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Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India

Chamarajanagar
Constituency No. 223 for the: Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictChamarajanagar
LS constituencyChamarajanagar
Established1956
Total electors209,521 (2023)
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 seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seat.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year Name Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957 B. Rachaiah Indian National Congress
1962 M. C. Basappa
1967 S. Puttaswamy Independent politician
1972 Indian National Congress

Karnataka State

Year Member Party
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

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chamarajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 83,858 48.46 +3.00
BJP V. Somanna 76,325 44.1 +1.58
BSP H. R. Mahesh 6,461 3.73 -0.54
NOTA None of the Above 794 0.46 -0.77
Majority 7,533 4.36 +1.42
Turnout 173,057 82.6 +1.54
INC hold Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chamarajanagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Puttarangashetty 75,963 45.46
BJP K. R. Mallikarjunappa 71,050 42.52
BSP A. M. Mallikarjunaswamy 7,134 4.27
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj 5,977 3.58
NOTA None of the Above 2,063 1.23
Majority 4,913 2.94
Turnout 1,67,111 81.06
INC hold Swing

1967 Assembly Election

  • S. Puttaswamy (IND) : 17,948 votes
  • M.C. Basappa (INC) : 16,686

See also

References

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