Sakleshpur Assembly constituency

Sakleshpur
Constituency No. 199 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Lok Sabha constituency	Hassan
Established	1961
Total electors	205,876 (2023) [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Cement Manju
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	H. K. Kumaraswamy

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

It is part of Hassan district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Cement Manju is the current MLA as he won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source: ^[3]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	S. A. Vasanna Setty		Indian National Congress
1967	K. P. Chikkegowda		Swatantra Party
1972	K. M. Rudrappa		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	J. D. Somappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983			Indian National Congress
1985	B. D. Basavaraj		Janata Party
1989	B R Gurudev		Indian National Congress
1994	B. B. Shivappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	H. M. Vishwanath		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	H. K. Kumaraswamy
2013
2018
2023	Cement Manju		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sakleshpur ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Cement Manju	58,604	35.54	−0.06
	JD(S)	H. K. Kumaraswamy	56,548	34.29	−4.38
	INC	Murali Mohan	42,811	25.96	+2.98
	BSP	D. Shivamma	1,536	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,231	0.75	−0.24
Majority			2,056	1.25	−1.82
Turnout			164,898	80.1	−2.17
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sakleshpur ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	H. K. Kumaraswamy	62,262	38.67
	BJP	Somashekar Jayaraj	57,320	35.60
	INC	Siddaiah	37,002	22.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,597	0.99
Majority			4,942	3.07
Turnout			1,61,008	82.27
	JD(S) hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Hassan 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. "Sakleshpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
4. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Sakleshpur". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
6. "Sakleshpur Constituency Election Results". The Times of India. 6 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.

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