Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency

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Chamarajanagar
Constituency No. 223 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictChamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituencyChamarajanagar
Established1956
Total electors209,521 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byVatal Nagaraj

Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1952 U. M. Madappa Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957 Praja Socialist Party
B. Rachaiah Indian National Congress
1962 M. C. Basappa
1967 S. Puttaswamy Independent politician
1972 Indian National Congress
1978 M. C. Basappa Janata Party
1983 S. Puttaswamy Indian National Congress
1985
1989 Vatal Nagaraj Independent politician
1994 Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
1999 C. Guruswamy Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Vatal Nagaraj Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
2008 C. Puttarangashetty Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 83,858 48.46% Increase3.00
BJP V. Somanna 76,325 44.10% Increase1.58
BSP Ha. Ra. Mahesh 6,461 3.73% Decrease0.54
JD(S) Mallikarjuna Swamy. A. M 1,082 0.63% New
NOTA None of the above 794 0.46% Decrease0.77
Margin of victory 7,533 4.35% Increase1.41
Turnout 173,225 82.68% Increase1.59
Total valid votes 173,057
Registered electors 209,521 Increase1.63
INC hold Swing Increase3.00

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 75,963 45.46% Increase8.37
BJP K. R. Mallikarjunappa 71,050 42.52% Increase37.81
BSP A. M. Mallikarjunaswamy (Alur Mallu) 7,134 4.27% Decrease2.05
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 5,977 3.58% Decrease8.96
NOTA None of the above 2,063 1.23% New
Margin of victory 4,913 2.94% Decrease4.69
Turnout 167,173 81.09% Increase2.50
Total valid votes 167,111
Registered electors 206,162 Increase10.32
INC hold Swing Increase8.37

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 54,440 37.09% Increase3.16
KJP K. R. Mallikarjunappa 43,244 29.47% New
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 18,408 12.54% Increase3.31
BSP R. P. Nanjundaswamy 9,278 6.32% Decrease0.84
BJP Somanayaka. S 6,919 4.71% Decrease27.11
Karnataka Makkala Paksha K. Veerabhadraswamy 4,504 3.07% New
JD(S) S. P. Sannamadasetty 2,696 1.84% Decrease5.36
Independent Raju 2,053 1.40% New
CPI(ML)L M. C. Rajanna 1,181 0.80% New
Margin of victory 11,196 7.63% Increase5.52
Turnout 146,861 78.59% Increase6.24
Total valid votes 146,760
Registered electors 186,873 Increase9.08
INC hold Swing Increase3.16

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 42,017 33.93% Increase10.95
BJP M. Mahadev 39,405 31.82% Increase26.28
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 11,426 9.23% Decrease22.81
JD(S) M. Shivakumar 8,919 7.20% Decrease1.46
BSP G. M. Gadkar 8,866 7.16% Decrease1.01
Independent Siddaraju 3,677 2.97% New
Independent Mohammad Innayath Ulla 3,549 2.87% New
SKP A. M. Mahesh Prabhu 1,807 1.46% New
Independent H. Lakshmana Shetru 1,335 1.08% New
Margin of victory 2,612 2.11% Decrease6.95
Turnout 123,948 72.35% Increase1.25
Total valid votes 123,823
Registered electors 171,315 Increase5.27
INC gain from Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Swing Increase1.89

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 37,072 32.04% Increase4.80
INC Dr. Manjula. B. P 26,589 22.98% Increase4.63
Independent G. M. Gadkar 22,030 19.04% New
JD(S) Kumaraswamy. R 10,015 8.66% Increase4.29
BSP Puttaraju 9,449 8.17% Increase5.05
BJP Ravishankar. M. S 6,415 5.54% Decrease38.29
JP Ravichandra. G. S 2,502 2.16% New
Kannada Nadu Party Prakash Mr 1,618 1.40% New
Margin of victory 10,483 9.06% Decrease7.52
Turnout 115,706 71.10% Decrease2.90
Total valid votes 115,690
Registered electors 162,731 Increase5.37
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha gain from BJP Swing Decrease11.79

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP C. Guruswamy 46,300 43.83% Increase31.42
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 28,781 27.24% Increase0.55
INC G. M. Gadkar 19,384 18.35% Decrease2.71
JD(S) Hanumantha Setty 4,614 4.37% New
BSP C. M. Krishnamurthy 3,292 3.12% New
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha H. B. Mahadevaswamy 2,092 1.98% Decrease2.02
Independent Sha. Muruli 767 0.73% New
Margin of victory 17,519 16.58% Increase10.94
Turnout 114,283 74.00% Decrease2.17
Total valid votes 105,640
Rejected ballots 8,608 7.53% Increase4.87
Registered electors 154,442 Increase7.72
BJP gain from Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Swing Increase17.14

Assembly Election 1994[edit | edit source]

