Chamarajanagar is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Southern Karnataka of Karnataka and is located in South India. Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 62.02%. There are 15,55,781 voters of which 7,89,384 are male and 7,66,336 are female and 61 voters of the third gender.
R Dhruvanarayana of INC (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. INC polled 5,67,782 of the total of 11,33,029 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Chamarajanagar goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 72.85%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 22 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 15,55,781 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,89,384 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,66,336 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | INC |
| Turnout % | 72.85% | 67.92% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,41,182 | 4,002 |
| Margin of Victory % | 12.46% | 0.41% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | INC |
| Turnout % | 72.85% | 67.92% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,41,182 | 4,002 |
| Margin of Victory % | 12.46% | 0.41% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 568537 | 44.74% | V Srinivas PrasadWinner |
| INC | 566720 | 44.60% | R Dhruvanarayana |
| BSP | 87631 | 6.90% | Dr Shivakumara |
| NOTA | 12716 | 1.00% | Nota |
| UPP | 9510 | 0.75% | Hanur Nagaraju |
| IND | 6554 | 0.52% | M Pradeep Kumar |
| IND | 4633 | 0.36% | G.D. Rajagopal |
| INCP | 4606 | 0.36% | Subbaiah |
| IND | 4067 | 0.32% | N Ambarish |
| IND | 3000 | 0.24% | Anand Jivan Ram |
| KPP(R) | 2684 | 0.21% | Prasanna Kumar B |
