Varuna Assembly constituency
| Varuna | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 219 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
 Map of Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Mysore |
| LS constituency | Chamarajanagar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 234,533 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Dr. Y. Siddaramaiah INC |
Varuna Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation exercise.
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2008 | Siddaramaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Yathindra Siddaramaiah | ||
| 2023 | Siddaramaiah | ||
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 119,816 | 60.09 |  5.00
| |
| BJP | V. Somanna | 73,653 | 36.94 | 15.34
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 634 | 0.32 |  0.54
| |
| Majority | 46,163 | 23.15 | 10.34
| ||
| Turnout | 1,99,379 | 85.01 | 5.82
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.00
|
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2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Yathindra Siddaramaiah | 96,435 | 55.09 | 2.56
| |
| BJP | T. Basavaraju | 37,819 | 21.60 | 21.60
| |
| JD(S) | Abhishek S. Manegar | 28,123 | 16.07 | 14.40
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,497 | 0.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 58,616 | 33.49 | 15.04
| ||
| Turnout | 1,75,048 | 79.19 | 3.23
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.56
|
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2013
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 84,385 | 52.53 | 2.30
| |
| KJP | Kapu Siddalingaswamy | 54,744 | 34.08 | New | |
| JD(S) | Cheluvaraj | 2,686 | 1.67 | 1.22
| |
| BSP | Shivamahadeva | 2,419 | 1.51 | 2.28
| |
| Majority | 29,641 | 18.45 | 5.30
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,641 | 82.42 | 6.58
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 2.30
|
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2008
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Siddaramaiah | 71,908 | 50.23 | ||
| BJP | L. Revanasiddaiah | 53,071 | 37.07 | ||
| JD(S) | H. V. Krishnaswamy | 4,133 | 2.89 | ||
| BSP | P. Gurupadaswamy | 5,426 | 3.79 | ||
| Majority | 18,837 | 13.15 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,150 | 75.84 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- Mysore City South Assembly constituency
- Mysore City North Assembly constituency
- Mysore Taluk Assembly constituency
- List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
References
[edit]- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.