Varuna Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation exercise.
| Varuna | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 219 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
 Map of Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Mysore |
| LS constituency | Chamarajanagar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 234,533 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Dr. Y. Siddaramaiah INC |
Members of Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2008 | Siddaramaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Yathindra Siddaramaiah | ||
| 2023 | Siddaramaiah | ||
Election results
edit2023
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 119,816 | 60.09 |  5.00
| |
| BJP | V. Somanna | 73,653 | 36.94 | 15.34
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 634 | 0.32 |  0.54
| |
| Majority | 46,163 | 23.15 | 10.34
| ||
| Turnout | 1,99,379 | 85.01 | 5.82
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.00
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2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Yathindra Siddaramaiah | 96,435 | 55.09 | 2.56
| |
| BJP | T. Basavaraju | 37,819 | 21.60 | 21.60
| |
| JD(S) | Abhishek S. Manegar | 28,123 | 16.07 | 14.40
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,497 | 0.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 58,616 | 33.49 | 15.04
| ||
| Turnout | 1,75,048 | 79.19 | 3.23
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.56
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2013
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 84,385 | 52.53 | 2.30
| |
| KJP | Kapu Siddalingaswamy | 54,744 | 34.08 | New | |
| JD(S) | Cheluvaraj | 2,686 | 1.67 | 1.22
| |
| BSP | Shivamahadeva | 2,419 | 1.51 | 2.28
| |
| Majority | 29,641 | 18.45 | 5.30
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,641 | 82.42 | 6.58
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| INC hold | Swing | 2.30
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2008
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 71,908 | 50.23 | ||
| BJP | L. Revanasiddaiah | 53,071 | 37.07 | ||
| JD(S) | H. V. Krishnaswamy | 4,133 | 2.89 | ||
| BSP | P. Gurupadaswamy | 5,426 | 3.79 | ||
| Majority | 18,837 | 13.15 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,150 | 75.84 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.