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A traditional bastion of the <strong>Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)<\/strong>, Bangalore South is currently represented by the saffron party&#8217;s <strong>Tejasvi Surya<\/strong> who secured the seat by defeating <strong>Congress<\/strong> candidate B. K. Hariprasad in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads-in-content\">\n<div class=\"ads-box\">\n<div class=\"ads-placeholder\">\n<div  id=\"div-gpt-ad-1533018550431-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"> <\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lok Sabha polls for the Bangalore South seat will be held on April 26, 2024&#8211; Phase 2 of general elections&#8211; while votes will be counted on June 4 and results declared on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP has maintained an iron grip over the Bangalore South constituency since the 1977 Lok Sabha polls, with veteran leader Ananth Kumar winning six consecutive terms on a BJP ticket from 1996 till the 2014 general elections.<\/p>\n<div id = \"v-india-v0\"><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">(function(v,d,o,ai){ai=d.createElement(\"script\");ai.defer=true;ai.async=true;ai.src=v.location.protocol+o;d.head.appendChild(ai);})(window, document, \"\/\/a.vdo.ai\/core\/v-india-v0\/vdo.ai.js\");<\/script><br \/>In\u00a0 the 2019 polls, BJP fielded its youth leader Tejasvi Surya from the Bangalore South Seat and he continued the party&#8217;s winning streak in the constituency by defeating his closest rival, Congress candidate,B. K. Hariprasad, by a thumping margin of 3,31,192 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Tejasvi Surya (Incumbent) &#8211; Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)<br \/>Sowmya Reddy &#8211; Congress<br \/>(Note: The candidate(s) list will be updated as and when they are announced.)<br \/>Date of polling: April 26, 2024<br \/>Date of counting\/results: June 4, 2024<br \/>The Bangalore South seat is considered a powerhouse in Karnataka political landscape and the ruling Congress will be eyeing to wrest the key constituency from BJP&#8217;s grip in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.<br \/>Incumbent BJP MP Tejasvi will be pitted against Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy in 2024 Lok Sabha polls as he looks to maintain BJP&#8217;s dominance in the constituency.<br \/>Elections for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka will be held in two phases, beginning with phase 2 on April 26 and ending on May 7 (phase 3). 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