Gundlupet Assembly constituency

Gundlupet
Gundlupet
Constituency No. 224 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysore
District	Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1956
Total electors	213,888 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent H M Ganesh Prasad
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	C. S. Niranjan Kumar

Gundlupet Assembly constituency is one of the 224 electoral constituencies that form the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateKarnataka

DivisionMysore

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The constituency was formed in 1957 after Mysore State was reorganized as the result of States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[2] K. S. Nagarathanamma won the first election of 1957, and she went on to be elected six more times. H. K. Shivarudrappa won in 1978 and since 1994 H. S. Mahadeva Prasad has won the seat five times consecutively. Following Prasad's death on 3 January 2017, the by-election was won by M. C. Mohan Kumari.^[3]

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Election	Member
1957	K. S. Nagarathnamma	Independent politician
1962		Independent politician
1967		Indian National Congress
1972		Indian National Congress
1978	H. K. Shivarudrappa	Independent politician
1983	K. S. Nagarathnamma	Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	Janata Dal
1999		Janata Dal
2004		Janata Dal
2008		Indian National Congress
2013
2017 By-election	M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha
2018	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	H M Ganesh Prasad	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H M Ganesh Prasad	107,794	57.34%	14.99
	BJP	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	71,119	37.83%	13.65
	Independent	Sunil. M. P	2,227	1.18%	New
	JD(S)	Manjunatha. K. S	1,850	0.98%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,538	0.82%	0.15
	BSP	D. Govindaraju	1,234	0.66%	2.85
Margin of victory			36,675	19.51%	10.39
Turnout			188,014	87.90%	1.20
Total valid votes			187,995
Registered electors			213,888		4.01
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	5.86

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	94,151	51.48%	5.69
	INC	M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha	77,467	42.35%	9.72
	BSP	S. Guruprasad	6,412	3.51%	New
	Praja Parivartan Party	Kantharaj. C. G	1,419	0.78%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,231	0.67%	0.25
Margin of victory			16,684	9.12%	2.85
Turnout			183,230	89.10%	1.99
Total valid votes			182,902
Registered electors			205,646		2.37
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. C. Mohan Kumari Uruf Geetha	90,260	52.07%	6.65
	BJP	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	79,383	45.79%	44.56
	NOTA	None of the above	1,596	0.92%	New
	RPI	Shivaraju. M	1,512	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			10,877	6.27%	1.54
Turnout			175,000	87.11%	1.80
Total valid votes			173,359
Registered electors			200,891		5.50
	INC hold		Swing	6.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	73,723	45.42%	0.27
	KJP	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	66,048	40.69%	New
	BSP	Nagendra	6,052	3.73%	1.62
	JD(S)	B. P. Muddumallu	4,017	2.47%	0.42
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Karnataka)	G. M. Gadkar	3,123	1.92%	New
	Independent	Subhash	3,041	1.87%	New
	BJP	H. G. Mallikarjunaswamy	1,989	1.23%	42.39
	RPI(A)	P. Sanghasena	1,588	0.98%	New
	Independent	Maridasaiah	1,546	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			7,675	4.73%	3.20
Turnout			162,443	85.31%	3.99
Total valid votes			162,326
Registered electors			190,425		7.74
	INC hold		Swing	0.27

Gundlupet Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

Assembly Election 2018

Assembly By-election 2017

Assembly Election 2013

Assembly Election 2008

Assembly Election 2004

Assembly Election 1999

Assembly Election 1994

Assembly Election 1989

Assembly Election 1985

Assembly Election 1983

Assembly Election 1978

Assembly Election 1972

Assembly Election 1967

Assembly Election 1962

Assembly Election 1957

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	64,824	45.15%	8.70
	BJP	C. S. Niranjan Kumar	62,621	43.62%	36.95
	BSP	Venkataramana Shetty	7,677	5.35%	2.38
	Independent	Subhash	4,284	2.98%	New
	JD(S)	S. Shivabasappa	4,156	2.89%	42.67
Margin of victory			2,203	1.53%	7.59
Turnout			143,733	81.32%	3.71
Total valid votes			143,562
Registered electors			176,750		13.45
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing	0.41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	55,076	45.56%	32.93
	INC	H. S. Nanjappa	44,057	36.45%	15.38
	BSP	Papanna Shetty	9,344	7.73%	New
	BJP	Vrushabendrappa. M. P	8,067	6.67%	New
	JP	Lakshmanashetty	4,336	3.59%	New
Margin of victory			11,019	9.12%	15.06
Turnout			120,910	77.61%	1.25
Total valid votes			120,880
Registered electors			155,793		7.20
	JD(S) gain from JD(U)		Swing	0.31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	46,757	45.25%	*New*
	INC	H. S. Nanjappa	21,776	21.07%	7.00
	Independent	C. M. Shivamallappa	21,748	21.05%	New
	JD(S)	Muniraju. B. M	13,049	12.63%	New
Margin of victory			24,981	24.18%	1.42
Turnout			110,975	76.36%	4.06
Total valid votes			103,330
Rejected ballots			7,645	6.89%	4.62
Registered electors			145,329		8.08
	JD(U) gain from JD		Swing	5.58

