Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency

Chamarajanagar
Constituency No. 223 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagar
LS constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1956
Total electors	209,521 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. Puttarangashetty
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vatal Nagaraj

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore

Year	Name[2]	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^[1]

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^[3]

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

• S. Puttaswamy (IND): 17,948 votes^[4]
• M. C. Basappa (INC): 16,686 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Chamarajanagar Election and Results 2023, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Karnataka Election Results 2018, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2018". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
4. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

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