A former IAS officer, Kumar Naik wins it for the Congress in Raichur by a comfortable margin

Congress secures Raichur Parliamentary Constituency win in 2024 elections, with former IAS officer G. Kumar Naik defeating BJP candidate.

The Congress has proved it again that it has a strong base in Raichur Parliamentary Constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes, by registering a win against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a comfortable margin in the 2024 elections.

The party has won 13 times out of the 17 elections held between 1957 and 2024. The BJP has won it twice in 2009 and 2019 and the Swatantra Party and the undivided Janata Dal have won once each in 1967 and 1996.

In the 2024 elections, the former IAS officer G. Kumar Naik was the candidate from the Congress and outgoing MP Raja Amareshwar Naik was the BJP candidate.

Eventually, Mr. Kumar Naik won against Mr. Amareshwar Naik by a margin of 79,781 votes to obtain his maiden entry to Parliament.

As many as 13,00,655 voters, including 5,019 voters through postal ballot, voted in eight Assembly constituencies, which include Yadgir, Shahapur and Surpur in Yadgir district, that form the Lok Sabha segment.

The details of votes, assembly constituency-wise, are as follows: Out of the 6,70,966 votes, Mr. Kumar Naik secured 1,12,463 votes in Surpur, followed by 78,050 votes in Shahapur, 75,705 votes in Yadgir, 78,272 votes in Raichur Rural, 78,844 votes in Raichur City, 76,641 votes in Manvi, 80,923 votes in Deodurg, 88,515 votes in Lingsugur and 1,553 votes through postal ballot.

Of the 5,91,185 votes that Raja Amareshwar Naik secured, 95,903 votes came from Surpur, 68,465 votes from Shahapur, 69,983 votes from Yadgir, 83,233 votes from Raichur Rural, 69,595 votes from Raichur City, 72,979 votes from Manvi, 58,584 votes from Deodurg, 70,091 votes from Lingsugur and 2,352 votes through postal ballot.