Kollegal Assembly constituency

Kollegal is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2] It is part of Chamarajanagar district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It encompasses Yelandur taluk, parts of Kollegal taluk and Chamarajanagar taluk.^[3]

Kollegal
Constituency No. 222 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysore
District	Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1951
Total electors	216,643[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. R. Krishnamurthy
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. Mahesh

As of 2023, its representative is A. R. Krishnamurthy of the Indian National Congress party.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Con. No.	Res.	Member	Party
1952	173	None	S. C. Virupakshiah		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Con. No.	Res.	Member	Party
1957	154	SC	Kempamma		Indian National Congress
			T. P. Boriah
1962	193		B. Basaviah
1967	105
1972			M. Siddamadaiah

Karnataka

Year	Con. No.	Res.	Member[4]	Party
1978	111	SC	M. Siddamadaiah		Indian National Congress
1983			B. Basavaiah		Janata Party
1985
1989			M. Siddamadaiah		Indian National Congress
1994			S. Jayanna		Janata Dal
1999			G. N. Nanjundaswamy		Indian National Congress
2004			Balraj S		Independent
2008	222		R. Dhruvanarayana		Indian National Congress
2009^			G. N. Nanjundaswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013			S. Jayanna		Indian National Congress
2018[5]			N. Mahesh		Bahujan Samaj Party
2023			A. R. Krishnamurthy		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. R. Krishnamurthy	108,363	64.59	+33.60
	BJP	N. Mahesh	48,844	29.11	+5.61
	JD(S)	B. Puttaswamy	3,925	2.34
	Independent	B. Rachaiah	1,519	0.91
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,671	1.00	+0.10
Majority			59,519	35.48	+23.96
Turnout			1,67,779	77.44	−2.38
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	N. Mahesh	71,792	42.51
	INC	A. R. Krishnamurthy	52,338	30.99
	BJP	G. N. Nanjunda Swamy	39,690	23.50
	RPI(A)	S. Chikkasavaka	1,591	0.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,524	0.90
Majority			19,454	11.52
Turnout			1,68,871	79.82
	BSP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Jayanna	47,402	32.36
	BSP	N. Mahesh	37,209	25.40
	Karnataka Jantha Paksha	Balaraj. S	32,929	22.48
	BJP	G. N. Nanjundaswamy	17,224	11.76
	JD(S)	N. Chamaraju	4,392	3.00
	Independent	Suresh Kumar	3,896	2.66
	Independent	P. Balaraju	1,000	0.68
	Independent	L. Chandrashekar	876	0.60
	Bharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party	Ningraj. G	806	0.55
	JD(U)	M. Nanjaiah	743	0.51
Rejected ballots			32
Margin of victory			10,193	6.96
Turnout			1,46,477	76.46
Registered electors			1,91,581
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	37,384	28.72
	BJP	S. Mahendar	25,586	19.66
	BSP	N. Mahesh	25,505	19.59
	JD(S)	A. R. Krishnamyrthy	25,286	19.43
	Independent	S. Balaraj	11,805	9.07
	SKP	M. Basavaraju	1,850	1.42
	Independent	M. Nanjaiah	1,166	0.90
	SP	Kandahalli Narayana	860	0.66
	Independent	J. Theertha Prasad	728	0.56
Rejected ballots			231
Margin of victory			11,798	9.06
Turnout			1,30,170	72.25
Registered electors			1,80,177
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Balraj	27,736
	JD(S)	S. Jayanna	24,408
	INC	G. N. Nanjundaswamy	20,884
	BSP	N. Mahesh	19,075
	JD(U)	K. B. Sarvesh	2,803
	Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha	M. Basavaraju	2,786
	JP	T. Mukunda Varma	2,116
	Urs Samyuktha Paksha	R. Govindaraju	1,444
	Kannada Nadu Party	Mallikarjuna	1,215
Rejected ballots			66
Margin of victory			3,328	3.25
Turnout			1,02,467
Registered electors			1,48,327
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. N. Nanjunda Swamy	29,671	35.24
	BJP	S. Balaraj	24,250	28.80
	JD(S)	S. Jayanna	10,636	12.63
	JD(U)	D. Siddaraju	10,610	12.60
	BSP	N. Shivamallu	5,229	6.21
	Independent	Narayana	1,748	2.08
	Independent	Chikkasiddaiah	1,326	1.57
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha	Vijayakumari	726	0.86
Rejected ballots			7,903
Margin of victory			5,421	6.44
Turnout			84,196	68.08
Registered electors			1,35,550
	INC gain from JD		Swing

