| Turuvekere | |
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| Constituency No. 130 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Tumkur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tumkur |
| Established | 1956 |
| Total electors | 199,012 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent M. T. Krishnappa | |
| Party | JD(S) |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | A. S. Jayaram |
Turuvekere 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 Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
M. T. Krishnappa is the current MLA from Turuvekere.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | B. Hutche Gowda | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
| 1957 [3] [4] [5] | T. Subramanya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 [6] [7] [8] | B. Hutchegowda | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 [9] [10] | M. N. Ramanna | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 [11] [12] | B. Bhyrappaji | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | |
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 [13] [14] [15] | Byrathi Manoj | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1983 [16] [17] | B. Bhyrappaji | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 [18] [19] | K. H. Ramakrishnaiah | Janata Party | |
| 1989 [20] [21] [22] | S. Rudrappa | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 [23] [24] [25] | H. B. Nanjegowda | Janata Dal | |
| 1999 [26] [27] | M. D. Lakshminarayana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 [28] [29] | M. T. Krishnappa | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 2008 [30] [31] | Jaggesh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008^ [32] | M. T. Krishnappa | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 2013 [33] [34] [35] | |||
| 2018 [36] [37] | A. S. Jayaram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | M. T. Krishnappa | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
^by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | M. T. Krishnappa | 68,163 | 42.51 | +4.30 | |
| BJP | A. S. Jayaram | 58,240 | 36.32 | −3.22 | |
| INC | B. M. L. Kanthraj | 30,536 | 19.04 | +3.03 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 588 | 0.37 | −0.25 | |
| Majority | 9,923 | 6.19 | +4.86 | ||
| Turnout | 160,338 | 87.75 | +3.02 | ||
| JD(S) gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | A. S. Jayaram | 60,710 | 39.54 | ||
| JD(S) | M. T. Krishnappa | 58,661 | 38.21 | ||
| INC | Rangappa T. Chowdri | 24,584 | 16.01 | ||
| Independent | M. Narayan Gowda | 4,566 | 2.97 | ||
| Independent | M. D. Ramesh | 2,148 | 1.40 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 954 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 2,049 | 1.33 | |||
| Turnout | 153,539 | 84.73 | |||
| BJP gain from JD(S) | Swing | ||||