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Koppal, Karnataka — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Koppal (Karnataka) was won by Karadi Sanganna Amarappa (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 38,397 votes over K.Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Koppal, Karnataka, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1977 Sidrameshwara Swamy Basayya Indian National Congress 223,451 68.0% Sanganna Andanappa (Bharatiya Lok Dal) 125,779 (38.3 pts)
1980 H.G. Ramulu Congress (I) 248,077 68.0% H,R. Basavaraj (Congress (U)) 161,803 (44.4 pts)
1984 H. G. Ramulu Indian National Congress 238,466 51.9% K. Paparao Veerayya (Janata Party) 57,951 (12.6 pts)
1989 Basavaraj Patil Janata Dal 317,341 49.3% H.G.Ramulu (Indian National Congress) 23,088 (3.6 pts)
1991 Anwari Basavaraj Patil Indian National Congress 241,176 44.0% Siddaramaiah (Janata Dal) 11,197 (2.0 pts)
1996 Basavaraj Raya Reddy Janata Dal 276,914 45.9% Anwari Basavaraj Patil (Indian National Congress) 75,841 (12.6 pts)
1998 H.G.Ramulu Indian National Congress 289,681 40.9% Basavaraj Rayareddy (Janata Dal) 83,122 (11.8 pts)
1999 H.G.Ramulu Indian National Congress 350,599 46.1% Basavaraj Rayareddy (Janata Dal (United)) 12,512 (1.7 pts)
2004 K. Virupaxappa Indian National Congress 356,158 39.8% Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni (Bharatiya Janata Party) 43,623 (4.9 pts)
2009 Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda Bharatiya Janata Party 291,693 38.7% Basavaraj Rayareddy (Indian National Congress) 81,789 (10.8 pts)
2014 Karadi Sanganna Amarappa Bharatiya Janata Party 486,383 48.3% Basavaraj Hitnal (Indian National Congress) 32,414 (3.2 pts)
2019 Karadi Sanganna Amarappa Bharatiya Janata Party 586,783 49.7% K.Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal (Indian National Congress) 38,397 (3.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sidrameshwara Swamy Basayya Indian National Congress 223,451 68.0%
Sanganna Andanappa Bharatiya Lok Dal 97,672 29.7%
K. R. Thippanna Naik Mallappa Naik Independent 7,358 2.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
H.G. Ramulu Congress (I) 248,077 68.0%
H,R. Basavaraj Congress (U) 86,274 23.7%
S.B. Bheemappa Kanakappa Janata Party 26,491 7.3%
Hottepaksha Rangaswamy Alias Swamy Ranganathananda Puri Independent 2,662 0.7%
Premraj Independent 1,048 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
H. G. Ramulu Indian National Congress 238,466 51.9%
K. Paparao Veerayya Janata Party 180,515 39.3%
Girija Shankar Patel Bharatiya Janata Party 9,434 2.1%
Naikar Basavantappa Basappa Independent 6,602 1.4%
A. K. Rudragouda A. K. Basangouda Independent 4,975 1.1%
Kishkindapuri Swamiji Independent 4,811 1.0%
Harihardevaraya Independent 4,442 1.0%
R. M. Hiremath Independent 3,539 0.8%
Doddayya Channayya Kulkarni Independent 2,905 0.6%
Achutdevraya Independent 1,944 0.4%
K. Shreeram Murty Independent 1,940 0.4%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basavaraj Patil Janata Dal 317,341 49.3%
H.G.Ramulu Indian National Congress 294,253 45.7%
V.Sheshareddy KRS 14,480 2.2%
Amaregouda Gadratagi JNP (JP) 12,052 1.9%
Ellur Gopalkrishna Shresti Independent 5,484 0.9%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Anwari Basavaraj Patil Indian National Congress 241,176 44.0%
Siddaramaiah Janata Dal 229,979 42.0%
Achut Devaraya Bharatiya Janata Party 48,670 8.9%
D.S. Kalmath KRS 15,327 2.8%
Shivamurthi Swami Alawandi Independent 3,234 0.6%
Allasab Independent 1,959 0.4%
Ramakrishan Independent 1,632 0.3%
Renukacharya Kiremath Independent 1,389 0.3%
Illur Gopalakrishna Shresti Independent 1,330 0.2%
Saroja Devi Deshpande (W) Independent 1,010 0.2%
H. Maradanappa Independent 984 0.2%
Shekharappa Yankappa Independent 685 0.1%
Korannanavar Syed Mahamood Independent 503 0.1%
Mallappa Devappa Madar Independent 224 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Basavaraj Raya Reddy Janata Dal 276,914 45.9%
Anwari Basavaraj Patil Indian National Congress 201,073 33.3%
G Shankar Goud Bharatiya Janata Party 109,309 18.1%
Gouramma Malagi Independent 3,309 0.5%
D Jagannath Shetty Independent 2,489 0.4%
Naganur Vijayakumar Somasekhar Independent 2,438 0.4%
Shri Puri Independent 2,377 0.4%
Itagi Shivappa Kuduvakkaligara Independent 1,913 0.3%
G L Kulakarni Independent 1,706 0.3%
C M Devendra Nayak Independent 1,298 0.2%
Sumanth Rao Patawari Independent 727 0.1%
R M Hiremath Independent 311 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
H.G.Ramulu Indian National Congress 289,681 40.9%
