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Hassan Lok Sabha constituencyLok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) constituency is in Karnataka state in Southern India. The constituency was represented by Former Prime MinisterH.D. Deve Gowda from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999 and again from 2004 and 2014. This constituency comprises Hassan district and Kaduru Taluk in Chikmagaluru district.
Hassan Lok Sabha constituency currently comprises the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[1]
The constituency has nearly 78% rural and 22% urban voter base. The electorate is nearly 90% Hindus, 5% Muslims and rest others. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constitutes 21.5% in the constituency.[2]Hassan is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies with Vokkaliga concentration in south Karnataka.[3]
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