Chitradurga Assembly constituency

Chitradurga
Constituency No. 99 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Lok Sabha constituency	Chitradurga
Established	1951
Total electors	262,552 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. C. Veerendra
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	G. H. Thippareddy

Chitradurga Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency.

K. C. Veerendra Puppy is the current MLA from Chitradurga.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Mulka Govinda Reddy		Socialist Party
1957	G. Sivappa		Indian National Congress
1962	H. C. Boraiah
1967
1972	C. R. Mohammad Saifuddin

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	V. Masiyappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	B. L. Gowda		Janata Party
1985	H. Ekanthaiah
1989			Janata Dal
1994	G. H. Thippareddy		Independent
1999
2004			Indian National Congress
2008	Basavarajan		Janata Dal (Secular)
2013	G. H. Thippareddy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023	K. C. Veerendra Puppy		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chitradurga ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. C. Veerendra Puppy	122,021	59.84	+33.96
	BJP	G. H. Thippareddy	68,721	33.70	−10.08
	JD(S)	G. Raghu Achar	5,021	2.46	−23.90
	SDPI	Srinivasa H. Balekai	2,555	1.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	695	0.34	−0.41
Majority			53,300	26.14	+8.72
Turnout			203,906	77.66	+2.22

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chitradurga ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	G. H. Thippareddy	82,896	43.78
	JD(S)	K. C. Veerendra Puppy	49,911	26.36
	INC	H. A. Shanmukhappa	49,014	25.88
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,427	0.75
Majority			32,985	17.42
Turnout			1,89,358	75.44
	BJP hold		Swing

2013

• G. H. Thippareddy (BJP): 62,228 votes ^[5]
• Basavarajan (Basanna) (JD-S): 35,510 votes

1967

• H. C. Boraiah (INC): 23,906 votes ^[6]
• V. T. R. Reddy (PSP): 16,970 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
2. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Chitradurga". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Election Results 2013, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
6. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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