Bellary Assembly constituency

Bellary
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
Lok Sabha constituency	Bellary
Established	1951
Abolished	2008

This article is about a consistuency prior to 2008. For the current consistuency, also commonly called Bellary, see Bellary Rural Assembly constituency.

Bellary Assembly constituency was one of the 224 seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It was part of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency was split as Bellary Rural and Bellary City after the 2008 delimitation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Mundlur Gangappa		Independent politician
1956 By-election	H. S. Goud
1957	Mundlur Gangappa
1962	T. G. Sathyanarayan		Indian National Congress
1967	V. Nagappa		Swatantra Party
1972			Indian National Congress
1978	K. Bhasker Naidu		Indian National Congress
1983	M. Ramappa		Janata Party
1985			Indian National Congress
1989
1994	M. Divakar Babu		Independent politician
1999			Indian National Congress
2004	B. Sriramulu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Sriramulu	53,354	47.29%	3.05
	INC	M. Divakar Babu	46,643	41.34%	11.40
	JD(S)	Sirigeri Pannaraj	6,515	5.77%	New
	BSP	Mundargi Nagaraja	3,801	3.37%	New
Margin of victory			6,711	5.95%	2.55
Turnout			112,835	52.67%	8.45
Total valid votes			112,817
Registered electors			214,232		19.87
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.45

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Divakar Babu	55,441	52.74%	32.37
	BJP	B. Sriramulu	46,508	44.24%	30.48
	Independent	P. Valli Sab	989	0.94%	New
	Independent	Sayyed Karimulla	726	0.69%	New
	Independent	K. Somashekar	721	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			8,933	8.50%	18.46
Turnout			109,244	61.12%	5.58
Total valid votes			105,126
Rejected ballots			4,050	3.71%	1.18
Registered electors			178,723		13.96
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	5.41

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Divakar Babu	40,156	47.33%	New
	INC	Venkat Mahipal	17,280	20.37%	14.44
	BJP	S. Indu Sekhar	11,678	13.76%	New
	INC	Syed Mujeeb	9,250	10.90%	New
	Independent	N. D. Kamalakar	1,703	2.01%	New
	JD	G. Ramachandraiah	1,522	1.79%	11.90
	Independent	K. Somasekhar	855	1.01%	New
	Independent	A. Eswarappa	782	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			22,876	26.96%	20.55
Turnout			87,106	55.54%	2.14
Total valid votes			84,850
Rejected ballots			2,208	2.53%	6.98
Registered electors			156,825		1.58
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	12.52

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Ramappa	26,802	34.81%	5.93
	Independent	Pannaraj	21,869	28.40%	New
	Independent	K. Bhasker Naidu	10,565	13.72%	New
	JD	M. Ravi Prasad	10,538	13.69%	New
	JP	Abdul Azeez	2,884	3.75%	New
	CPI	Sharda Maiebennor	2,273	2.95%	32.55
	Independent	P. Veeresh	970	1.26%	New
Margin of victory			4,933	6.41%	1.17
Turnout			85,088	53.40%	11.05
Total valid votes			76,995
Rejected ballots			8,093	9.51%	7.03
Registered electors			159,347		30.86
	INC hold		Swing	5.93

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Ramappa	20,485	40.74%	1.96
	CPI	Sharada Male Bennur	17,852	35.50%	New
	Independent	Sabjan	7,089	14.10%	New
	BJP	Y. Changalappa	2,701	5.37%	0.31
	Independent	V. H. Bhaskar	965	1.92%	New
	Independent	P. Valli Sab	490	0.97%	New
	Independent	Ramalinganagoud	383	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			2,633	5.24%	2.14
Turnout			51,564	42.35%	16.26
Total valid votes			50,286
Rejected ballots			1,278	2.48%	0.41
Registered electors			121,770		14.37
	INC gain from JP		Swing	9.34

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	M. Ramappa	30,350	50.08%	10.47
	INC	Raja Saheb	25,876	42.70%	31.50
	BJP	Y. Changalappa	3,440	5.68%	New
	Independent	N. V. Prakash Rao	931	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,474	7.38%	1.54
Turnout			62,398	58.61%	2.26
Total valid votes			60,597
Rejected ballots			1,801	2.89%	0.32
Registered electors			106,470		18.28
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	1.55

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	K. Bhasker Naidu	25,911	48.53%	New
	JP	Abdul Huq	21,147	39.61%	New
	INC	V. Nagappa	5,981	11.20%	33.05
	Independent	P. Valli Sab	348	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			4,764	8.92%	3.46
Turnout			54,793	60.87%	2.54
Total valid votes			53,387
Rejected ballots			1,406	2.57%	2.57
Registered electors			90,018		5.62
	INC(I) gain from INC(O)		Swing	1.18

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(O)	V. Nagappa	25,866	49.71%	New
	INC	K. Bhasker Naidu	23,024	44.25%	16.57
	ABJS	S. Rajagopal Chetty	1,713	3.29%	New
	Independent	N. A. Nabi	1,072	2.06%	New
Margin of victory			2,842	5.46%	29.45
Turnout			54,042	63.41%	2.58
Total valid votes			52,037
Registered electors			85,230		22.56
	INC(O) gain from SWA		Swing	12.88

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	V. Nagappa	27,052	62.59%	15.97
	INC	T. G. Sathyanarayan	11,963	27.68%	24.00
	People's Front India	A. Maebennur	2,822	6.53%	New
	Independent	N. A. N. Sab	1,382	3.20%	New
Margin of victory			15,089	34.91%	29.85
Turnout			45,889	65.99%	13.09
Total valid votes			43,219
Registered electors			69,539		5.11
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	10.91

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. G. Sathyanarayan	17,250	51.68%	8.29
	SWA	R. A. Subhan	15,560	46.62%	New
	Independent	T. Sreenivasa Murthy	567	1.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,690	5.06%	5.27
Turnout			34,998	52.90%	7.93
Total valid votes			33,377
Registered electors			66,161		16.53
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.03

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mundlur Gangappa	18,551	53.71%	New
	INC	Abdur Razack Sab	14,984	43.39%	New
	Independent	A. C. J. Dasen Solomon	1,002	2.90%	New
Margin of victory			3,567	10.33%	5.73
Turnout			34,537	60.83%
Total valid votes			34,537
Registered electors			56,776
	Independent hold		Swing	1.41

Assembly By-election 1956

1956 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bellary ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. S. Goud	31,708	52.30%	New
	Independent	Mundlur Gangappa	28,917	47.70%	New
Margin of victory			2,791	4.60%	0.54
Total valid votes			60,625
	Independent hold		Swing	8.93

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election  : Bellary ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mundlur Gangappa	19,534	43.37%	New
	INC	A. Sumangalamma	17,219	38.23%	New
	Independent	Abdul Hameed	3,274	7.27%	New
	SP	Gurubasappa	3,193	7.09%	New
	KMPP	Seshagiri Rao	1,817	4.03%	New
Margin of victory			2,315	5.14%
Turnout			45,037	60.04%
Total valid votes			45,037
Registered electors			75,016
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

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