Record №karnataka-4 · 18th Lok Sabha
Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
Portrait · PRS mptrack
Bijapur, Karnataka
Bharatiya Janata Party
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi is an Indian politician from Karnataka and currently a member of Lok Sabha. He was Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation in 2016. He was member of the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He was inducted into Narendra Modi's government as a Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation on July 5, 2016. He represents the Bijapur constituency (2019–2024) and is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party which he joined in 2002. He has also been a member of Janata Dal and Ramakrishna Hegde's Vedike Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's Jan Shakti Party in 2001 when Hegde was planning to retire.
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accountability · Poor
The election
How they won the seat
2024 general election result, as declared by the Election Commission of India.
Margin vs NOTA
The victory margin was larger than the NOTA count in this constituency.
Runner-up: RAJU ALAGUR. (INC).
Updated 4 Jun 2024
Parliamentary work
Did they show up — and speak?
Lok Sabha activity tracked by PRS. House averages: 84% attendance · 26 questions · 6 debates.
What they ask about · questions by ministry
How they used the floor · interventions by type
1 recorded interventions across 1 type, as logged by PRS.
Updated 31 May 2026
The affidavit
What they declared
As self-declared in the sworn 2024 election affidavit. Criminal cases are self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
Declared assets across 6 sworn affidavits · 2004 → 2008 → 2009 → 2014 → 2019 → 2024
Each point is a sworn affidavit filed with the Election Commission. Declared assets moved from ₹54.8 L (2004) to ₹51.63 Cr (2024) — a change of +9,321%.
Updated 1 May 2024
The affidavit · in detail
Cases, assets & income, line by line
Reproduced from the sworn 2024 ECI affidavit. Self-declared — pending ≠ convicted.
No criminal cases declared in the sworn affidavit.
Where the declared wealth sits
Movable
₹24.58 Cr
Immovable
₹27.05 Cr
Declared sources of income
- SelfGovernment Salary/ Rent
- DependentNot Applicable
Income declared in ITR, by year (self)
Updated 1 May 2024
Local-area funds
Where the development money went
MPLADS development funds for the constituency. House average: 27% spent.
Updated 31 May 2026
Party funding
Who bankrolled the party
Electoral bonds received by Bharatiya Janata Party between 2019 and 2024 — party-level, not attributable to this MP. The scheme was struck down by the Supreme Court in February 2024.
Top corporate donors to Bharatiya Janata Party
Donor-level breakdown is not disclosed for this party in the public bond data.
Updated 15 Feb 2024
What the numbers suggest
Read between the lines
Arithmetic on the public record — cross-checking what was declared, attended, debated, asked and spent. These are observations about the figures, each cited to its source. dickipedia draws no conclusions about any individual.
Declared assets grew 9,321% across 6 affidavits
Review-worthyFrom ₹54.8 L (2004) to ₹51.63 Cr (2024).
Declared assets rose 11× faster than declared income
FlagAssets increased by ₹51.08 Cr between affidavits, while declared income across 5 ITR years totalled ₹4.50 Cr.
96% of development funds lie unspent
FlagOnly 4% of MPLADS local-area funds were spent — ₹25.84 Cr unspent.
Reach & roles
Contact & committees
Public contact details as published by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
Vinod Farm, Arkere Road, (Near Bhutanal Tank), Vijayapur, Karnataka, 586103
Updated 31 May 2026
Press coverage
In the news
Recent third-party press matched to this MP via an automated news search — aggregated headlines linking out to the original publishers. These are the publishers’ own words: not verified by dickipedia, not one of the public registries, and excluded from the accountability score. An automated match may occasionally be imperfect.
From Modest Beginnings to Millions: The Astonishing Wealth Surge of BJP's Dalit MP — Ramesh Jigajinagi
The Mooknayak English · 10 Jun 2024Assets of BJP MP Ramesh Jigajinagi grew 100 times in 20 years
The Hindu · 20 Apr 2024Vijayapura MP Ramesh Jigajinagi hints he may not contest Lok Sabha polls
The Hindu · 12 Mar 2024Ramesh Jigajinagi elevation shows BJP's Karnataka poll focus
Mint · 8 Jul 2016Modi cabinet reshuffle: Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi from Karnataka sworn in to govt
The Indian Express · 5 Jul 2016
Updated 31 May 2026
Provenance
Sources & method
- Election Commission of India
- PRS Legislative Research
- Lok Sabha Secretariat
- ADR / MyNeta — sworn affidavit
- MPLADS eSAKSHI (MoSPI)
- ECI / SBI electoral-bond disclosure
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
- Google News (aggregated press; not verified)
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