Chamrajpet Assembly constituency

Chamrajpet
Constituency No. 168 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore Central
Established	1951
Total electors	229,914 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	S. M. Krishna

Chamrajpet Assembly constituency is one of the seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. Its composition is around 44% Muslim and 20% Dalit.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Name	Party
1952	R. Anantharaman		Indian National Congress
1957	Lakshmidevi Ramanna
1962	R. D. Sagar
1967
1972	Vatal Nagaraj		Independent

Karnataka

Year	Name[3]	Party
1978	Pramila Nesargi		Janata Party
1983	M. Obanna Raju
1985	Mohammad Moieuddin
1989	R. V. Devaraj		Indian National Congress
1994	Pramila Nesargi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	R. V. Devaraj		Indian National Congress
2004	S. M. Krishna
2004^	B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008
2013
2018[4]			Indian National Congress
2023

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chamrajpet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	77,631	62.22	7.87
	BJP	Bhaskar Rao	23,678	18.98	7.81
	JD(S)	C. Govindraj	19,086	15.30	0.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,130	0.91	0.31
Majority			53,953	43.24	27.55
Turnout			1,24,767	54.27	0.14
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chamrajpet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	65,339	54.35
	BJP	M Lakshminarayana	32,202	26.79
	JD(S)	B K Altaf Khan	19,393	16.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	726	0.60
Majority			33,137	27.55
Turnout			1,20,209	54.41
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

1967

• R. D. Sagar (INC): 14,241 votes^[5]
• B. K. Krishniah (IND): 10,590 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. "Assembly details: Chamrajpet". chanakyya.com.
3. "Chamrajpet Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

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