1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	S. Jayanna	39,568	46.97
	BJP	G. N. Nanjundaswamy	13,988	16.60
	Kranti Sabha	M. Basavaraju	12,637	15.00
	INC	Kempamma	10,185	12.09
	Karnataka Congress Party	S. Yathiraj	6,570	7.80
	JP	R. Siddabasaviah	669	0.79
	Independent	Muddaiah	374	0.44
	BSP	R. V. Gopal	250	0.30
Rejected ballots			2,320
Margin of victory			25,580	30.37
Turnout			84,241	67.39
Registered electors			1,28,451
	JD gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Siddamadaiah	46,998	63.13
	JD	B. Basavaiah	22,810	30.64
	Janata Party (JP)	N. Lingaraju	2,817	3.78
	Independent	Ningaraju	881	1.18
	Independent	Muddaiah	512	0.69
	Independent	B. Chickka Siddaiah	427	0.57
Rejected ballots			4,821
Margin of victory			24,188	32.49
Turnout			74,445	69.27
Registered electors			1,14,434
	INC gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Basavaiah	27,149	46.53
	INC	M. Siddamadaiah	26,037	44.63
	LKD	M. A. Sureshkumar	2,960	5.07
	BJP	Chikkaveeraiah	1,324	2.27
	Independent	K. N. Nanjundaiah	706	1.21
	Independent	C. Devanna	167	0.29
Rejected ballots			1,372
Margin of victory			1,112	1.91
Turnout			58,343	64.30
Registered electors			92,867
	JP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Basavaiah	28,485	51.40
	INC	K. Shivasankaraiah	18,779	33.88
	LKD	L. Surendra	3,786	6.83
	BJP	L. Lingaraju	1,912	3.45
	Independent	M. Karugaiah	1,512	2.73
	Independent	B. Nanjaiah	573	1.03
	INC(J)	C. Devanna	373	0.67
Rejected ballots			1,566
Margin of victory			9,706	17.51
Turnout			55,420	64.83
Registered electors			87,898
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Siddamadaiah	28,188	48.36
	JP	B. Basavaiah	26,646	45.71
	INC	R. Chakkabasavaiah	1,313	2.25
	Independent	C. Devanna	960	1.65
	Independent	Malleshu	857	1.47
	Independent	H. Krishnaswamy	324	0.56
Rejected ballots			1,766
Margin of victory			1,542	2.65
Turnout			58,288	75.00
Registered electors			80,073
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Siddamadaiah	21,455	56.63
	INC(O)	R. Bharanaiah	13,667	36.07
	ABJS	Shivashankar N. Madaiah	2,764	7.30
Rejected ballots			1,439
Margin of victory			7,788	20.56
Turnout			37,886	54.22
Registered electors			72,535
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Basaviah	16,893	51.02
	INC	M. Siddamadiah	14,097	42.58
	Independent	M. R. Rajarathnam	1,104	3.33
	Independent	C. Devanna	1,014	3.06
Rejected ballots			3,005
Margin of victory			2,796	8.45
Turnout			33,108	54.53
Registered electors			66,232
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Basaviah	12,721	60.04
	PSP	M. Puttaswamy	4,729	22.32
	CPI	C. Ranganathiah	1,554	7.33
	Independent	B. Balliah	1,425	6.73
	ABJS	Settiraju	514	2.43
	Independent	D. Subbiah	245	1.16
Rejected ballots			1,400
Margin of victory			79,92	37.72
Turnout			21,188	45.43
Registered electors			49,715
	INC hold		Swing

1957

In 1957, this was a 2-member seat.

1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. P. Boriah	27,147	31.72
	INC	Kempamma	20,286	23.71
	PSP	K. P. Shantha Murthy	15,577	18.20
	PSP	V. R. Puttaraju (SC)	14,424	16.86
	Independent	N. Basavaraju (SC)	8,138	9.51
Margin of victory
Turnout			85,572	87.45
Registered electors			97,848
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kollegal^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. C. Virupakshiah	19,696	59.52	59.52
	Independent	C. R. Subramani Iyer	13,395	40.48
Margin of victory			6,301	19.04
Turnout			33,091	52.55
Registered electors			62,972
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Chamarajanagar district