Pavagada Assembly constituency

Pavagada Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Pavagada
Constituency No. 137 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chitradurga
Established	1951 (first establishment) 1961 (second establishment)
Total electors	193,100 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent H. V. Venkatesh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Venkataramanappa

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Elected year	Member	Party
1952[3]	C. T. Hanumanthaiah		Indian National Congress
	Mali Mariyappa
1956-1961: Constituency did not exist
1962[4][5][6]	R. Kenchappa		Indian National Congress
1967[7][8]	P. Anjanappa
1972[9][10]	K. R. Thimmarayappa

Karnataka

Elected year	Member	Party
1978[11][12][13]	Nagappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983[14][15]	Ugranarasimhappa		Independent politician
1985[16][17]	Somla Naik		Janata Party
1989[18][19][20]	Venkataramanappa		Indian National Congress
1994[21][22][23]	Somla Naik		Janata Dal
1999[24][25]	Venkataramanappa		Indian National Congress
2004[26][27]	K. M. Thimmarayappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008[28][29]	Venkataramanappa		Independent politician
2013[30][31][32]	K. M. Thimmarayappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2018[33][34]	Venkataramanappa		Indian National Congress
2023[1]	H. V. Venkatesh

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Pavagada^[1][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. V. Venkatesh	83,062	49.62	+4.83
	JD(S)	K. M. Thimmarayappa	72,181	43.12	−1.42
	BJP	Krishna Naik	7,206	4.3	−4.34
	AAP	N. Ramanjinappa	1,831	1.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	614	0.37	−0.12
Majority			10,881	6.50	+6.25
Turnout			167,390	86.69	+4.10
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Pavagada^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkataramanappa	72,974	44.79
	JD(S)	K. M. Thimmarayappa	72,565	44.54
	BJP	G. V. Balaram	14,074	8.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	794	0.49
Majority			409	0.25
Turnout			162,911	82.59
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Tumkur district