Kanakapura (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. It included eight Assembly constituencies, namely Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli, Malavalli and Anekal. Out of them, Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi and Anekal assembly segments were retained in the Bangalore Rural constituency created in 2008 as part of delimitation in Karnataka. Sathanur segment was merged between Kanakapura, Ramanagaram and Channapatna constituencies. Malavalli became a part of Mandya constituency and Uttarahalli was reformed and Uttarahalli Circle was merged with new Bangalore South Assembly Constituency. The new Assembly Constituencies Bangalore South , Anekal, and Rajarajeshwarinagar became a part of Bangalore Rural along with Kunigal Assembly Constituency from Tumkur district Members of Parliament. "See Bangalore Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)" H D Kumaraswamy (Janatha Dal) - winner M.Srinivas (BJP) : 470,387 Election results. Dr. D. Premachandra Sagar (INC) : 453,946 H D Kumaraswamy (Janatha Dal) : came third M.V.Chandrashekara Murthy (INC) : 532,910 M. Srinivas (BJP) : 498,893 H. D. Devegowda (Janata Dal Secular): 5,81,709 D. K. Shivakumar (Congress) : 5,29,133 K. S. Eshwarappa (BJP) : 2,28,134 Tejaswini Ramesh (a.k.a. Tejaswini Gowda), Congress : 584,238 Ramachandra Gowda (BJP) : 467,575 Deve Gowda (JD(S)) : The former PM came third.