Raichur Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 16°12′N 77°24′E / 16.2°N 77.4°E

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Raichur
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Shorapur Shahapur Yadgir Raichur Rural Raichur Manvi Devadurga Lingsugur
Established	1952
Total electors	19,28,204
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent G Kumar Naik
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Raichur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.^[1]

Assembly segments

Raichur Lok Sabha constituency presently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
36	Shorapur (ST)	Yadgir	Raja Venugopal Naik	INC	INC
37	Shahapur		Sharanabasappa Darshanapur	INC	INC
38	Yadgir		Channareddy Patil Tunnur	INC	INC
53	Raichur Rural (ST)	Raichur	Basanagouda Daddal	INC	BJP
54	Raichur		Shivaraj Patil	BJP	INC
55	Manvi (ST)		G. Hampayya Nayak	INC	INC
56	Devadurga (ST)		Karemma	JD(S)	INC
57	Lingsugur (SC)		Manappa D.Vajjal	BJP	INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member^[2]
1952 : See Yadgir
1957	G. S. Melkote	Indian National Congress
1962	Jagannath Rao Chandriki	Indian National Congress
1967	Raja Venkatappa Naik	Swatantra Party
1971	Pampan Gowda	Indian National Congress
1977	Rajshekhar Kolur	Indian National Congress
1980	B. V. Desai	Indian National Congress
1984	B. V. Desai	Indian National Congress
1986^	M. Y. Ghorpade
1989	Raja Ambanna Nayak Dore
1991	Venkatesh Nayak
1996	Raja Rangappa Naik	Janata Dal
1998	Venkatesh Nayak	Indian National Congress
1999
2004
2009	Sanna Pakirappa^[3]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	B. V. Nayak	Indian National Congress
2019	Raja Amareshwara Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	G Kumar Naik	Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Raichur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G Kumar Naik	670,966	51.63	8.88
	BJP	Raja Amareshwara Naik	5,91,185	45.49	7.72
	NOTA	None of the above	9,850	0.76	0.57
Majority			79,781	6.14	4.32
Turnout			12,99,619	64.66	6.32
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Raichur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Raja Amareshwara Naik	598,337	53.21
	INC	B. V. Nayak	4,80,621	42.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,921	1.33
Majority			1,17,716	10.46
Turnout			11,24,962	58.34
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Raichur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. V. Nayak	443,659	45.78
	BJP	K. Shivanagouda Naik	4,42,160	45.63
	JD(S)	D. B. Nayak	21,706	2.24
	BSP	Raja Thimappa Nayak	12,254	1.26
	CPI(M)	M. Nagaraj	6,938	0.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,176	1.36
Majority			1,499	0.15
Turnout			9,69,047	58.32
	INC gain from BJP		Swing