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Bengaluru Election 2024 | 3 Key Constituencies, Who Can Woo The Voters? | Lok Sabha Election| News18 Bengaluru Election 2024 | 3 Key Constituencies, Who Can Woo The Voters? | Lok Sabha Election | News18Bengaluru Central is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Karnataka. This seat came into existence after the delimitation in 2008, carved out of Bengaluru South and Bengaluru North. The constituency has a significant minority electorate. The constituency is home to around 5.5 lakh Tamils, 4.5 lakh Muslims, and approximately 2 lakh Christians. There are also a number of Marwaris and Gujaratis in this area. Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha seats, two of which are reserved. The Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka has been held by the BJP. Only three elections have been held on this seat up to 2019, and all of them were won by the BJP.2019 Mandate: In the 2019 election, BJPs PC Mohan retained the seat, securing 6,02,853 votes. Meanwhile, Congresss Rizwan Arshad came second with 5,31,885 votes, and independent candidate actor Prakash Raj came third with 28,906 votes.2014 Mandate: In the 2014 election, BJPs PC Mohan (5.57 lakh) defeated Congresss Rizwan Arshad (4.19 lakh) by around 1.37 lakh votes. This election saw about 55% voter turnout. Interestingly, in this election, the Aam Aadmi Party, contesting the Lok Sabha election for the first time, came third, while JD(S) and BSP candidates were fourth and fifth, respectively.