Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency

Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar
Constituency No. 223 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1956
Total electors	209,521 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. Puttarangashetty
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vatal Nagaraj

Chamarajanagar Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

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Year	Name^[2]
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	B. Rachaiah	Indian National Congress
1962	M. C. Basappa	Indian National Congress
1967	S. Puttaswamy	Independent politician
1972	S. Puttaswamy	Indian National Congress

Year	Member
1978	M. C. Basappa	Janata Party
1983	S. Puttaswamy	Indian National Congress
1985	S. Puttaswamy	Indian National Congress
1989	Vatal Nagaraj	Independent politician
1994	Vatal Nagaraj	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
1999	C. Guruswamy	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Vatal Nagaraj	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha
2008	C. Puttarangashetty	Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Puttarangashetty	83,858	48.46	+3.00
	BJP	V. Somanna	76,325	44.1	+1.58
	BSP	H. R. Mahesh	6,461	3.73	−0.54
	NOTA	None of the Above	794	0.46	−0.77
Majority			7,533	4.36	+1.42
Turnout			173,057	82.6	+1.54
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	C. Puttarangashetty	75,963	45.46
	BJP	K. R. Mallikarjunappa	71,050	42.52
	BSP	A. M. Mallikarjunaswamy	7,134	4.27
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha	Vatal Nagaraj	5,977	3.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,063	1.23
Majority			4,913	2.94
Turnout			1,67,111	81.06
	INC hold		Swing

Members of Legislative Assembly