Gauribidanur Assembly constituency

Gauribidanur
Constituency No. 139 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chikkaballapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Chikkaballapur
Established	1951
Total electors	210,462 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. H. Puttaswamy Gowda
Party	Independent
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy

Gauribidanur 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 Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member [3]	Party
1952	N. C. Nagiah Reddy		Indian National Congress
1957	K. H. Venkata Reddy		Independent
1962	R. N. Lakshmipathi
1967
1972	V. Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member [3]	Party
1978	B. N. K. Papaiah		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	R. N. Lakshmipathi		Janata Party
1985	Mukhyamantri Chandru
1989	S. V. Aswathanarayana Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	N. Jyothi Reddy		Janata Dal
1999	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy		Independent
2004			Indian National Congress
2008
2013
2018 [4]
2023	K. H. Puttaswamy Gowda		Independent

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur ^{[1] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. H. Puttaswamy Gowda	83,837	46.37
	INC	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	46,551	25.75	15.16
	Independent	K. Kemparaju	24,202	13.38
	JD(S)	C. R. Narasimhamurthy	11,125	6.15	29.32
	BJP	H. S. Shashidhara Kumar	8,132	4.50	16.11
Majority			37,286	20.62	15.18
Turnout			180,815	85.91	2.84
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	69,000	40.91	7.61
	JD(S)	C. R. Narasimhamurthy	59,832	35.47	27.77
	BJP	K. Jaipal Reddy	34,759	20.61	0.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	784	0.46
Majority			9,168	5.44	4.54
Turnout			168,670	83.07	2.97
	INC hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	49,831	33.3	2.9
	Independent	K. Jaipal Reddy	44,058	29.5
	BJP	N. M. Ravinarayana Reddy	31,837	21.3	0.4
	JD(S)	S. V. Ashwathanarayana Reddy	11,578	7.7	14.0
Majority			5,773	3.9	4.8
Turnout			1,49,492	80.1	5.9
	INC hold		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	39,127	30.4	13.0
	BJP	N. M. Ravinarayana Reddy	27,959	21.7	16.3
	JD(S)	N. Jyothi Reddy	27,480	21.4	15.3
	Independent	R. Ashok Kumar	21,989	17.1
Majority			11,168	8.7	1.6
Turnout			1,28,661	74.2	1.9
	INC hold		Swing

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	49,636	43.7	10.5
	JD(S)	N. Jyothi Reddy	41,611	36.7	11.1
	JD(U)	S. H. Lakshminarayana	16,750	14.8	8.1
Majority			8,025	7.1	6.3
Turnout			1,13,233	72.3	3.0
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. H. Shivashankara Reddy	34,541	33.1
	INC	S. V. Aswathanarayana Reddy	33,679	32.3	18.3
	JD(S)	N. Jyothi Reddy	26,705	25.6	17.8
Majority			862	0.8	7.1
Turnout			1,09,568	75.3	2.8
	Independent gain from JD		Swing

1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	N. Jyothi Reddy	42,159	43.4	7.1
	Independent	S. V. Aswathanarayana Reddy	34,274	35.4
	INC	G. V. Krishna Murthy	13,620	14.0	35.4
Majority			7,885	7.9	4.6
Turnout			99,332	78.1	4.3
	JD gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Aswathanarayana Reddy	40,911	49.4	6.9
	JD	N. Jyothi Reddy	30,020	36.3
	JP	K. V. Hanumappa Reddy	8,609	10.4	42.3
Majority			10,891	12.5	3.4
Turnout			87,315	73.8	0.3
	INC gain from JP		Swing

1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Chandrasekhar	34,291	52.7	0.5
	INC	B. N. K. Papaiah	27,660	42.5	3.8
	Independent	B. N. Devadas	891	1.4
Majority			6,631	9.1	3.4
Turnout			72,744	73.5	2.2
	JP hold		Swing

1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	R. N. Lakshmipathi	34,260	52.2	6.6
	INC	V. Krishna Rao	30,426	46.3	44.6
	Independent	Kumaraswamy	998	1.5
Majority			3,834	5.7
Turnout			67,113	75.7	6.6
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing

1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gauribidanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	B. N. K. Papaiah	33,756	51.4
	JP	R. N. Lakshmipathi	29,932	45.6
	INC	K. L. Ramaiah	1,089	1.7
Majority			3,824	5.7
Turnout			67,391	82.3
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Chikballapur 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. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. "Gauribidanur Election and Results 2023, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
4. "Assembly Election Results in 2018, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
5. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Gauribidanur". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

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