| Gundlupet | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 224 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Division | Mysore |
| District | Chamarajanagar |
| LS constituency | Chamarajanagar |
| Established | 1956 |
| Total electors | 213,888 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | C. S. Niranjan Kumar |
Gundlupet Assembly constituency is one of the 224 electoral constituencies that form the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency.
The constituency was formed in 1957 after Mysore State was reorganized as the result of States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[2] K. S. Nagarathanamma won the first election of 1957, and she went on to be elected six more times. H. K. Shivarudrappa won in 1978 and since 1994 H. S. Mahadeva Prasad has won the seat five times consecutively. Following Prasad's death on 3 January 2017, the by-election was won by M. C. Mohan Kumari.[3]
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Ninan, Prem Paul (1 November 2005). "History in the making". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Paniyadi, Gururaj A. (6 January 2017). "Choose Late minister's wife for Gundlupet: B Janardhan Poojary". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 January 2017.