Shravanabelagola Assembly constituency

Shravanabelagola
Shravanabelagola
Constituency No. 193 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Map of Shravanabelagola Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Lok Sabha constituency	Hassan
Established	1956
Total electors	205,242 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent C. N. Balakrishna
Party	Janata Dal (Secular)
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	C. S. Putte Gowda

Shravanabelagola is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2] It is part of Hassan district.

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Year	Member
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist. See Channarayapatna
1957	N. G. Narasimhegowda	Praja Socialist Party
1962	S. Shivappa
1967	S. Shivappa
1972	H. C. Srikantaiah	Independent politician

Year	Member
1978	H. C. Srikantaiah	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	H. C. Srikantaiah	Indian National Congress
1985	N. Gangadhar	Janata Party
1989	N. B. Nanjappa	Indian National Congress
1994	C. S. Putte Gowda	Janata Dal
1999	H. C. Srikantaiah	Indian National Congress
2004	C. S. Putte Gowda	Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	C. S. Putte Gowda
2013	C. N. Balakrishna
2018
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	C. N. Balakrishna	85,668	48.93	−14.15
	INC	M. A. Gopalaswamy	79,023	45.14	+13.75
	BJP	C. R. Chidhananda	5,648	3.23	−1.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	667	0.38	−0.16
Majority			6,645	3.79	−27.90
Turnout			175,067	85.3	+2.60
	JD(S) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	C. N. Balakrishna	105,516	63.08
	INC	C. S. Puttegowda	52,504	31.39
	BJP	Shivananje Gowda	7,506	4.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	906	0.54
Majority			53,012	31.69
Turnout			1,67,261	82.70
	JD(S) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	C. N. Balakrishna	87,185	55.95
	INC	C. S. Puttegowda	63,043	40.46
	BJP	C. N. Manjunath Patel	1,981	1.27
Majority			24,142	15.49
Turnout			1,55,814	82.21
	JD(S) hold		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shravanabelagola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	C. S. Puttegowda	70,461	52.90
	INC	H. S. Vijaykumar	35,585	26.71
	Independent	C. N. Chandregowda	13,505	10.14
	BJP	Devaraje Gowda	6,484	4.86
Majority			34,876	26.19
Turnout			1,33,184
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shravanabelagola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	H. C. Srikantaiah	65,624	51.05
	JD(S)	C. S. Puttegowda	42,576	33.12
	BJP	H. S. Srikantaiah	14,034	10.92
Majority			23,048	17.93
Turnout			1,28,545	73.49
	INC gain from JD		Swing

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shravanabelagola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	C. S. Puttegowda	66,906	53.28
	INC	H. C. Srikantaiah	45,871	36.53
	Karnataka Congress Party	C. V. Rajappa	5,686	4.53
	BJP	N. Gangadhar	5,258	4.19
Majority			21,035	16.75
Turnout			1,25,565	76.76
	JD gain from INC		Swing

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shravanabelagola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	N. B. Nanjappa	62,350	56.83
	JP	C. S. Puttegowda	41,711	38.02
	JD	Devaraje Gowda	4,595	4.19
Majority			20,639	18.81
Turnout			1,09,710	75.12
	INC gain from JP		Swing