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	53,724	50.83%	14.12
	INC	C. M. Shivamallappa	29,668	28.07%	28.99
	INC	M. Puttaranga Naik	11,917	11.28%	New
	KRRS	K. R. Lokesh	4,798	4.54%	New
	BJP	Dr. Girija Maheshan	4,206	3.98%	New
	JP	A. Madaiah	740	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			24,056	22.76%	2.42
Turnout			108,138	80.42%	2.83
Total valid votes			105,686
Rejected ballots			2,452	2.27%	4.74
Registered electors			134,464		9.30
	JD gain from INC		Swing	6.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Nagarathnamma	50,643	57.06%	3.77
	JD	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	32,587	36.71%	New
	Independent	C. K. Lingachar	1,902	2.14%	New
	JP	Shankarlingegowda	1,247	1.40%	New
	Kranti Sabha	K. R. Lokesh	965	1.09%	New
	Independent	Puttalingaiah	959	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			18,056	20.34%	8.16
Turnout			95,451	77.59%	5.79
Total valid votes			88,760
Rejected ballots			6,691	7.01%	4.89
Registered electors			123,021		28.72
	INC hold		Swing	3.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Nagarathnamma	40,857	60.83%	1.62
	JP	H. S. Mahadeva Prasad	21,717	32.34%	3.68
	Independent	Shankarlingegowda	1,755	2.61%	New
	Independent	V. Mallappa	1,188	1.77%	New
	Independent	S. M. Chikkanna	894	1.33%	New
Margin of victory			19,140	28.50%	2.07
Turnout			68,619	71.80%	7.02
Total valid votes			67,162
Rejected ballots			1,457	2.12%	0.31
Registered electors			95,573		4.13
	INC hold		Swing	1.62

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Nagarathnamma	44,085	62.45%	*New*
	JP	H. N. Srikanta Shetty	25,427	36.02%	New
	BJP	M. N. Guruswamy	1,075	1.52%	New
Margin of victory			18,658	26.43%	26.04
Turnout			72,344	78.82%	4.20
Total valid votes			70,587
Rejected ballots			1,757	2.43%	0.43
Registered electors			91,782		7.85
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	22.90

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. K. Shivarudrappa	27,141	39.55%	*New*
	Independent	K. S. Nagarathnamma	26,870	39.15%	New
	INC(I)	H. N. Srikanta Shetty	11,438	16.67%	New
	Independent	P. Shankara	1,815	2.64%	New
	Independent	A. Siddaraju	1,366	1.99%	New
Margin of victory			271	0.39%	19.09
Turnout			70,648	83.02%	12.29
Total valid votes			68,630
Rejected ballots			2,018	2.86%	2.86
Registered electors			85,101		15.21
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	20.19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Nagarathnamma	30,055	59.74%	16.95
	INC(O)	B. Basappa	20,255	40.26%	New
Margin of victory			9,800	19.48%	33.90
Turnout			52,246	70.73%	3.09
Total valid votes			50,310
Registered electors			73,868		15.83
	INC hold		Swing	16.95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. S. Nagarathnamma	30,778	76.69%	29.91
	Independent	K. B. Jayadevappa	9,355	23.31%	New
Margin of victory			21,423	53.38%	46.94
Turnout			43,139	67.64%	8.85
Total valid votes			40,133
Registered electors			63,773		7.82
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	23.47

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. S. Nagarathnamma	22,765	53.22%	*New*
	INC	H. K. Shivarudrappa	20,010	46.78%	12.44
Margin of victory			2,755	6.44%	24.87
Turnout			45,239	76.49%	3.75
Total valid votes			42,775
Registered electors			59,147		13.19
	Independent hold		Swing	12.44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. S. Nagarathnamma	24,955	65.66%	*New*
	INC	H. K. Shivarudrappa	13,053	34.34%	New
Margin of victory			11,902	31.31%
Turnout			38,008	72.74%
Total valid votes			38,008
Registered electors			52,255
	Independent win (new seat)