Tirthahalli Assembly constituency

Tirthahalli
Tirthahalli
Constituency No. 114 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	1956
Total electors	188,267
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Araga Jnanendra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Kimmane Rathnakar

Tirthahalli Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

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Year	Member
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	A. R. Badri Narayan	Indian National Congress
1962	Shantaveri Gopala Gowda	Socialist Party
1967	Shantaveri Gopala Gowda	Sanghata Socialist Party
1972	Konanduru Lingappa	Samyukta Socialist Party

Year	Member
1978	Kadidal Divakara	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	D. B. Chandregowda	Janata Party
1985	Patamakki Rathnakra	Indian National Congress
1989	D. B. Chandregowda	Janata Dal
1994	Araga Jnanendra	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008	Kimmane Rathnakar	Indian National Congress
2013	Kimmane Rathnakar	Indian National Congress
2018	Araga Jnanendra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Araga Jnanendra	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Araga Jnanendra	84,563	52.28	+9.25
	INC	Kimmane Rathnakar	72,322	44.71	+15.67
	JD(S)	Yadur Rajaram	2,710	1.68	−23.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,164	0.72	−0.04
Majority			12,241	7.57	−6.42
Turnout			161,756	85.92	+0.72
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Araga Jnanendra	67,527	43.03
	INC	Kimmane Rathnakar	45,572	29.04
	JD(S)	R. M. Manjunatha Gowda	40,127	25.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,195	0.76
Majority			21,955	13.99
Turnout			1,56,920	85.20
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly