hameed (Janata Dal) 108,838 (18.2 pts)
1991 B.G. Jawali Indian National Congress 182,351 43.9% Basawaraj Patil Sedam (Bharatiya Janata Party) 62,083 (15.0 pts)
1996 Qamarul Islam Janata Dal 203,521 35.9% Basawaraj Patil Sedam (Bharatiya Janata Party) 15,545 (2.7 pts)
1998 Baswaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 328,982 44.7% Qamarul Islam (Janata Dal) 131,798 (17.9 pts)
1999 Iqbal Ahemed Saradgi Indian National Congress 352,359 47.6% Basavaraj Patil Sedam (Bharatiya Janata Party) 69,837 (9.4 pts)
2004 Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi Indian National Congress 312,601 37.8% Basawaraj Patil Sedam (Bharatiya Janata Party) 57,471 (6.9 pts)
2009 Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress 345,241 45.5% Revunaik Belamgi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 13,404 (1.8 pts)
2014 Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress 507,193 50.8% Revunaik Belamagi (Bharatiya Janata Party) 74,733 (7.5 pts)
2019 Dr. Umesh G Jadhav Bharatiya Janata Party 620,192 52.6% Mallikarjun Kharge (Indian National Congress) 95,452 (8.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sidram Reddi Indian National Congress 188,381 60.7%
Govind Vadeyaraj Bharatiya Lok Dal 102,989 33.2%
Sriniwas Gudi Communist Party of India 19,152 6.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dharamsingh Congress (I) 174,398 56.2%
Vaijnath Patil Janata Party 56,422 18.2%
Sidram Reddy Congress (U) 48,959 15.8%
Veeranna Thimmaji Janata Party (Secular) 16,442 5.3%
Narasappa Lachappa Muttangi Independent 7,352 2.4%
Mahadevappa T. Patil Independent 6,770 2.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Veerenira Patil Indian National Congress 235,751 58.8%
Vidyadhar Guruji Janata Party 140,261 35.0%
Naidu Independent 5,890 1.5%
Shankar Kodla Independent 4,278 1.1%
Gundappa Bablad Independent 3,458 0.9%
B. S. Kanakeri Nidagunda Independent 3,311 0.8%
Shivasharanappa S/O Mahadevappa Meenhabal Independent 3,063 0.8%
B. Veershetty Imadapur Independent 2,975 0.7%
Akbar Hussain Independent 2,282 0.6%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B.G.Jawali Indian National Congress 283,796 47.4%
Abdul Hameed Janata Dal 174,958 29.2%
Malleshappa Yewoor JNP (JP) 92,907 15.5%
Kishan Chavan Independent 12,776 2.1%
Shivram Mogha RPK 7,759 1.3%
Shamkar Kodla RPI 7,629 1.3%
Ambika Prasad Tiwari Independent 4,599 0.8%
Gundappa Badlad Independent 4,556 0.8%
Abdul Jaleel Independent 4,364 0.7%
Veeranna Timmaji LKD (B) 3,962 0.7%
Hameed Pasha Sarmast Independent 1,597 0.3%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B.G. Jawali Indian National Congress 182,351 43.9%
Basawaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 120,268 29.0%
Vaijanath Patil Janata Party 89,760 21.6%
Patil Shivalingappa Gouda Independent 5,997 1.4%
Balappa Dundappa Independent 2,939 0.7%
S.N. Vaidyaraj Independent 2,253 0.5%
Mahamad Osman Ali Independent 2,009 0.5%
Murlidhar Rao Naik Independent 1,961 0.5%
Ambika Prasad Independent 1,820 0.4%
Sujatha Parmeshwar Jane (W) RPK 1,284 0.3%
Narasappa Independent 1,230 0.3%
M. Sabbeer Independent 919 0.2%
Hasamukhlal Independent 826 0.2%
Hamid Pasha Sarmast Independent 749 0.2%
Sayed Iqbal Hussain Independent 596 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Qamarul Islam Janata Dal 203,521 35.9%
Basawaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 187,976 33.2%
Dr. B.G. Jawali Indian National Congress 132,383 23.4%
Shivayya Kusayya Guttedar KCP 15,444 2.7%
Osman Ali Independent 7,649 1.3%
Venkat Rao Independent 4,767 0.8%
Ravidas Lalaji Gaikwad Independent 4,236 0.7%
Khateeb Mohamed Atharul Huque Independent 1,764 0.3%
Shamshoddin Patel Maheboob Patel Independent 1,298 0.2%
Gopalrao Mudbi Independent 1,040 0.2%
Omar Khan Independent 1,017 0.2%
Kashinath Ayyappa Shankar Independent 955 0.2%
Parameshwara Ganji Independent 863 0.2%
Abdul Wahid Patel Independent 840 0.1%
Veershetty Baswanappa Imdapur Independent 823 0.1%
J.S. Konnur Independent 680 0.1%
Rauf Pasha Mazhari Independent 652 0.1%
Baswanth Rao Sheelawant Independent 590 0.1%
