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'''Narasimharaja''' is a locality in Mysore. It hosts one of the constituencies of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly.

Elections were first held here for this seat in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/photos/news/in-photos-grand-dasara-celebrations-at-mysore-palace/photostory/71503435.cms |title=In photos: Grand Dasara celebrations at Mysore Palace {{!}} Bangalore Mirror |website=bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010160831/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/photos/news/in-photos-grand-dasara-celebrations-at-mysore-palace/photostory/71503435.cms |archive-date=2019-10-10}} </ref>

[[Tanveer Sait]] is from the [[Indian National Congress]] and represents Narasimharaja constituency of [[Mysore]], Karnataka. The constituency has been served by the Sait's family for over three decades,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/narasimharaja-remains-a-sait-stronghold/article4706682.ece | title=Narasimharaja remains a Sait stronghold | work=thehindu.com | accessdate=2016-11-06}}</ref> Sait's father [[Aziz Sait]] was a veteran congress leader and held the Narasimharaja Assembly seat six times from 1967 to 1999,After the demise of [[Aziz Sait]] in December 2001<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/29/stories/2001122903040300.htm | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Azeez Sait is dead | date=2001-12-29 | accessdate=2016-11-06}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> his political legacy the Narasimharaja assembly seat led to a family feud in the Sait family as Tariq Sait grandson of [[Aziz Sait]] and nephew of Tanveer Sait campaigned for the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] candidate Maruthi Rao Pawar in the 2002 [[Karnataka]] assembly election against his uncle Tanveer Sait.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Chacha-bhatija-fight-for-Aziz-Saits-legacy/articleshow/10397690.cms | title=Chacha, bhatija fight for Aziz Sait's legacy | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref> In the 2002 By-election Sait won the Narasimharaja Assembly seat by above 10,000 votes against Maruthi Rao Pawar from the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]].<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2975.htm 8th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile AZEEZ, SATT SHRI</ref> In the following election of 2004 Sait won the assembly seat by above 20,000 against Maruthi Rao Pawar from the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]].In the 2008 assembly election Sait beat S.Nagaraju (Sandesh) of the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] by about 6000 vote. [[Tanveer Sait]] is the sitting member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from Narasimharaja constituency as he retained the seat again in the 2013 assembly election winning against Abdul Majeed K H of the [[Social Democratic Party of India]] by about 8370 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/narasimharaja.html | title=Narasimharaja (Karnataka) Assembly Constituency Elections | work=elections.in | accessdate=2016-11-06}}</ref> Sait won the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from the Narasimharaja constituency defeating the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate by about 18127 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/narashimaraja-election-results-2018-live-updates-1748631.html |title=Narashimaraja Election Results 2018 Live Updates: Congress's Tanveer Sait Won |website=News18 |access-date=2018-05-15}}</ref>

==References==
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== See also ==
[[Narasimharaja (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]

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[[Category:Cities in Karnataka]]

Narasimharaja - Revision history

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