Channagiri Assembly constituency

Channagiri Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

Channagiri
Constituency No. 109 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Davanagere
Lok Sabha constituency	Davangere
Established	1951
Total electors	199,517[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Basavaraju V. Shivaganga
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Madal Virupakshappa

It is part of Davanagere district. Basavaraju V. Shivaganga is the current MLA from Channagiri.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member[3]	Party
1952	L. Siddappa		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Kundur Rudrappa		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	N. G. Halappa		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972			Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	J. H. Patel		Janata Party
1983
1985
1989	N. G. Halappa		Indian National Congress
1994	J. H. Patel		Janata Dal
1999	Vadnal Rajanna		Independent
2004	Mahima J. Patel		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	K. Madal Virupakshappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Vadnal Rajanna		Indian National Congress
2018	K. Madal Virupakshappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Basavaraju V. Shivaganga		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Channagiri^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Basavaraju V. Shivaganga	78,263	47.03	+16.66
	Independent	Madal Mallikarjun	61,828	37.16
	BJP	H. S. Shivakumar	21,467	12.90	−33.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	555	0.33	−0.27
Margin of victory			16,435	9.87	−6.44
Turnout			1,66,402	83.40	+2.85
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Channagiri^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Madal Veerupakshappa	73,794	46.68
	INC	Vadnal Rajanna	48,014	30.37
	JD(S)	D Ramesha	29,106	18.41
	JD(U)	Mahima J. Patel	3,954	2.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	946	0.60
Majority			25,780	16.31
Turnout			1,58,094	80.55
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1983

• J. H. Patel (Janata Party): 34,571 votes^[8]
• N. G. Halappa (INC): 28,188 votes

1978

• J. H. Patel (Janata Party): 30,227 votes^[9]
• Abdul Hameed Khan (INC-Indira): 19,826 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Davanagere district