A Sabeen Independent 444 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Baswaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 328,982 44.7%
Qamarul Islam Janata Dal 197,184 26.8%
Dr.B.G.Jawali Indian National Congress 140,913 19.2%
Vithal Heroor Bahujan Samaj Party 55,583 7.6%
S.K.Kanta SAP 7,671 1.0%
Mahamed Masaq Ali BMSM 3,030 0.4%
Khalid Kareem Khan Rashtriya Janata Dal 1,456 0.2%
Abdul Hamid Dabar Indian Union Muslim League 889 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Iqbal Ahemed Saradgi Indian National Congress 352,359 47.6%
Basavaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 282,522 38.2%
Malleshappa Yavoor Janata Dal (Secular) 65,756 8.9%
Vithal Heroor Bahujan Samaj Party 35,465 4.8%
Hamid Pasha Sarmasth Independent 4,141 0.6%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi Indian National Congress 312,601 37.8%
Basawaraj Patil Sedam Bharatiya Janata Party 255,130 30.8%
Vithal Heroor Janata Dal (Secular) 189,100 22.8%
Suryakant Nimbalkar Bahujan Samaj Party 26,724 3.2%
Sanganna Independent 15,212 1.8%
Arun Kumar Chandrashekara Patil KNDP 7,157 0.9%
Bhagavanreddy B Independent 6,749 0.8%
Hamid Pasha Sarmast Indian Union Muslim League 4,268 0.5%
Basawanth Rao Revansiddappa Sheelwanth AIFB 3,900 0.5%
Sandesh C Bandak USYP 3,671 0.4%
Umesh Havanoor Samajwadi Party 3,382 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress 345,241 45.5%
Revunaik Belamgi Bharatiya Janata Party 331,837 43.7%
Babu Honna Naik Janata Dal (Secular) 27,130 3.6%
Shivakumar . Kollur Independent 13,818 1.8%
Mahadev. B. Dhanni Bahujan Samaj Party 13,575 1.8%
Dr. K. T. Paluskar PRCP 8,656 1.1%
H.V. Diwakar Independent 6,348 0.8%
Shankar Jadhav BHPP 5,226 0.7%
Ravikumar Shalimani Sedam ANC 3,777 0.5%
Shanker Kodla Janata Dal (United) 3,777 0.5%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress 507,193 50.8%
Revunaik Belamagi Bharatiya Janata Party 432,460 43.3%
D.G. Sagar Janata Dal (Secular) 15,690 1.6%
Danni Mahadev B. Bahujan Samaj Party 11,428 1.1%
None Of The Above Independent 9,888 1.0%
B.T.Lalitha Naik Aam Aadmi Party 9,074 0.9%
S.M. Sharma SUCI(C) 4,943 0.5%
Ramu Independent 4,085 0.4%
Shankar Jadhav BPP 2,877 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Umesh G Jadhav Bharatiya Janata Party 620,192 52.6%
Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress 524,740 44.5%
K. B. Vasu Bahujan Samaj Party 10,865 0.9%
Vijay Jadhav SJP 6,507 0.6%
Ramesh Bheemsingh Chavan Independent 5,056 0.4%
S. M. Sharma SUCI(C) 2,249 0.2%
Dr. M. P. Darakeshwaraiah Independent 2,036 0.2%
Mahesh Lambani UPP 1,783 0.2%
Shankar Jadhav BPP 1,649 0.1%
D. K. Konkate Keroor Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,485 0.1%
G. Timmaraju Independent 1,361 0.1%
Rajkumar BBKD 951 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 27.5 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 38.0 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 23.8 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 18.2 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 15.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 2.7 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.9 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 9.4 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 6.9 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 1.8 pts 2014: Indian National Congress margin 7.5 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 8.1 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Gulbarga 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 Gulbarga in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Umesh G Jadhav (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Gulbarga, Karnataka, in 2019 with 620,192 votes (52.6%), a margin of 95,452 votes over Mallikarjun Kharge.

Which parties have won Gulbarga since 1977?

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

What was the closest result in Gulbarga?

The closest result on record for Gulbarga was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 13,404 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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