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Bijapur Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 4
Total Electors: 16,22,635 (2014 estimates)
Male Electors: 8,47,815
**Female Electors:**7,74,820
Assembly Constituencies: Muddebihal, Devar Hippargi, Basavana Bagevadi, Babaleshwar, Bijapur City, Nagthan, Indi, Sindgi
Reserved: Yes. For Scheduled Castes
Delimited: Yes. In 2008, it became a seat reserved for Scheduled Castes
Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: BJP has held this seat since 1999. In 1999 and 2004 elections, Basangouda Patil Yatnal won the seat while Ramesh Jigajinagi won the seat in the 2009 and 2014 elections. Jigajinagi is currently a Union Minister.
Demography: The historically significant town of Bijapur comes under this Lok Sabha constituency. Situated in North Karnataka, Bijapur has a plurality of Lingayat voters, while Muslims form a significant chunk of the electorate in the city. Dalits and Lambani, a tribal community, are also found in sizeable numbers in this constituency.
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