Davanagere Lok Sabha Constituency

Davanagere is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, India. Located in the central plains of the State, it comprises eight legislative assembly segments. It saw its first election in 1977 and ever since both Congress and BJP have registered six wins each. The constituency was a Congress bastion initially and was won by the BJP for the first time in 1996. Although the Congress won it back in 1998, it failed to retain the seat in 1999 and ever since the BJP has won it successively. This elections will witness a battle between wives of leaders from two influential, rival families in the district. And whoever wins, will create history as the first woman MP from the seat.