Chittapur Assembly constituency

Chittapur
Constituency No. 40 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Kalaburagi
Lok Sabha constituency	Gulbarga
Established	1951
Total electors	235,755 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Priyank M. Kharge
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Valmiki Nayak

Chittapur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Chittapur is also part of Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Hyderabad State

Year	Name	Party
1952	Rudrappa S.		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Name	Party
1957	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	R. Nagappa
1972	Vijay Desai

Karnataka

Year	Name	Party
1978	Prabhakar R. Telkar		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal		Janata Party
1985
1989	Babu Rao Chinchansur		Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal		Janata Dal
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge		Indian National Congress
2009 [a]	Valmiki Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Priyank M. Kharge		Indian National Congress
2018
2023

1. by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	81,323	53.08	3.43
	BJP	Manikanta Rathod	67,683	44.18	2.35
	NOTA	None of the above	816	0.53	0.22
Majority			13,640	8.90	5.78
Turnout			1,53,195	64.98	4.46
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,700	49.65
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	65,307	46.53
	BSP	Devaraja V K	1,218	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	1,052	0.75
Majority			4,393	3.12
Turnout			1,40,369	60.52
	INC hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,397	56.08
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	38,188	30.87
	KJP	Gurunath	9,596	7.76
Majority			31,209
Turnout
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2009 by-election

2009 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Chittapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	48,365	47.72
	INC	Priyank Kharge	46,759	45.26
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	4,904	3.92
	BSP	Ayyappa Ramatheertha	1,356	0.92
Majority			1,606
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	49,837	52.16
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	32,395	33.90
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	6,524	6.83
Majority			17,442
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Chittapur
• Kalaburagi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Chittapur Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
3. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
4. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
5. "Chittapur Election Result 2018 Live: Chittapur Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
6. "BJP win in Chittapur after neck-and neck fight". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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