Sira Assembly constituency

Sira is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, in South India. It is a segment of Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Sira
Constituency No. 136 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chitradurga
Established	1951
Total electors	223,648 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. B. Jayachandra
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	C. M. Rajesh Gowda

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Mysore State

Elected year	Member	Party
1952[3]	B. N. Remegowda		Independent politician
1957[4][5]	T. Taregowda		Indian National Congress
	P. Anjanappa
1962[6][7][8]	C. J. Muckkannappa		Independent politician
1967[9][10]	B. N. Ramegowda		Indian National Congress
1972[11][12]	B. Puttakamaiah

Karnataka

Elected year	Member	Party
1978[13][14][15]	S.Lingaiah		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983[16][17]	P. Mudlegowda		Independent politician
1985[18][19]	C. P. Mudalagiriyappa		Indian National Congress
1989[20][21][22]	S. K. Dasappa
1994[23][24][25]	B. Sathyanarayana		Janata Dal
1999[26][27]	P. M. Ranganath		Indian National Congress
2004[28][29]	B. Sathyanarayana		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008[30][31]	T. B. Jayachandra		Indian National Congress
2013[32][33][34]
2018[35][36]	B. Sathyanarayana		Janata Dal (Secular)
2020[a][37]	C. M. Rajesh Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[1]	T. B. Jayachandra		Indian National Congress

1. by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sira^[1][38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. B. Jayachandra	86,084	45.14	+10.49
	JD(S)	R. Ugresh	56,834	29.80	+9.62
	BJP	C. M. Rajesh Gowda	42,329	22.20	−19.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	722	0.38	+0.03
Majority			29,250	15.34	+7.98
Turnout			190,706	85.27	+0.81
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2020

By-election, 2020: Sira

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	C. M. Rajesh Gowda	76,564	42.01	+32.60
	INC	T. B. Jayachandra	63,150	34.65	−0.84
	JD(S)	Ammajamma B. Satyanarayana	36,783	20.18	−21.06
	CPI	Girish	1,697	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	643	0.35	+0.03
Margin of victory			13,414	7.36	+1.61
Turnout			1,82,239	84.46	−0.31
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sira^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	B. Sathyanarayana	74,338	41.24
	INC	T. B. Jayachandra	63,973	35.49
	BJP	S R Gowda	16,959	9.41
	Independent	C M Nagaraju	14,468	8.03
	Independent	Chidanand M Gowda	3,610	2.0
	NOTA	None of the Above	568	0.32
Majority			10,365	5.75
Turnout			180,264	84.77
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

2004

• Sathyanarayana B (JD-S): 33,166 votes^[39]
• Sreenivasaiah (bhoonahally Seenappa, Congress): 25,073 votes
• Badeeranna B K (BJP): 20,022 votes
• Sidhanna S K (Ind): 17,192 votes

1999

• P. M. Ranganath (INC): 42,263 votes^[40]
• B. Satyanarayana (JD-S): 16,609 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Tumkur district