Gundlupet Assembly constituency

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Gundlupet
Constituency No. 224 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DivisionMysore
DistrictChamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituencyChamarajanagar
Established1956
Total electors213,888 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byC. S. Niranjan Kumar

Gundlupet Assembly constituency is one of the 224 electoral constituencies that form the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

The constituency was formed in 1957 after Mysore State was reorganized as the result of States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] K. S. Nagarathanamma won the first election of 1957, and she went on to be elected six more times. H. K. Shivarudrappa won in 1978 and since 1994 H. S. Mahadeva Prasad has won the seat five times consecutively. Following Prasad's death on 3 January 2017, the by-election was won by M. C. Mohan Kumari.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1957 K. S. Nagarathnamma Independent politician
1962
1967 Indian National Congress
1972
1978 H. K. Shivarudrappa Independent politician
1983 K. S. Nagarathnamma Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994 H. S. Mahadeva Prasad Janata Dal
1999 Janata Dal
2004 Janata Dal
2008 Indian National Congress
2013
2017 By-election M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha
2018 C. S. Niranjan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 H M Ganesh Prasad Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H M Ganesh Prasad 107,794 57.34% Increase14.99
BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar 71,119 37.83% Decrease13.65
Independent Sunil. M. P 2,227 1.18% New
JD(S) Manjunatha. K. S 1,850 0.98% New
NOTA None of the above 1,538 0.82% Increase0.15
BSP D. Govindaraju 1,234 0.66% Decrease2.85
Margin of victory 36,675 19.51% Increase10.39
Turnout 188,014 87.90% Decrease1.20
Registered electors 213,888 Increase4.01
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase5.86

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar 94,151 51.48% Increase5.69
INC M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha 77,467 42.35% Decrease9.72
BSP S. Guruprasad 6,412 3.51% New
Praja Parivartan Party Kantharaj. C. G 1,419 0.78% New
NOTA None of the above 1,231 0.67% Decrease0.25
Margin of victory 16,684 9.12% Increase2.85
Turnout 183,230 89.10% Increase1.99
Registered electors 205,646 Increase2.37
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease0.59

Assembly By-election 2017[edit | edit source]

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2017 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : Gundlupet [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha 90,260 52.07% Increase6.65
BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar 79,383 45.79% Increase44.56
NOTA None of the above 1,596 0.92% New
RPI Shivaraju. M 1,512 0.87% New
Margin of victory 10,877 6.27% Increase1.54
Turnout 175,000 87.11% Increase1.80
Registered electors 200,891 Increase5.50
INC hold Swing Increase6.65

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 73,723 45.42% Increase0.27
KJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar 66,048 40.69% New
BSP Nagendra 6,052 3.73% Decrease1.62
JD(S) B. P. Muddumallu 4,017 2.47% Decrease0.42
Samajwadi Janata Party (Karnataka) G. M. Gadkar 3,123 1.92% New
Independent Subhash 3,041 1.87% New
BJP H. G. Mallikarjunaswamy 1,989 1.23% Decrease42.39
RPI(A) P. Sanghasena 1,588 0.98% New
Independent Maridasaiah 1,546 0.95% New
Margin of victory 7,675 4.73% Increase3.20
Turnout 162,443 85.31% Increase3.99
Registered electors 190,425 Increase7.74
INC hold Swing Increase0.27

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 64,824 45.15% Increase8.70
BJP C. S. Niranjan Kumar 62,621 43.62% Increase36.95
BSP Venkataramana Shetty 7,677 5.35% Decrease2.38
Independent Subhash 4,284 2.98% New
JD(S) S. Shivabasappa 4,156 2.89% Decrease42.67
Margin of victory 2,203 1.53% Decrease7.59
Turnout 143,733 81.32% Increase3.71
Registered electors 176,750 Increase13.45
INC gain from Janata Dal (Secular) Swing Decrease0.41

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

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2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 55,076 45.56% Increase32.93
INC H. S. Nanjappa 44,057 36.45% Increase15.38
BSP Papanna Shetty 9,344 7.73% New
BJP Vrushabendrappa. M. P 8,067 6.67% New
JP Lakshmanashetty 4,336 3.59% New
Margin of victory 11,019 9.12% Decrease15.06
Turnout 120,910 77.61% Increase1.25
Registered electors 155,793 Increase7.20
Janata Dal (Secular) gain from JD(U) Swing Increase0.31