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 28,334 26.69% New
INC S. Puttaswamy 22,352 21.06% Decrease11.29
JD C. Guruswamy 21,162 19.94% Decrease3.52
BJP A. S. Nataraju 13,170 12.41% Increase11.11
INC Hanumantha Setty 10,344 9.74% New
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha Malleshu 4,251 4.00% New
Independent M. C. Swamy 2,595 2.44% New
Independent M. Madaiah 1,569 1.48% New
Independent K. Nagendra 1,389 1.31% New
Margin of victory 5,982 5.64% Decrease0.77
Turnout 109,199 76.17% Increase2.04
Total valid votes 106,150
Rejected ballots 2,907 2.66% Decrease3.96
Registered electors 143,371 Increase7.93
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha gain from Independent Swing Decrease12.07

Assembly Election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Vatal Nagaraj 35,642 38.76% New
INC S. Puttaswamy 29,749 32.35% Decrease8.37
JD C. Guruswamy 21,570 23.46% New
JP H. M. Kanta Raju 1,586 1.72% New
BJP M. N. Guruswamy 1,191 1.30% New
Margin of victory 5,893 6.41% Decrease3.01
Turnout 98,471 74.13% Decrease2.22
Total valid votes 91,949
Rejected ballots 6,522 6.62% Increase4.54
Registered electors 132,837 Increase21.31
Independent gain from INC Swing Decrease1.96

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Puttaswamy 33,335 40.72% Decrease6.79
JP M. C. Parashivappa 25,625 31.30% Increase21.32
Independent Vatal Nagaraj 21,758 26.58% New
Independent Y. S. Lingaiah 1,149 1.40% New
Margin of victory 7,710 9.42% Increase1.30
Turnout 83,609 76.35% Increase3.92
Total valid votes 81,867
Rejected ballots 1,742 2.08% Decrease0.37
Registered electors 109,502 Increase6.23
INC hold Swing Decrease6.79

Assembly Election 1983[edit | edit source]

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Puttaswamy 34,607 47.51% Increase19.98
Independent Vatal Nagaraj 28,690 39.39% New
JP M. Shivanja Shetty 7,269 9.98% Decrease38.86
BJP Genesh Dixit 1,243 1.71% New
Independent N. M. Guruswamy 502 0.69% New
Margin of victory 5,917 8.12% Decrease13.19
Turnout 74,661 72.43% Decrease8.28
Total valid votes 72,835
Rejected ballots 1,826 2.45% Decrease0.05
Registered electors 103,080 Increase8.87
INC gain from JP Swing Decrease1.33

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP M. C. Basappa 36,389 48.84% New
INC S. Puttaswamy 20,511 27.53% Decrease22.90
INC(I) R. Venkataranga Naika 16,862 22.63% New
Independent Kunnamaddaiah 743 1.00% New
Margin of victory 15,878 21.31% Increase18.28
Turnout 76,412 80.71% Increase6.33
Total valid votes 74,505
Rejected ballots 1,907 2.50% Increase2.50
Registered electors 94,678 Increase41.97
JP gain from INC Swing Decrease1.59

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Puttaswamy 24,218 50.43% Increase6.37
INC(O) M. C. Basappa 22,764 47.40% New
ABJS M. Srikantiah 1,039 2.16% Decrease3.91
Margin of victory 1,454 3.03% Decrease0.30
Turnout 49,601 74.38% Increase0.10
Total valid votes 48,021
Registered electors 66,688 Increase21.31
INC gain from Independent Swing Increase3.04

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. Puttaswamy 17,948 47.39% New
INC M. C. Basappa 16,686 44.06% Decrease11.12
ABJS M. Mahadevaiah 2,300 6.07% New
Independent M. Puttadevaiah 937 2.47% New
Margin of victory 1,262 3.33% Decrease7.03
Turnout 40,835 74.28% Increase4.31
Total valid votes 37,871
Registered electors 54,974 Increase7.26
Independent gain from INC Swing Decrease7.79

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. C. Basappa 18,783 55.18% Increase12.17
PSP U. M. Madappa 15,255 44.82% Decrease4.52
Margin of victory 3,528 10.36% Increase6.93
Turnout 35,862 69.97% Increase23.25
Total valid votes 34,038
Registered electors 51,252 Decrease41.63
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing Increase28.79

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP U. M. Madappa 21,648 26.39% New
INC B. Rachaiah 18,874 23.01% Increase0.33
PSP B. Basavaiah 18,832 22.95% New
INC R. Venkataranga Naika 16,413 20.01% Decrease2.67
Independent M. Puttamadaiah 3,721 4.54% New
Independent M. Puttadevaiah 2,554 3.11% New
Margin of victory 2,816 3.43% Decrease9.64
Turnout 82,042 46.72% Decrease3.76
Total valid votes 82,042
Registered electors 87,811 Increase157.86
Praja Socialist Party gain from Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party Swing Decrease17.29

Assembly Election 1952[edit | edit source]

1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chamarajanagar [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KMPP U. M. Madappa 7,509 43.68% New
Independent M. C. Basappa 5,263 30.62% New
INC S. Puttananjappa 3,898 22.68% New
Independent K. V. Veeranna 519 3.02% New
Margin of victory 2,246 13.07%
Turnout 17,189 50.48%
Total valid votes 17,189
Registered electors 34,054
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Karnataka Election Results 2018, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2018". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  15. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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