Chamarajanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha Constituency
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IncumbentSrinivasa Prasad
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1962
ReservationSC
StateKarnataka
Assembly ConstituenciesHeggadadevankote
Nanjangud
Varuna
T.Narasipur
Hanur
Kollegal
Chamarajanagar
Gundlupet

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency (Kannada: ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ ಲೋಕ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. This constituency came into existence in 1962.

Assembly segments[edit]

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:[citation needed]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
213 Heggadadevankote ST Mysore
214 Nanjangud SC Mysore
219 Varuna None Mysore
220 T.Narasipur SC Mysore
221 Hanur None Chamarajanagar
222 Kollegal SC Chamarajanagar
223 Chamarajanagar None Chamarajanagar
224 Gundlupet None Chamarajanagar

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Lok Sabha Member Party Tenure
Mysore State
1952 1st N. Rachaiah Indian National Congress 1952 – 1957
After the Formation of Mysore State
1957 2nd S. M. Siddaiah Indian National Congress 1957 – 1962
1962 3rd 1962 – 1967
1967 4th 1967 – 1971
1971 5th 1971 – 1977
After the Renaming of Karnataka State
1977 6th B. Rachaiah Indian National Congress 1977 – 1980
1980 7th V. Srinivasa Prasad Indian National Congress (I) 1980 – 1984
1984 8th Indian National Congress 1984 – 1989
1989 9th 1989 – 1991
1991 10th 1991 – 1996
1996 11th A. Siddaraju Janata Dal 1996 – 1998
1998 12th 1998 – 1999
1999 13th V. Srinivasa Prasad Janata Dal (United) 1999 – 2004
2004 14th M. Shivanna Janata Dal (Secular) 2004 – 2009
2009 15th R. Dhruvanarayana Indian National Congress 2009 – 2014
2014 16th 2014 – 2019
2019 17th V. Srinivasa Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party Incumbent

Election results[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP V. Srinivas Prasad 5,68,537 44.74 +6.95
INC R. Dhruvanarayana 5,66,720 44.60 -5.51
BSP Dr. Shivakumara 87,631 6.90 +1.71
NOTA None of the above 12,716 1.00
Majority 1,817 0.14 -12.32
Turnout 12,70,725 75.35 +2.5
BJP gain from INC Swing -5.37

General Election 1971[edit]

1971 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S.M. Siddaiah 1,68,894 61.94
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (Organization)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Indian National Congress (Organization)|Template:Indian National Congress (Organization)/meta/shortname]] N C Biligirirangaiah 96,272 35.31
Independent Nanjundaiah 7,514 2.76
Margin of victory 72,622 26.63
Turnout 2,72,680 58.81
INC hold Swing

General Election 1980[edit]

1980 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) V. Srinivas Prasad 2,28,748 58.53
[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] B. Rachaiah 1,18,287 30.27
JP S.M. Siddaiah 35,683 9.13
Margin of victory 1,00,561 28.26
Turnout 3,90,761 57.74 -5.25
INC(I) hold Swing

2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Dhruvanarayana 5,67,782 50.11
BJP A. R. Krishna Murthy 4,26,600 37.65
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] M. Shivanna 58,760 5.18
BSP Shivamallu 34,846 5.19
NOTA None of the above 12,697 1.12
Majority 1,41,182 12.46
Turnout 11,33,326 72.85
INC hold Swing

2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Dhruvanarayana 3,69,970 37.99
BJP A. R. Krishna Murthy 3,65,968 37.58
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] M. Shivanna 1,06,876 10.97
BSP N. Mahesh 68,447 7.03
Majority 4,002 0.41
Turnout 9,73,693 67.91
INC hold Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  3. CEO Karnataka. List of Contesting Candidates
  4. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".

External links[edit]

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