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

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1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 46,757 45.25% New
INC H. S. Nanjappa 21,776 21.07% Decrease7.00
Independent C. M. Shivamallappa 21,748 21.05% New
JD(S) Muniraju. B. M 13,049 12.63% New
Margin of victory 24,981 24.18% Increase1.42
Turnout 110,975 76.36% Decrease4.06
Registered electors 145,329 Increase8.08
JD(U) gain from JD Swing Decrease5.58

Assembly Election 1994[edit | edit source]

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1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 53,724 50.83% Increase14.12
INC C. M. Shivamallappa 29,668 28.07% Decrease28.99
INC M. Puttaranga Naik 11,917 11.28% New
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha K. R. Lokesh 4,798 4.54% New
BJP Dr. Girija Maheshan 4,206 3.98% New
JP A. Madaiah 740 0.70% New
Margin of victory 24,056 22.76% Increase2.42
Turnout 108,138 80.42% Increase2.83
Registered electors 134,464 Increase9.30
JD gain from INC Swing Decrease6.23

Assembly Election 1989[edit | edit source]

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1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Nagarathnamma 50,643 57.06% Decrease3.77
JD H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 32,587 36.71% New
Independent C. K. Lingachar 1,902 2.14% New
JP Shankarlingegowda 1,247 1.40% New
Kranti Sabha K. R. Lokesh 965 1.09% New
Independent Puttalingaiah 959 1.08% New
Margin of victory 18,056 20.34% Decrease8.16
Turnout 95,451 77.59% Increase5.79
Registered electors 123,021 Increase28.72
INC hold Swing Decrease3.77

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

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1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Nagarathnamma 40,857 60.83% Decrease1.62
JP H. S. Mahadeva Prasad 21,717 32.34% Decrease3.68
Independent Shankarlingegowda 1,755 2.61% New
Independent V. Mallappa 1,188 1.77% New
Independent S. M. Chikkanna 894 1.33% New
Margin of victory 19,140 28.50% Increase2.07
Turnout 68,619 71.80% Decrease7.02
Registered electors 95,573 Increase4.13
INC hold Swing Decrease1.62

Assembly Election 1983[edit | edit source]

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1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Nagarathnamma 44,085 62.45% New
JP H. N. Srikanta Shetty 25,427 36.02% New
BJP M. N. Guruswamy 1,075 1.52% New
Margin of victory 18,658 26.43% Increase26.04
Turnout 72,344 78.82% Decrease4.20
Registered electors 91,782 Increase7.85
INC gain from Independent Swing Increase22.90

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

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1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent H. K. Shivarudrappa 27,141 39.55% New
Independent K. S. Nagarathnamma 26,870 39.15% New
INC(I) H. N. Srikanta Shetty 11,438 16.67% New
Independent P. Shankara 1,815 2.64% New
Independent A. Siddaraju 1,366 1.99% New
Margin of victory 271 0.39% Decrease19.09
Turnout 70,648 83.02% Increase12.29
Registered electors 85,101 Increase15.21
Independent gain from INC Swing Decrease20.19

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

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1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Nagarathnamma 30,055 59.74% Decrease16.95
INC(O) B. Basappa 20,255 40.26% New
Margin of victory 9,800 19.48% Decrease33.90
Turnout 52,246 70.73% Increase3.09
Registered electors 73,868 Increase15.83
INC hold Swing Decrease16.95

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

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1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Nagarathnamma 30,778 76.69% Increase29.91
Independent K. B. Jayadevappa 9,355 23.31% New
Margin of victory 21,423 53.38% Increase46.94
Turnout 43,139 67.64% Decrease8.85
Registered electors 63,773 Increase7.82
INC gain from Independent Swing Increase23.47

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

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1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent K. S. Nagarathnamma 22,765 53.22% New
INC H. K. Shivarudrappa 20,010 46.78% Increase12.44
Margin of victory 2,755 6.44% Decrease24.87
Turnout 45,239 76.49% Increase3.75
Registered electors 59,147 Increase13.19
Independent hold Swing Decrease12.44

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

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1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Gundlupet [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent K. S. Nagarathnamma 24,955 65.66% New
INC H. K. Shivarudrappa 13,053 34.34% New
Margin of victory 11,902 31.31%
Turnout 38,008 72.74%
Registered electors 52,255
Independent win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Paniyadi, Gururaj A. (6 January 2017). "Choose Late minister's wife for Gundlupet: B Janardhan Poojary". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bye-Elections, July to Dec, 2024 - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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.

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