Nanjangud Assembly constituency

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

Nanjangud
Constituency No. 214 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Vidhana Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
LS constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1951
Total electors	220,420 (2023)[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Darshan Dhruvanarayana
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	B. Harshavardhan

Assembly Constituencies of Mysore district

It is part of Mysore district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	M. Linganna		Independent politician
	M. Madaiah		Indian National Congress
1957	P. Mahadevaiah
1962	N. Rachaiah
1967	L. Srikantaiah		Independent politician
1972	K. B. Shiviah		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	K. B. Shiviah		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	M. Mahadev		Indian National Congress
1985	D. T. Jaya Kumar		Janata Party
1989	M. Mahadevu		Indian National Congress
1994	D. T. Jayakumar		Janata Dal
1999	M. Mahadev		Indian National Congress
2004	D. T. Ayakumar		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008[3]	Srinivasa Prasad		Indian National Congress
2013[4]
2016^	Kalale Keshavamurthy
2018[5]	B. Harshavardhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[1]	Darshan Dhruvanarayana		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Nanjangud^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Darshan Dhruvanarayana	109,125	62.05	+22.07
	BJP	B. Harshavardhan	61,518	34.98	−12.61
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,452	0.83	−0.36
Majority			47,607	27.07	+19.46
Turnout			175,864	79.79	+1.38
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Nanjangud^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Harshavardhan	78,030	47.59
	INC	Kalale N. Keshavamurthy	65,551	39.98
	JD(S)	H. S. Dayanandamurthy	13,679	8.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,947	1.19
Majority			12,479	7.61
Turnout			1,63,979	78.41
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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

References

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 - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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