Virajpet | |
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Constituency No. 209 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Kodagu |
Total electors | 2,13,294 (2023)[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent A. S. Ponnanna | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Virajpet Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka. It is represented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by A. S. Ponnanna of the Indian National Congress.[1]
Virajpet Assembly constituency is a part of Mysore Lok Sabha constituency. From 1957 to 2008, it was a part of the erstwhile Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency and was merged with the Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in 2008 by the Delimitation Commission.[2] Virajpet was part of the erstwhile Coorg State until 1956, when under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the Mysore State (now Karnataka).
Source[3]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | C. M. Poonacha | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | A. P. Appanna | ||
1967 | N. Lokayya Nayak | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
1972 | G. K. Subbaiah | Indian National Congress | |
1978 | |||
1983 | |||
1985 | Suma Vasanth | ||
1989 | |||
1994 | H. D. Basavaraju | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1999 | Suma Vasanth | Indian National Congress | |
2004 | H. D. Basavaraju | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2008 | K. G. Bopaiah | ||
2013 | |||
2018 | |||
2023 | A. S. Ponnanna | Indian National Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C. M. Poonacha | 18,223 | 54.85 | ||
PSP | Kolera Karumbaiah | 15,002 | 45.15 | ||
Margin of victory | 3,221 | 9.70 | |||
Turnout | 33,225 | 71.30 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A. P. Appanna | 15,292 | 50.55 | ||
Independent | C. B. Muthanna | 6,973 | 23.05 | ||
CPI | I. R. Asranna | 3,658 | 12.09 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,319 | 27.50 | |||
Turnout | 32,100 | 59.60 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ABJS | N. Lokayya Nayak | 14,444 | 52.39 | ||
INC | A. N. Belli | 13,138 | 47.61 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,316 | 4.78 | |||
Turnout | 29,328 | 60.64 | |||
Swing to ABJS from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | G. K. Subbaiah | 20,023 | 63.71 | ||
ABJS | N. Lokayya Naik | 10,866 | 34.58 | ||
Independent | M. K. Narayana | 537 | 1.71 | ||
Margin of victory | 9,157 | 29.13 | |||
Turnout | 32,253 | 50.24 | |||
Swing to INC from ABJS | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC(I) | G. K. Subbaiah | 25,309 | 48.48 | ||
JP | Paniyaravara P. Choma | 23,040 | 44.13 | ||
Independent | N. Lokayya Naik | 2,258 | 4.33 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,269 | 4.35 | |||
Turnout | 53,438 | 70.06 | |||
INC(I) hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | G. K. Subbaiah | 22,581 | 54.38 | ||
BJP | Paniyaravara P. Choma | 14,009 | 33.73 | ||
Independent | H. T. Devaraj | 4,938 | 11.89 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,572 | 20.65 | |||
Turnout | 42,428 | 53.65 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Suma Vasanth | 26,716 | 54.90 | ||
JP | H. D. Rajan | 18,496 | 38.01 | ||
BJP | M. E. Appanna Rao | 3,449 | 7.09 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,220 | 16.89 | |||
Turnout | 49,290 | 56.28 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Suma Vasanth | 32,124 | 53.62 | ||
JD | G. S. Pushkara | 16,872 | 28.16 | ||
BJP | P. P. Choma | 6,416 | 10.71 | ||
Margin of victory | 15,252 | 25.46 | |||
Turnout | 63,398 | 58.87 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | H. D. Basavaraju | 21,790 | 35.87 | ||
INC | Suma Vasanth | 20,009 | 32.93 | ||
JD | K. B. Shanthappa | 16,693 | 27.48 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,781 | 2.94 | |||
Turnout | 62,057 | 60.07 | |||
Swing to BJP from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Suma Vasanth | 29,136 | 48.96 | ||
BJP | H. D. Basavaraju | 24,867 | 41.79 | ||
JD(S) | K. B. Shanthappa | 4,271 | 7.18 | ||
Margin of victory | 4,269 | 7.17 | |||
Turnout | 62,122 | 61.03 | |||
Swing to INC from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | H. D. Basavaraju | 35,550 | 51.48 | ||
INC | Suma Vasanth | 27,484 | 39.80 | ||
JD(S) | Mutha P. S. | 6,023 | 8.72 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,066 | 11.68 | |||
Turnout | 69,057 | 58.68 | |||
Swing to BJP from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | K. G. Bopaiah | 48,605 | 41.78 | ||
INC | Veena Achaiah | 33,532 | 28.82 | ||
JD(S) | C. S. Arun Machaiah | 29,920 | 25.72 | ||
SP | Achapanda Giri Uthappa | 2464 | 2.12 | ||
BSP | Kunhi Abdulla K. M. | 1825 | 1.57 | ||
Margin of victory | 15,073 | 12.96 | |||
Turnout | 1,16,346 | 60.6 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | K. G. Bopaiah | 67,250 | 47.23 | ||
INC | B. T. Pradeep | 63,836 | 44.84 | ||
JD(S) | Dambekodi Madappa | 5,880 | 4.13 | ||
Margin of victory | 3,414 | 2.39 | |||
Turnout | 1,42,377 | 70.74 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | K. G. Bopaiah | 77,944 | 49.40 | ||
INC | C. S. Arun Machaiah | 64,591 | 40.94 | ||
JD(S) | M. Sanketh Poovaiah | 11,224 | 7.11 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,733 | 1.10 | ||
Margin of victory | 13,353 | 8.46 | |||
Turnout | 1,57,772 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A. S. Ponnanna | 84,879 | 49.94 | +9.00 | |
BJP | K. G. Bopaiah | 80,466 | 47.38 | –2.02 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,630 | 0.98 | –0.12 | |
Margin of victory | 4,291 | 2.56 | |||
Turnout | 1,67,778 | 74.07 | |||
INC hold | Swing |