# Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency

Belgaum (officially Belagavi), is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka.

## Vidhana Sabha segments

The composition of Belgaum Lok Sabha seat has undergone several changes. In 1962, there were three assembly seats in the constituency from Belgaum, named Belgaum City, Belgaum I and Belgaum II. Then the map was redrawn and some seats like Khanapur, Uchagaon and Bagewadi were added to Belgaum seat as part of renaming. In 2008, it was back to three seats named after the city of Belgaum : North, South, and Rural. Since 2008, this seat comprises the following eight assembly segments in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | Party Leading (in 2024) |
| 8 | Arabhavi | Belgaum | Balachandra Jarkiholi | BJP | BJP |
| 9 | Gokak | Belgaum | Ramesh Jarkiholi | BJP | BJP |
| 11 | Belgaum Uttar | Belgaum | Asif Sait | INC | BJP |
| 12 | Belgaum Dakshin | Belgaum | Abhay Patil | BJP | BJP |
| 13 | Belgaum Rural | Belgaum | Lakshmi Hebbalkar | INC | BJP |
| 16 | Bailhongal | Belgaum | Mahantesh Kaujlagi | INC | BJP |
| 17 | Saundatti Yellamma | Belgaum | Vishwas Vaidya | INC | INC |
| 18 | Ramdurg | Belgaum | Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan | INC | INC |
* ↑ Constituency number

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952-57 : See Belgaum North, Belgaum South ||||
| 1957 | Balvantrao Datar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Balvantrao Datar | Indian National Congress |
| 1963^ | Hemanand Koujalagi | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | N. M. Nabisab | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Appayappa Kotrashetti | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Appayappa Kotrashetti | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Shanmukhappa Sidnal | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1984 | Shanmukhappa Sidnal | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Shanmukhappa Sidnal | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | Shanmukhappa Sidnal | Indian National Congress |
| 1996 | Shivanand Koujalagi | Janata Dal |
| 1998 | Babagouda Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Amarsinh Patil | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | Suresh Angadi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009 | Suresh Angadi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Suresh Angadi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Suresh Angadi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2021^ | Mangala Angadi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Jagadish Shettar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ by-poll

## Election results
### General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Belgaum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Jagadish Shettar | 762,029 | 55.06 | +11.99 |
| | INC | Mrinal Ravindra Hebbalkar | 5,83,592 | 42.17 | −0.39 |
| | MES | Mahadev Patil | 9,503 | 0.69 | −10.77 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 5,726 | 0.41 | −0.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,78,437 | 12.89 | +12.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,83,889 | 71.49 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2021 Bypoll

Bye-election, 2021: Belgaum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mangala Suresh Angadi | 440,327 | 43.07 | −19.85 |
| | INC | Satish Laxmanarao Jarkiholi | 4,35,087 | 42.56 | +11.80 |
| | MES | Shubham Vikrant Shelke | 1,17,174 | 11.46 | +11.46 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 10,631 | 1.04 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,240 | 0.51 | −31.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,22,793 | 56.15 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |
Source:

### 2019 Lok Sabha

2019 Indian general elections: Belgaum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Suresh Angadi | 761,991 | 63.22 | +11.69 |
| | INC | V. S. Sadhunavar | 370,687 | 30.76 | −13.72 |
| | IND. | Ganesh M. Daddikar | 8,151 | 0.68 | |
| | BSP | Badroddin Kamdod | 5,750 | 0.48 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391,304 | 32.46 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,207,142 | 67.84 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 Lok Sabha

2014 Indian general elections: Belgaum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Suresh Angadi | 554,417 | 51.53 | −0.58 |
| | INC | Lakshmi Hebbalkar | 478,557 | 44.48 | +9.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 11,509 | 1.07 | |
| | AAP | Angadi Muttappa | 8,524 | 0.79 | |
| | JD(S) | Bagwan Nasir Papulsab | 5,477 | 0.51 | −8.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75,860 | 7.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,078,982 | 68.25 | +13.50 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2009 Lok Sabha

2009 Indian general elections: Belgaum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Suresh Angadi | 384,324 | 50.85 | |
| | INC | Amarsinh Vasantarao Patil | 265,637 | 35.15 | |
| | JD(S) | A. B. Patil | 68,594 | 9.08 | |
| | IND. | Hanaji Ashok Pandu | 10,811 | 1.43 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118,687 | 15.70 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 754,561 | 54.75 | −11.35 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 1984 Lok Sabha

* Shanmukhappa Basappa Sidnal (INC) : 202,506
* Appayyagouda Basagouda Patil (JNP) : 166,966
* Prabhakar Pawashe (Maharashytra Ekikaran Samiti) : finished third.