Tumkur Rural Assembly constituency

Tumkur Rural
Constituency No. 133 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Tumkur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tumkur
Established	2008
Total electors	208,826 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B. Suresh Gowda
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	D. C. Gowri Shankar

Tumkur Rural is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist. See Tumkur [3] [4] [5]
2008	B. Suresh Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018	D. C. Gowrishankar		Janata Dal (Secular)
2023	B. Suresh Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Tumkur Rural ^{[1] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Suresh Gowda	89,191	48.90	+4.16
	JD(S)	D. C. Gowrishankar	84,597	46.38	−1.63
	INC	G. H. Shanmukhappa	4,066	2.23	−2.20
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,200	0.66	−0.23
Majority			4,594	2.52	−0.75
Turnout			1,82,389	87.34	+1.93
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Tumkur Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	D. C. Gowrishankar	82,740	48.01
	BJP	B. Suresh Gowda	77,100	44.74
	INC	Rayasandra Ravikumar	7,633	4.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,530	0.89
Majority			5,640	3.27
Turnout			1,72,332	85.41
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Tumkur district

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. "Mysore, 1951". eci.gov.in.
4. "List of Successful Candidates in Karnataka Assembly Election in 2004". www.elections.in.
5. "Assembly Election Results in 2004, Karnataka". traceall.in.
6. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Tumkur Rural". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

13°19′N76°57′E / 13.31°N 76.95°E / 13.31; 76.95