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Belgaum is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka.
According to the data from last census, 22,19,346 people stay in Belgaum. Out of them, 9.74% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 22,19,346 belong to Scheduled Tribes. Moreover, the number of voters belonging to urban areas is 40.14% while the rural areas from the constituency houses 59.86% people.
Out of the total 15,81,017 voters, there are 8,07,598 male voters while 7,73,419 voters are females.
In the previous elections, BJP's Suresh Angadi defeated Lakshmi Hebbalkar from INC. The margin was 75,860 votes.
For the 2019 general elections of Belgaum, a total of 68% voters got inked.
In a completely one-sided battle, Bharatiya Janata Party's ANGADI SURESH CHANNABASAPPA crushed Indian National Congress's Dr.SADHUNAVAR by a margin of 391,304 to win Belgaum.
Bharatiya Janata Party fielded Angadi Suresh Channabasappa while the Bahujan Samaj Party gave a ticket to Badaroddin Mohammadyusuf Kamdod. Similarly, the Indian National Congress placed its bet on Dr. Virupakshappa Sadhunavar.
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