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Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency

former Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2024
Entity authorityQ48729995 ↗
Source-derived summary

Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bombay State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist.

Assembly segments

Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Legislative Assembly segments:

Athani

Chikodi Raibagh

Athani Chikodi

Chikodi (2 Seats)

Hukeri

Konnur

After Belgaum district of erstwhile Bombay State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, this seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Parliament

1952: Balavantrao Nagesharao Datar, Indian National Congress

1957 onwards: Constituency does not exist.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency” as former Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1956, 1952, 1957—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Belgaum, North and Sabha can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as former Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q48729995. Authority coordinates are 15.930, 74.530. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1951, 1956, 1952 and 1957.

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This entry incorporates text from “Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.