Challakere Assembly constituency

Challakere
Constituency No. 98 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Lok Sabha constituency	Chitradurga
Established	1956
Total electors	220,968 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. Raghumurthy
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Thippeswamy

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

It is part of Chitradurga district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	T. Hanumaiah		Indian National Congress
	A. Bheemappa Naik
1962	B. L. Gowda		Praja Socialist Party
1967			Indian National Congress
1972	V. Masiyappa

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	N. Jayanna		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	H. C. Shivashankarappa		Janata Party
1985	Thippeswamy
1989	N. Jayanna		Indian National Congress
1994	Thippeswamy		Janata Dal
1999	Basavaraj Mandimutt		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	D. Sudhakar		Indian National Congress
2008	Thippeswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	T. Raghumurthy		Indian National Congress
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Challakere ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Raghumurthy	67,952	38.16	−4.96
	JD(S)	M. Ravish Kumar	51,502	28.92	−6.19
	Independent	K. T. Kumaraswamy	29,148	16.37	New
	BJP	R. Anil Kumar	22,894	12.86	−6.95
	AAP	Marakka	3,072	1.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,639	0.92	−0.10
Majority			16,450	9.24	+1.23
Turnout			178,061	80.58	−0.30
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Challakere ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Raghumurthy	72,874	43.12
	JD(S)	M. Ravish Kumar	59,335	35.11
	BJP	K. T. Kumaraswamy	33,471	19.81
	Swaraj India	K. P. Bhuthaiah	1,590	0.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,730	1.02
Majority			13,539	8.01
Turnout			169,000	80.88
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Chitradurga district

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Challakere". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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