Varuna Assembly constituency

Varuna
Constituency No. 219 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Vidhan Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	2008
Total electors	234,533 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Siddaramaiah Chief Minister of Karnataka
Party	INC
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A.
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Dr. Y. Siddaramaiah   INC

Varuna Vidhana Sabha Constituency

Assembly Constituencies of Mysore district

Varuna Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation exercise.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Siddaramaiah		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	Yathindra Siddaramaiah
2023	Siddaramaiah

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Varuna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	119,816	60.09	5.00
	BJP	V. Somanna	73,653	36.94	15.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	634	0.32	0.54
Majority			46,163	23.15	10.34
Turnout			1,99,379	85.01	5.82
	INC hold		Swing	5.00

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Varuna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yathindra Siddaramaiah	96,435	55.09	2.56
	BJP	T. Basavaraju	37,819	21.60	21.60
	JD(S)	Abhishek S. Manegar	28,123	16.07	14.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,497	0.86	N/A
Majority			58,616	33.49	15.04
Turnout			1,75,048	79.19	3.23
	INC hold		Swing	2.56

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Varuna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	84,385	52.53	2.30
	KJP	Kapu Siddalingaswamy	54,744	34.08	New
	JD(S)	Cheluvaraj	2,686	1.67	1.22
	BSP	Shivamahadeva	2,419	1.51	2.28
Majority			29,641	18.45	5.30
Turnout			1,60,641	82.42	6.58
	INC hold		Swing	2.30

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Varuna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	71,908	50.23
	BJP	L. Revanasiddaiah	53,071	37.07
	JD(S)	H. V. Krishnaswamy	4,133	2.89
	BSP	P. Gurupadaswamy	5,426	3.79
Majority			18,837	13.15
Turnout			1,43,150	75.84
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Mysore City South Assembly constituency
• Mysore City North Assembly constituency
• Mysore Taluk Assembly constituency
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.

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