Basavaraj Rayareddy Janata Dal 206,559 29.2%
Agadi Virupakshappa Sanganna LS 175,473 24.8%
Y.N.Goudar KTVP 31,873 4.5%
Dhan Raj Jain Mohanlal Independent 3,107 0.4%
Sripuri Hottepaksha Balayogi Independent 866 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
H.G.Ramulu Indian National Congress 350,599 46.1%
Basavaraj Rayareddy Janata Dal (United) 338,087 44.5%
Mallikarjun Basappa Divatar Janata Dal (Secular) 56,284 7.4%
D.H.Pujar Hanumanthappa Independent 15,603 2.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. Virupaxappa Indian National Congress 356,158 39.8%
Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni Bharatiya Janata Party 312,535 35.0%
Agadi Virupaxappa Sanganna Janata Dal (Secular) 158,552 17.7%
Abeed Hussain KNDP 24,669 2.8%
Pujar D H Independent 23,651 2.6%
Girija Shankara Patil Janata Party 18,517 2.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda Bharatiya Janata Party 291,693 38.7%
Basavaraj Rayareddy Indian National Congress 209,904 27.8%
Ansari Iqbal Janata Dal (Secular) 180,380 23.9%
Sharabhayya Hiremath Independent 11,892 1.6%
Shivaputrappa Gumagera Bahujan Samaj Party 10,377 1.4%
Zakeer LJP 6,704 0.9%
Handi Rafiq Sab Independent 5,496 0.7%
Shivakumar Navali Siddappa Tontapur Independent 4,813 0.6%
Comrade D.H.Pujar Independent 4,169 0.6%
Maremma Yankappa Independent 4,088 0.5%
Chandrashekar Independent 3,768 0.5%
T.Chakravarti Nayaka Independent 3,739 0.5%
Najeer Husain Independent 3,738 0.5%
J.Eshwarappa Independent 3,189 0.4%
Gousiabegum Independent 3,005 0.4%
Bharadwaj CPI (ML) Liberation 2,685 0.4%
Uppar Hanumantappa Veerappa Kesarahatti Independent 2,597 0.3%
Basavaraj Karadi Waddarahatti Janata Dal (United) 2,447 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Karadi Sanganna Amarappa Bharatiya Janata Party 486,383 48.3%
Basavaraj Hitnal Indian National Congress 453,969 45.1%
None Of The Above Independent 12,947 1.3%
Syed Arif Bahujan Samaj Party 9,529 0.9%
Suresh Independent 8,292 0.8%
V. Govinda Independent 6,300 0.6%
B.Manohara Hanumantappa Independent 4,433 0.4%
Shivakumar Navalisiddappa Tontapur Aam Aadmi Party 3,425 0.3%
Nagappa. G. Karatagi Independent 2,894 0.3%
Govindhareddy Pacharalli Independent 2,839 0.3%
Com I:- D H Pujar CPI(ML)RS 2,636 0.3%
Thimmappa Uppar BDBRAJP 2,459 0.2%
K. M. Ranganathreddy Samajwadi Party 2,305 0.2%
Nazeer Hussain RKSP 2,129 0.2%
Bharadwhaja CPI (ML) Liberation 2,089 0.2%
Anojirao G Independent 2,012 0.2%
Ramesh Koti RPI(A) 1,867 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Karadi Sanganna Amarappa Bharatiya Janata Party 586,783 49.7%
K.Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal Indian National Congress 548,386 46.5%
Shivaputrappa. Gumagera Bahujan Samaj Party 9,481 0.8%
Annojirao.G SJP 5,681 0.5%
Suresh Gouda Mundinamane Independent 5,158 0.4%
Nagaraj Kalal Independent 4,855 0.4%
Suresh.H Independent 3,728 0.3%
Satishreddy Independent 3,498 0.3%
Balaraj. Yadav Independent 2,937 0.2%
Mallikarjun Hadapad Independent 2,408 0.2%
Bandimath Sharanayya UPP 2,252 0.2%
Pa.Ya. Ganesh Independent 1,699 0.1%
Comrade B.Basavalingappa MLPI(RF) 1,609 0.1%
Hemaraj Veerapur CPI(ML)RS 1,059 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 38.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 44.4 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 12.6 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 3.6 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 2.0 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 12.6 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 11.8 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 1.7 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 4.9 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 10.8 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.3 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Koppal 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 Koppal in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Karadi Sanganna Amarappa (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Koppal, Karnataka, in 2019 with 586,783 votes (49.7%), a margin of 38,397 votes over K.Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal.

Which parties have won Koppal since 1977?

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

What was the closest result in Koppal?

The closest result on record for Koppal was 1999, when Indian National Congress beat Janata Dal (United) by just 12,512 votes (1.7 percentage points).

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