Chamarajanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Srinivasa Prasad
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1962-Present
Reservation	SC
State	Karnataka
Assembly Constituencies	Heggadadevankote; Nanjangud ; Varuna; T.Narasipur; Hanur; Kollegal; Chamarajanagar; Gundlupet

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency (Kannada: ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ ಲೋಕ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. This constituency came into existence in 1962.

Assembly segments[]

Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:^{[citation needed]}

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
213	Heggadadevankote	ST	Mysore
214	Nanjangud	SC	Mysore
219	Varuna	None	Mysore
220	T.Narasipur	SC	Mysore
221	Hanur	None	Chamarajanagar
222	Kollegal	SC	Chamarajanagar
223	Chamarajanagar	None	Chamarajanagar
224	Gundlupet	None	Chamarajanagar

Members of Parliament[]

Mysore State:

1951: , Indian National Congress
1957: S.M. Siddaiah, Indian National Congress
1962: S.M. Siddaiah, Indian National Congress
1967: S.M. Siddaiah, Indian National Congress
1971: S.M. Siddaiya, Indian National Congress

Karnataka State:

1977: B. Rachaiah, Indian National Congress
1980: Srinivasa Prasad, Indian National Congress (I)
1984: Srinivasa Prasad, Indian National Congress
1989: Srinivasa Prasad, Indian National Congress
1991: Srinivasa Prasad, Indian National Congress
1996: , Janata Dal
1998: , Janata Dal
1999: V. Srinivasa Prasad, Janata Dal (United)
2004: M. Shivanna, Janata Dal (Secular)
2009: R. Dhruvanarayana, Indian National Congress
2014: R. Dhruvanarayana, Indian National Congress
2019: Srinivasa Prasad, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[]

2019[]

2019 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Srinivas Prasad	5,68,537	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

General Election 1971[]

1971 Indian general election: **Chamarajanagar**^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	S.M. Siddaiah	1,68,894	61.94
	NCO	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

General Election 1980[]

1980 Indian general election: **Chamarajanagar**^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)		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

2014[]

2014 Indian general elections: Chamarajanagar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	5,67,782	50.11
	BJP	A. R. Krishna Murthy	4,26,600	37.65
	JD(S)	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	3,69,970	37.99
	BJP	A. R. Krishna Murthy	3,65,968	37.58
	JD(S)	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

References[]

^ "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, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ CEO Karnataka. List of Contesting Candidates
^ http://www.indiavotes.com/pc/detail/7934/43/16

External links[]

Chamarajanagar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

[1] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 49. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[3] CEO Karnataka. List of Contesting Candidates

[4] ttp://www.indiavotes.com/pc/detail/7934/43/16

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