Tirthahalli Assembly constituency

Tirthahalli
Constituency No. 114 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	1956
Total electors	188,267 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Araga Jnanendra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Kimmane Rathnakar

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

It is part of Shimoga district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source: ^[3]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist. See Tirthahalli Koppa
1957	A. R. Badri Narayan		Indian National Congress
1962	Shantaveri Gopala Gowda		Socialist Party
1967			Sanghata Socialist Party
1972	Konanduru Lingappa		Samyukta Socialist Party

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Kadidal Divakara		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	D. B. Chandregowda		Janata Party
1985	Patamakki Rathnakra		Indian National Congress
1989	D. B. Chandregowda		Janata Dal
1994	Araga Jnanendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2008	Kimmane Rathnakar		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	Araga Jnanendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Tirthahalli ^{[1] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Araga Jnanendra	84,563	52.28	+9.25
	INC	Kimmane Rathnakar	72,322	44.71	+15.67
	JD(S)	Yadur Rajaram	2,710	1.68	−23.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,164	0.72	−0.04
Majority			12,241	7.57	−6.42
Turnout			161,756	85.92	+0.72
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Tirthahalli ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Araga Jnanendra	67,527	43.03
	INC	Kimmane Rathnakar	45,572	29.04
	JD(S)	R. M. Manjunatha Gowda	40,127	25.57
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,195	0.76
Majority			21,955	13.99
Turnout			1,56,920	85.20
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Shimoga 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. "Tirthahalli Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Tirthahalli". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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