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Challakere Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 14°19′N 76°39′E / 14.32°N 76.65°E / 14.32; 76.65
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Challakere
Constituency No. 98 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictChitradurga
LS constituencyChitradurga
Established1956
Total electors220,968[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byThippeswamy

Challakere is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.[2]

It is part of Chitradurga district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Mysore State

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Year Member Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957 T. Hanumaiah Indian National Congress
A. Bheemappa Naik
1962 B. L. Gowda Praja Socialist Party
1967 Indian National Congress
1972 V. Masiyappa

Karnataka

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Year Member Party
1978 N. Jayanna Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983 H. C. Shivashankarappa Janata Party
1985 Thippeswamy
1989 N. Jayanna Indian National Congress
1994 Thippeswamy Janata Dal
1999 Basavaraj Mandimutt Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 D. Sudhakar Indian National Congress
2008 Thippeswamy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 T. Raghumurthy Indian National Congress
2018
2023

Election results

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2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Challakere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. Raghumurthy 67,952 38.16 −4.96
JD(S) M. Ravish Kumar 51,502 28.92 −6.19
Independent K. T. Kumaraswamy 29,148 16.37 New
BJP R. Anil Kumar 22,894 12.86 −6.95
AAP Marakka 3,072 1.73
NOTA None of the Above 1,639 0.92 −0.10
Majority 16,450 9.24 +1.23
Turnout 178,061 80.58 −0.30
INC hold Swing

2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Challakere[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. Raghumurthy 72,874 43.12
JD(S) M. Ravish Kumar 59,335 35.11
BJP K. T. Kumaraswamy 33,471 19.81
Swaraj India K. P. Bhuthaiah 1,590 0.94
NOTA None of the Above 1,730 1.02
Majority 13,539 8.01
Turnout 169,000 80.88
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

14°19′N 76°39′E / 14.32°N 76.65°E / 14.32; 76.65