Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency
Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India.This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[1][2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was Pralhad Joshi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).After winning 2019 general elections Pralhad Joshi was appointed as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Coal, Minister of Mining on 30 May 2019 in cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.As of 2014, Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Before delimitation, Navalgund, Dharwad and Kalghatgi Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad North constituency and Kundgol and Shiggaon Legislative Assembly segments were part of the former Dharwad South constituency.
Lok Sabha constituencyRegionSouth IndiaKarnatakaNavalgundKundgolDharwadHubli-Dharwad EastHubli-Dharwad CentralHubli-Dharwad WestKalghatgiShiggaonMember of Parliament18th Lok SabhaPralhad Venkatesh JoshiBharatiya Janata PartyLok SabhadelimitationDelimitation Commission of IndiaPralhad JoshiMinister of Parliamentary AffairsMinister of CoalVidhan SabhaN. H. KonaraddiM. R. PatilVinay KulkarniAbbayya PrasadMahesh TenginakaiAravind BelladSantosh LadHaveriYasir Ahmed Khan PathanDharwad North constituencyDharwad South constituencyDharwad North2024 Indian general electionNone of the aboveTurnout2019 Indian general election2014 Indian general election2009 Indian general electionManjunath KunnurDharwad North Lok Sabha constituencyDharwad South Lok Sabha constituencyDharwad districtList of constituencies of the Lok SabhaThe HinduN. RamBagalkotBangalore CentralBangalore NorthBangalore RuralBangalore SouthBelgaumBellaryBijapurChamarajanagarChikballapurChikkodiChitradurgaDakshina KannadaDavanagereGulbargaHassanKoppalMandyaMysoreRaichurShimogaTumkurUdupi ChikmagalurUttara KannadaDefunctHassan ChickmagalurBelgaum NorthBelgaum SouthBijapur NorthBijapur SouthDharwad SouthKanaraKushtagiYadgirSouth Kanara (North)South Kanara (South)ChitaldrugBangalore CityTipturBangaloreMangaloreMadhugiriHoskoteChikmagalurKanakapura224 Assembly constituencies