Hassan Assembly constituency

Hassan Assembly seat is one of the 224 seats in Karnataka state assembly in India. It is part of Hassan Lok Sabha constituency.

Hassan
Constituency No. 196 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Hassan Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Lok Sabha constituency	Hassan
Established	1956
Total electors	228,436 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swaroop Prakash
Party	JD(S)
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Preetham J. Gowda

K. H. Hanumegowda (1930-2018) and H. S. Prakash have won this seat four times each. Hanumegowda lost three elections from here, in 1983 and 1994 as Congress candidate, and in 2008 as Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. H. S. Prakash lost in 1999 and 2018.^[2]

Members of Assembly

Source:^[3]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	K. T. Dasappa		Independent
1962	Yashodharamma		Indian National Congress
1967	H. B. Jwalaniah		Swatantra Party
1972	K. H. Hanumegowda		Indian National Congress (Organisation)

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	K. H. Hanumegowda		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	B. V. Karigowda		Janata Party
1985
1989	K. H. Hanumegowda		Indian National Congress
1994	H. S. Prakash		Janata Dal
1999	K. H. Hanumegowda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	H. S. Prakash		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008
2013
2018[4]	Preetham J. Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[5][6]	Swaroop Prakash		Janata Dal (Secular)

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hassan^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Swaroop Prakash	85,176	49.80	+17.20
	BJP	Preetham J. Gowda	77,322	45.21	+4.19
	INC	Banavase Rangaswamy	4,305	2.52	−22.15
	NOTA	None of the Above	888	0.52	−0.10
Majority			7,854	4.59	−3.83
Turnout			1,71,038	74.87	+2.35
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hassan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Preetham J. Gowda	60,348	41.02
	JD(S)	H. S. Prakash	50,342	32.60
	INC	H. K. Mahesh	38,101	24.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	953	0.62
Majority			13,006	8.42
Turnout			1,54,438	72.52
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

1967

• H. B. Jwalaniah (SWA): 18,212 votes^[9]
• L. T. Karle (INC): 17,933 votes

1957

• K. T. Dasappa (IND): 16,224 votes^[9]
• L. T. Karle (INC): 13,070 votes

See also

• Hassan District
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly