The Belagavi Parliamentary – Loksabha constituency is gearing up for the General election 2024 and Belagavi will vote on May 7, 2024.
To begin with, let’s look at the history of the Belgaum(now Belagavi) Parliamentary constituency.
Congress (INC) won 10 times in 1957, 1962, 1967, 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991 & 1999.
Janta Dal has won once in 1996.
BJP has won (6) in 1998, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2021(bye-election)
The most important point by which Belagavi became famous was the 1996 general elections where there were 463 candidates
This is an exhaustive list of the members of parliament elected from Belgaum Loksabha (now Belagavi ) Constituency from the First Loksabha to the current 17th Loksabha.
Mr.Sidnal leads the tables by being the MP on 4 occasions in a row for the 07,08,09,10th Lok Sabha.
| Member of Parliament | Party | Constituency | Loksabha |
| Shri Balwant Nagesh Datar | Congress | Belgaum (Mysore) | 01 |
| Shri Shankargauda Veerangauda Patil | Belgaum South (Bombay) | 01 | |
| Shri Balwant Nagesh Datar | Congress | Belgaum (Mysore) | 02,03 |
| Shri H.V. Koujalgi | Congress | Belgaum (Mysore) | 03 |
| Shri M.N. Naghnoor | Congress | Belgaum (Mysore) | 04 |
| Shri A.K. Kotrashetti | Congress | Belgaum | 05,06 |
| Shri Shanmukhappa Sidnal | Congress | Belgaum | 07,08,09,10 |
| Shri Shivanand Hemappa Koujalgi | Janta Dal | Belgaum | 11 |
| Shri Babagouda Patil | BJP | Belgaum | 12 |
| Shri Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil | Congress | Belgaum | 13 |
| Shri.Suresh Chanabasappa Angadi | BJP | Belgaum/ Belagavi | 14,15,16 |
| Smt.Mangal Suresh Angadi | BJP | Belagavi | 17 |
2021 Bye elections were held after the demise of Suresh Angadi who was also then MoS Railways. His wife Smt.Mangala Angadi won the elections by a margin of 5240 votes against SATISH LAXMANARAO JARKIHOLI of the Congress.
Smt Mangal Angadi secured most of her votes from the Gokak Assembly constituency while Belagavi Uttar voted for her the least. (These numbers do not include the Postal votes)
| AC Name | Mangal Angadi |
| Gokak | 87307 |
| Ramdurg | 56909 |
| Arbhavi | 55957 |
| Belagavi Dakshin | 53226 |
| Bailhongal | 49616 |
| Belagavi Rural | 47688 |
| Savadatti | 47497 |
| Belagavi Uttar | 38668 |
| Total | 436868 |
This is the final votes secured as per the ECI website
| O.S.N. | Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANGADI MANGAL SURESH | Bharatiya Janata Party | 436868 | 3459 | 440327 | 43.07 |
| 2 | SATISH LAXMANARAO JARKIHOLI | Indian National Congress | 432882 | 2205 | 435087 | 42.56 |
| 3 | VIVEKANAND BABU GHANTI | Karnataka Rashtra Samithi | 4770 | 74 | 4844 | 0.47 |
| 4 | SHRI VENKATESHWARA MAHA SWAMIJI | Hindustan Janta Party | 1955 | 60 | 2015 | 0.2 |
| 5 | MARALINGANNAVAR SURESH BASAPPA | Karnataka Karmikara Paksha | 1950 | 71 | 2021 | 0.2 |
| 6 | APPASHEB SHRIPATI KURANE | Independent | 1308 | 56 | 1364 | 0.13 |
| 7 | SHRI GOUTAM YAMANAPPA KAMBLE | Independent | 1366 | 24 | 1390 | 0.14 |
| 8 | NAGAPPA KALASANNAVAR | Independent | 2982 | 24 | 3006 | 0.29 |
| 9 | SHUBHAM VIKRANT SHELKE | Independent | 116923 | 251 | 117174 | 11.46 |
| 10 | SREEKANT PADASALAGI | Independent | 4347 | 41 | 4388 | 0.43 |
| 11 | NOTA | None of the Above | 10563 | 68 | 10631 | 1.04 |
| Total | 1015914 | 6333 | 1022247 |