Karnataka · AC 223

Chamarajanagar

Name: Chamarajanagar
Address: Chamarajnagar, Karnataka, IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 2018 · Chamarajnagar

206,162

Electors

167,111

Votes polled

81.06%

Turnout

4,913

Margin

Winner

C Puttarangashetty

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	C Puttarangashetty Won Male	INC	75,963	45.46%
2	K R Mallikarjunappa Male	BJP	71,050	42.52%
3	A M Mallikarjunaswamy (alur Mallu) Male	BSP	7,134	4.27%
4	Vatal Nagaraj Male	KCVP	5,977	3.58%
5	Nota (NOTA)	NOTA	2,063	1.23%
5	M Honnuraiah Male	IND	904	0.54%
6	Narayanaswamy J Male	SJPL	556	0.33%
7	Rangaswamy Male	IND	552	0.33%
8	Suresha B N Male	IND	540	0.32%
9	Saraswathi M R Female	AIMEP	523	0.31%
10	Lawyer Chinnaswamy M Male	IND	506	0.30%
11	M S Mallikarjun Male	IND	441	0.26%
12	Prasannakumar B Male	IND	360	0.22%
13	S Ganesh Male	BDBRAJP	279	0.17%
14	Nagasundara D Male	BRPP	263	0.16%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2023	C. Puttarangashetty Male INC	48.46%	V.Somanna Male BJP	44.10%
2018	C Puttarangashetty Male INC	45.46%	K R Mallikarjunappa Male BJP	42.52%
2013	C.Puttarangashetty Male INC	37.09%	K.R.Mallikarjunappa Male KJP	29.47%
2008	1 C.Puttarangashetty Male INC	33.93%	2 M.Mahadev Male BJP	31.82%
2004	Vatal Nagaraj Male KCVP	—	Dr Manjula Bp Female INC	—
1999	C Guruswamy Male BJP	43.83%	Vatal Nagaraj Male KCVP	27.24%
1994	Vatal Nagaraj Male KCVP	26.69%	S. Puttaswamy Male INC	21.06%
1989	Vatal Nagaraj Male IND	38.76%	S. Puttaswamy Male INC	32.35%
1985	S. Puttaswamy Male INC	40.72%	M. C. Parashivappa Male JnP	31.30%
1983	S. Puttaswamy Male INC	47.51%	Vatal Nagaraj Male IND	39.39%
1978	M.C.Basappa Male JnP	48.84%	S.Puttaswamy Male INC	27.53%
1972	S. Puttaswamy Male INC	50.43%	M. C. Basappa Male NCO	47.40%
1967	S. Puttaswamy Male IND	47.39%	M.C. Basappa Male INC	44.06%