| Chintamani | |
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| Constituency No. 143 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Chikballapur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kolar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 225,460 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | J. K. Krishna Reddy |
Chintamani Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 [3] | M. C. Anjaneya Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Narayanappa | |||
| 1957 [4] [5] | T. K. Gangi Reddy | Independent politician | |
| 1962 [6] [7] [8] | M. C. Anjaneya Reddy | ||
| 1967 [9] [10] | T. K. Gangi Reddy | ||
| 1972 [11] [12] | Chowda Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 [13] [14] [15] | Chowda Reddy | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1983 [16] [17] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 [18] [19] | K. M. Krishna Reddy | Janata Party | |
| 1989 [20] [21] [22] | Chowda Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 [23] [24] [25] | K. M. Krishna Reddy | Janata Dal | |
| 1999 [26] [27] | Chowda Reddy | Independent politician | |
| 2004 [28] [29] | M. C. Sudhakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 [30] [31] | |||
| 2013 [32] [33] [34] | J. K. Krishna Reddy | Janata Dal | |
| 2018 [35] | |||
| 2023 [1] | M. C. Sudhakar | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. C. Sudhakar | 97,324 | 51.05 | +49.81 | |
| JD(S) | J. K. Krishna Reddy | 68,272 | 35.81 | −12.74 | |
| BJP | G. N. Venugopal | 21,711 | 11.39 | +10.30 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 866 | 0.45 | −0.04 | |
| Majority | 29,052 | 15.24 | +12.34 | ||
| Turnout | 190,632 | 84.55 | +0.28 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | J. K. Krishna Reddy | 87,753 | 48.55 | ||
| BRP [a] | M. C. Sudhakar | 82,513 | 45.65 | ||
| INC | Vani Krishnareddy | 2,233 | 1.24 | ||
| BJP | N. Shankar | 1,962 | 1.09 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 877 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 5,240 | 2.90 | |||
| Turnout | 1,80,758 | 84.27 | |||
| JD(S) hold | Swing | ||||