Kunigal Assembly constituency

Kunigal
Constituency No. 131 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Rural
Established	1951
Total electors	198,794 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent H. D. Ranganath
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	D. Nagarajaiah

Kunigal Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. ^[2]

It is part of Tumkur district. H. D. Ranganath is the current MLA from Kunigal.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	T. N. Mudlagiri Gowda		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Andanaiah		Independent politician
1967	G. Thammanna		Indian National Congress
1972	Andanaiah

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Andanaiah		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Y. K. Ramaiah		Janata Party
1985
1989	K. Lakkappa		Indian National Congress
1992^	Y. K. Ramaiah		Janata Party
1994	S. P. Muddahanumegowda		Indian National Congress
1999
2004	H. Ningappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	B. B. Ramaswamy Gowda		Indian National Congress
2013	D. Nagarajaiah		Janata Dal (Secular)
2018	H. D. Ranganath		Indian National Congress
2023

^by-election

Election results

2023

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Kunigal ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. D. Ranganath	74,724	42.88	+6.63
	BJP	D. Krishnakumar	48,151	27.63	−5.16
	JD(S)	Ravi Nagarajaiah	46,974	26.95	−0.52
	AAP	Jayaramaiah Hithalapura	1,672	0.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	630	0.36	−0.15
Majority			26,573	15.25	+11.79
Turnout			1,74,277	87.67	+2.64
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kunigal ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. D. Ranganath	58,697	36.25
	BJP	D. Krishnakumar	53,097	32.79
	JD(S)	D. Nagarajaiah	44,476	27.47
	KRRS	Anand Patel Hulikatte	2,869	1.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	830	0.51
Majority			5,600	3.46
Turnout			1,61,923	85.03
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Tumkur district

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Kunigal". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
4. "Kunigal (GEN)". www.news18.com. India: News18 India . Retrieved 28 July 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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