Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Reserved for the Scheduled Castes, this constituency came into existence in 1962.

Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Heggadadevankote Nanjangud Varuna T.Narasipur Hanur Kollegal Chamarajanagar Gundlupet
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vacant
Elected year	2019

Assembly segments

The Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party
213	Heggadadevankote (ST)	Mysore	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress
214	Nanjangud (SC)		Darshan Dhruvanarayana		Indian National Congress
219	Varuna		Siddaramaiah		Indian National Congress
220	T.Narasipur (SC)		H. C. Mahadevappa		Indian National Congress
221	Hanur	Chamarajanagar	M R Manjunath		Janata Dal (Secular)
222	Kollegal (SC)		A. R. Krishnamurthy		Indian National Congress
223	Chamarajanagar		C. Puttarangashetty		Indian National Congress
224	Gundlupet		H M Ganesh Prasad		Indian National Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	N. Rachaiah		Indian National Congress
1957	S. M. Siddaiah
1962
1967
1971
1977	B. Rachaiah
1980	Srinivasa Prasad		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	A. Siddaraju		Janata Dal
1998
1999	Srinivasa Prasad		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Kagalvadi M. Shivanna		Janata Dal (Secular)
2009	R. Dhruvanarayana		Indian National Congress
2014
2019	Srinivasa Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election 2024

Election on April 26, 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Balaraj S
	INC	Sunil Bose
	BSP	M. Krishna Murthy
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Srinivas Prasad	568,537	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

2014

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2014 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	567,782	50.11
	BJP	A. R. Krishna Murthy	4,26,600	37.65
	JD(S)	Kote 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

2009 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	369,970	37.99
	BJP	A. R. Krishna Murthy	3,65,968	37.58
	JD(S)	Kote 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

1980

1980 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	V. Srinivas Prasad	2,28,748	58.53
	INC(U)	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

1971

1971 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S.M. Siddaiah	1,68,894	61.94
	INC(O)	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

1967

1967 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S.M. Siddaiah	1,08,831	35.0
	SWA	N. C. B. Rangaiah	79,584	25.7
	Independent	M. Puttadevaiah	51,450	16.5
Margin of victory			72,622	26.63
Turnout			2,72,680	58.81
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Chamarajanagar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. CEO Karnataka. List of Contesting Candidates
3. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
4. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
5. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
6. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

External links

• Chamarajanagar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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