Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency

Kanakapur Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It includes eight Assembly constituencies, namely Ramanagar, Channapatna, Magadi, Kanakapur, Kunigal, Bangalore South, Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly segments. Tejashwini Sreeramesh of Indian National Congress was the last member to represent this constituency before it was abolished in 2008. Seven of the assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka.

Members of Parliament

• From Kanakapur constituency in Mysore State:
  • 1967: M. V. Rajasekharan, Indian National Congress
  • 1971: C. K. Jaffer Sheriff, Indian National Congress
• Karnataka State:
  • 1977: M. V. Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 1980: M.V.Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 1984: M.V.Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 1989: M.V.Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 1991: M.V.Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 1996: H. D. Kumaraswamy, Janata Dal
  • 1998: M. Srinivas,Shri, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1999: M. V. Chandrashekhara Murthy, Indian National Congress
  • 2002: H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal(S) (By-Elections)
  • 2004: Tejashwini Sreeramesh, Indian National Congress

See also

• Bangalore Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)
• List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• http://164.100.24.209/newls/allmember1to12.aspx