Challakere Assembly constituency

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Challakere
Constituency No. 98 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Lok Sabha constituency Chitradurga
Established1956
Total electors220,968 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2023
Preceded byThippeswamy

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

Contents

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

YearMemberParty
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

YearMemberParty
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC T. Raghumurthy 67,952 38.16 −4.96
JD(S) M. Ravish Kumar51,50228.92−6.19
Independent K. T. Kumaraswamy29,14816.37New
BJP R. Anil Kumar22,89412.86−6.95
AAP Marakka3,0721.73
NOTA None of the Above 1,6390.92−0.10
Majority16,4509.24+1.23
Turnout 178,06180.58−0.30
INC hold Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Challakere [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC T. Raghumurthy 72,874 43.12
JD(S) M. Ravish Kumar59,33535.11
BJP K. T. Kumaraswamy33,47119.81
Swaraj India K. P. Bhuthaiah1,5900.94
NOTA None of the Above 1,7301.02
Majority13,5398.01
Turnout 169,00080.88
INC hold Swing

See also

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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