Santhemarahalli Assembly constituency

Santhemarahalli Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Karnataka state assembly in India until 2008 when it was made defunct. It was part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Santhemarahalli
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysore
District	Chamarajanagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Reservation	SC

Members of Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1962[1]	B. Rachaiah		Indian National Congress
1967[2]
1972[3]	K. Siddaiah		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978[4]	M. Madaiah (Ramasamundra)		Indian National Congress
1983[5]	B. Rachaiah		Janata Party
1985[6]
1989[7][8]	K. Siddaiah		Indian National Congress
1994[9][10]	A. R. Krishnamurthy		Janata Dal
1999[11]			Janata Dal
2004[12][13]	R. Dhruvanarayana		Indian National Congress
2008 onwards: Seat does not exist.

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Dhruvanarayana	40,752	42.77%	29.46
	JD(S)	A. R. Krishnamurthy	40,751	42.77%	32.51
	BSP	Krishna Murthy Cm	5,742	6.03%	New
	BJP	Hemavathi S	3,556	3.73%	30.85
	JP	Krishna Murthy Ms	2,385	2.50%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Mahadevaiah. P	2,091	2.19%	New
Margin of victory			1	0.00%	7.27
Turnout			95,277	72.19%	5.86
Registered electors			1,32,014		7.84
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing	0.92

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	A. R. Krishnamurthy	33,977	41.85%	New
	BJP	R. Dhruvananarayana	28,071	34.58%	1.23
	INC	Cm Mahadedevappa	10,803	13.31%	9.47
	JD(S)	S. Mahadevaiah	8,327	10.26%	New
Margin of victory			5,906	7.28%	7.50
Turnout			81,178	72.78%	5.42
Registered electors			1,22,416		5.89
	JD(U) gain from JD		Swing	6.27

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	A. R. Krishnamurthy	39,905	48.12%	16.41
	BJP	T. Gopal	27,652	33.34%	32.26
	Karnataka Rajya Ryota Sangha	Someshwara	6,921	8.35%	New
	INC	K. Siddaiah	3,184	3.84%	53.11
	INC	T. Mahadevaiah	2,058	2.48%	New
	Independent	Puttamadaiah	1,093	1.32%	New
	Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha	Chikkaramaiayh	563	0.68%	New
	Independent	Malathi. S. S	556	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			12,253	14.78%	10.46
Turnout			82,927	73.57%	6.70
Registered electors			1,15,604
	JD gain from INC		Swing	8.83

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Siddaiah	40,066	56.95%	14.08
	JD	A. R. Krishnamurthy	22,310	31.71%	New
	JP	B. P. Puttabuddi	4,264	6.06%	45.61
	Independent	R. Krishna	1,683	2.39%	New
	BJP	Kerehalli Devaiah	765	1.09%	New
	Independent	B. Lingaiah	451	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			17,756	25.24%	16.43
Turnout			70,356	70.53%	5.45
Registered electors			1,08,192
	INC gain from JP		Swing	5.27

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Rachaiah	31,519	51.67%	7.58
	INC	M. Shivanna	26,149	42.87%	8.56
	LKD	Mallanna	2,456	4.03%	New
	Independent	T. S. Mahadevaiah	872	1.43%	New
Margin of victory			5,370	8.80%	16.14
Turnout			60,996	72.17%	8.69
Registered electors			86,542		2.37
	JP hold		Swing	7.58

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. Rachaiah	30,954	59.26%	17.64
	INC	Shivanna. M	17,922	34.31%	31.48
	Independent	Madaiah. M	1,774	3.40%	New
	INC(J)	Swamy. N. B. N	857	1.64%	New
	Independent	Nagaraja. K. B	729	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			13,032	24.95%	21.78
Turnout			52,236	63.72%	3.60
Registered electors			84,539		7.52
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	14.47

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Madaiah (Ramasamundra)	23,026	44.79%	New
	JP	S. M. Siddayya	21,398	41.62%	New
	Independent	N. C. Biligiri Ranaiah	4,093	7.96%	New
	INC	R. M. Kantharaj	1,453	2.83%	54.17
	Independent	M. Madaiah (Johtigownapura)	835	1.62%	New
	Independent	M. Neelakantaiah	608	1.18%	New
Margin of victory			1,628	3.17%	22.52
Turnout			51,413	67.78%	21.86
Registered electors			78,623		32.09
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	12.21

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Siddaiah	14,769	57.00%	16.31
	INC(O)	B. Baavanna	8,112	31.31%	New
	Independent	N. Basavaraju	1,912	7.38%	New
	SSP	M. Madiah	1,119	4.32%	New
Margin of victory			6,657	25.69%	32.82
Turnout			25,912	45.14%	20.76
Registered electors			59,522		16.48
	INC hold		Swing	16.31

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Rachaiah	24,082	73.31%	19.99
	Independent	L. H. Siddaiah	4,861	14.80%	New
	Independent	M. Madiah	1,472	4.48%	New
	SWA	N. Rachaiah	1,447	4.40%	New
	Independent	M. Puttaswamy	989	3.01%	New
Margin of victory			19,221	58.51%	50.40
Turnout			32,851	69.06%	0.22
Registered electors			51,099		3.94
	INC hold		Swing	19.99

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Santhemarahalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Rachaiah	16,796	53.32%	New
	PSP	B. Basaviah	14,240	45.21%	New
	Independent	T. N. Rachaiah	464	1.47%	New
Margin of victory			2,556	8.11%
Turnout			31,500	67.82%
Registered electors			49,164
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly