| 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]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. H. Puttaswamy Gowda | 83,837 | 46.37 | New | |
| INC | N. H. Shivashankara Reddy | 46,551 | 25.75 | −15.16 | |
| Independent | K. Kemparaju | 24,202 | 13.38 | New | |
| JD(S) | C. R. Narasimhamurthy | 11,125 | 6.15 | −29.32 | |
| BJP | H. S. Shashidhara Kumar | 8,132 | 4.50 | −16.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 561 | 0.31 | −0.15 | |
| Majority | 37,286 | 20.62 | +15.18 | ||
| Turnout | 180,815 | 85.91 | +2.84 | ||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N. H. Shivashankara Reddy | 69,000 | 40.91 | ||
| JD(S) | C. R. Narasimhamurthy | 59,832 | 35.47 | ||
| BJP | K. Jaipal Reddy | 34,759 | 20.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 784 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 9,168 | 5.44 | |||
| Turnout | 168,670 | 83.07 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||