Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency

Chamarajanagar
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
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Sunil Bose
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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.

Assembly segments

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

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
Till 1962: Seat does not exist. See Mysore
1962	S. M. Siddaiah	Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	B. Rachaiah
1980	Srinivasa Prasad	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	A. Siddaraju	Janata Dal
1998	A. Siddaraju	Janata Dal
1999	Srinivasa Prasad	Janata Dal (United)
2004	Kagalvadi M. Shivanna	Janata Dal (Secular)
2009	R. Dhruvanarayana	Indian National Congress
2014	R. Dhruvanarayana	Indian National Congress
2019	Srinivasa Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Sunil Bose	Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Chamarajanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sunil Bose	751,671	54.87	+10.27
	BJP	Balaraj S.	5,62,965	41.10	−3.64
	BSP	M. Krishna Murthy	15,903	1.16	−5.74
	NOTA	None of the above	8,143	0.59	−0.41
Majority			1,88,706	13.77	+13.63
Turnout			13,69,797
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	13.91

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	228,748	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	168,894	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

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ CEO Karnataka. List of Contesting Candidates
^ "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ "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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[delimitation2008-1] "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.

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