Santhemarahalli Assembly constituency

Santhemarahalli
Santhemarahalli
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysore
District	Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Reservation	SC

Santhemarahalli Assembly constituency was one of the constituencies in Karnataka state assembly in India until 2008 when it was made defunct. It was part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateKarnataka

DivisionMysore

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Election	Member
1962	B. Rachaiah	Indian National Congress
1967	B. Rachaiah
1972	K. Siddaiah
1978	M. Madaiah (Ramasamundra)	Indian National Congress
1983	B. Rachaiah	Janata Party
1985	B. Rachaiah	Janata Party
1989	K. Siddaiah	Indian National Congress
1994	A. R. Krishnamurthy	Janata Dal
1999	A. R. Krishnamurthy	Janata Dal
2004	R. Dhruvanarayana	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	40,752	42.77%	29.46
	JD(S)	A. R. Krishnamurthy	40,751	42.77%	32.51
	BSP	Krishna Murthy. C. M	5,742	6.03%	New
	BJP	Hemavathi. S	3,556	3.73%	30.85
	JP	Krishna Murthy. M. S	2,385	2.50%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Mahadevaiah. P	2,091	2.19%	New
Margin of victory			1	0.00%	7.28
Turnout			95,295	72.19%	0.59
Total valid votes			95,277
Registered electors			132,014		7.84
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing	0.92

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	A. R. Krishnamurthy	33,977	41.85%	*New*
	BJP	R. Dhruvanarayana	28,071	34.58%	1.24
	INC	C. M. Mahadedevappa	10,803	13.31%	9.47
	JD(S)	S. Mahadevaiah	8,327	10.26%	New
Margin of victory			5,906	7.28%	7.50
Turnout			89,091	72.78%	0.79
Total valid votes			81,178
Rejected ballots			7,872	8.84%	6.36
Registered electors			122,416		5.89
	JD(U) gain from JD		Swing	6.27

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	A. R. Krishnamurthy	39,905	48.12%	16.41
	BJP	T. Gopal	27,652	33.34%	32.25
	KRRS	Someshwara	6,921	8.35%	New
	INC	K. Siddaiah	3,184	3.84%	53.11
	INC	T. Mahadevaiah	2,058	2.48%	New
	Independent	Puttamadaiah	1,093	1.32%	New
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha	Chikkaramaiayh	563	0.68%	New
	Independent	Malathi. S. S	556	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			12,253	14.78%	10.46
Turnout			85,048	73.57%	3.04
Total valid votes			82,927
Rejected ballots			2,110	2.48%	5.32
Registered electors			115,604		6.85
	JD gain from INC		Swing	8.83

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Siddaiah	40,066	56.95%	14.08
	JD	A. R. Krishnamurthy	22,310	31.71%	New
	JP	B. P. Puttabuddi	4,264	6.06%	New
	Independent	R. Krishna	1,683	2.39%	New
	BJP	Kerehalli Devaiah	765	1.09%	New
	Independent	B. Lingaiah	451	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			17,756	25.24%	16.44
Turnout			76,307	70.53%	1.64
Total valid votes			70,356
Rejected ballots			5,951	7.80%	5.46
Registered electors			108,192		25.02
	INC gain from JP		Swing	5.28

Santhemarahalli Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Rachaiah	31,519	51.67%	7.59
	INC	M. Shivanna	26,149	42.87%	8.56
	LKD	Mallanna	2,456	4.03%	New
	Independent	T. S. Mahadevaiah	872	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			5,370	8.80%	16.15
Turnout			62,458	72.17%	8.45
Total valid votes			60,996
Rejected ballots			1,462	2.34%	0.70
Registered electors			86,542		2.37
	JP hold		Swing	7.59

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Rachaiah	30,954	59.26%	17.64
	INC	M. Shivanna	17,922	34.31%	31.48
	Independent	M. Madiah	1,774	3.40%	New
	INC(J)	Swamy. N. B. N	857	1.64%	New
	Independent	Nagaraja. K. B	729	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			13,032	24.95%	21.78
Turnout			53,871	63.72%	4.06
Total valid votes			52,236
Rejected ballots			1,635	3.04%	0.48
Registered electors			84,539		7.52
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	14.47

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Madaiah (Ramasamundra)	23,026	44.79%	*New*
	JP	S. M. Siddayya	21,398	41.62%	New
	Independent	N. C. Biligiri Ranaiah	4,093	7.96%	New
	INC	R. M. Kantharaj	1,453	2.83%	54.17
	Independent	M. Madaiah (Johtigownapura)	835	1.62%	New
	Independent	M. Neelakantaiah	608	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			1,628	3.17%	22.52
Turnout			53,291	67.78%	22.64
Total valid votes			51,413
Rejected ballots			1,878	3.52%	3.52
Registered electors			78,623		32.09
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	12.21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Siddaiah	14,769	57.00%	16.31
	INC(O)	B. Baavanna	8,112	31.31%	New
	Independent	N. Basavaraju	1,912	7.38%	New
	SSP	M. Madiah	1,119	4.32%	New
Margin of victory			6,657	25.69%	32.82
Turnout			26,870	45.14%	23.92
Total valid votes			25,912
Registered electors			59,522		16.48
	INC hold		Swing	16.31

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Rachaiah	24,082	73.31%	19.99
	Independent	L. H. Siddaiah	4,861	14.80%	New
	Independent	M. Madiah	1,472	4.48%	New
	SWA	N. Rachaiah	1,447	4.40%	New
	Independent	M. Puttaswamy	989	3.01%	New
Margin of victory			19,221	58.51%	50.40
Turnout			35,288	69.06%	1.24
Total valid votes			32,851
Registered electors			51,099		3.94
	INC hold		Swing	19.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Rachaiah	16,796	53.32%	*New*
	PSP	B. Basaviah	14,240	45.21%	New
	Independent	T. N. Rachaiah	464	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			2,556	8.11%
Turnout			33,345	67.82%
Total valid votes			31,500
Registered electors			49,164
	INC win (new seat)