Chintamani Assembly constituency

Chintamani
Chintamani
Constituency No. 143 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Chikballapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolar
Established	1951
Total electors	225,460
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. C. Sudhakar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	J. K. Krishna Reddy

Chintamani Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1952	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	Independent politician
1952	Narayanappa
1957	T. K. Gangi Reddy
1960 By-election	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	Indian National Congress
1962	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	Independent politician
1967	T. K. Gangi Reddy
1972	Chowda Reddy
1978		Indian National Congress
1983		Indian National Congress
1985	K. M. Krishna Reddy	Janata Party
1989	Chowda Reddy	Indian National Congress
1994	K. M. Krishna Reddy	Janata Dal
1999	Chowda Reddy	Independent politician
2004	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	Indian National Congress
2008	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	Indian National Congress
2013	J. K. Krishna Reddy	Janata Dal
2018	J. K. Krishna Reddy	Janata Dal
2023	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	97,324	51.05%	49.81
	JD(S)	J. K. Krishna Reddy	68,272	35.81%	12.74
	BJP	G. N. Venugopal (Gopi)	21,711	11.39%	10.30
	NOTA	None of the above	866	0.45%	0.04
Margin of victory			29,052	15.24%	12.34
Turnout			191,011	84.72%	0.42
Total valid votes			190,632
Registered electors			225,460		5.12
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing	2.50

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	J. K. Krishna Reddy	87,753	48.55%	7.72
	Bharatiya Praja Paksha	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	82,513	45.65%	New
	INC	Vani Krishna Reddy	2,233	1.24%	6.26
	BJP	Naa Shankar	1,962	1.09%	0.04
	Independent	N. R. Sudhakar	1,425	0.79%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	877	0.49%	New
Margin of victory			5,240	2.90%	1.90
Turnout			180,818	84.30%	0.51
Total valid votes			180,758
Registered electors			214,487		15.02
	JD(S) hold		Swing	7.72

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	J. K. Krishna Reddy	68,950	40.83%	2.67
	Independent	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	67,254	39.82%	New
	INC	Vani Krishna Reddy	12,665	7.50%	36.95
	BJP	Sathyanarayana Mahesh	1,911	1.13%	5.23
	Independent	G. S. Subash	1,706	1.01%	New
	Independent	Hari Sudhakara. V	1,252	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			1,696	1.00%	0.05
Turnout			158,148	84.81%	9.27
Total valid votes			168,875
Registered electors			186,475		7.76
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	3.62

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	58,103	44.45%	6.72
	JD(S)	K. M. Krishna Reddy	56,857	43.50%	41.57
	BJP	Sathyanarayana Mahesh	8,311	6.36%	38.45
	Independent	G. S. Sudhakara Reddy	1,950	1.49%	New
	Independent	N. C. Krishna Reddy	1,681	1.29%	New
	Independent	Sudhakar Reddy	1,546	1.18%	New
	BSP	N. Muniswamy	1,419	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			1,246	0.95%	5.40
Turnout			130,723	75.54%	2.22
Total valid votes			130,710
Registered electors			173,044		0.52
	INC hold		Swing	6.72

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. M. C. Sudhakar	65,256	51.17%	42.15
	BJP	K. M. Krishna Reddy	57,156	44.81%	New
	JD(S)	Raghunathgowda. S	2,463	1.93%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Kupendra. C. M	1,231	0.97%	New
Margin of victory			8,100	6.35%	7.30
Turnout			127,540	73.32%	3.26
Total valid votes			127,540
Registered electors			173,956		9.44
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.23

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chowda Reddy	58,977	51.40%	*New*
	JD(U)	K. M. Krishna Reddy	43,315	37.75%	New
	INC	N. V. Srirama Reddy	10,349	9.02%	37.74
	CPI(M)	G. V. Ashwathanarayana Reddy	2,106	1.84%	0.88
Margin of victory			15,662	13.65%	12.83
Turnout			121,718	76.58%	2.61
Total valid votes			114,747
Rejected ballots			6,388	5.25%	3.59
Registered electors			158,952		12.48
	Independent gain from JD		Swing	3.82

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	K. M. Krishna Reddy	52,293	47.58%	9.01
	INC	Chowda Reddy	51,395	46.76%	12.47
	BSP	N. Shivanna	1,431	1.30%	New
	BJP	D. Sadappa	1,293	1.18%	New
	INC	J. V. Narayanaswamy	1,178	1.07%	New
	CPI(M)	G. C. Byreddy	1,052	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			898	0.82%	19.84
Turnout			111,904	79.19%	0.74
Total valid votes			109,907
Rejected ballots			1,863	1.66%	2.13
Registered electors			141,317		10.56
	JD gain from INC		Swing	11.65

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowda Reddy	57,139	59.23%	13.76
	JD	K. M. Krishna Reddy	37,206	38.57%	New
	JP	Doddanarayana Reddy	1,191	1.23%	New
Margin of victory			19,933	20.66%	11.61
Turnout			100,265	78.45%	2.29
Total valid votes			96,468
Rejected ballots			3,797	3.79%	2.35
Registered electors			127,814		26.14
	INC gain from JP		Swing	4.70

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	K. M. Krishna Reddy	43,965	54.53%	11.88
	INC	Chowda Reddy	36,665	45.47%	11.88
Margin of victory			7,300	9.05%	5.65
Turnout			81,808	80.74%	3.02
Total valid votes			80,630
Rejected ballots			1,178	1.44%	0.98
Registered electors			101,327		11.51
	JP gain from INC		Swing	2.82

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chowda Reddy	39,525	57.35%	55.99
	JP	K. M. Krishna Reddy	29,395	42.65%	13.36
Margin of victory			10,130	14.70%	24.52
Turnout			70,628	77.72%	4.89
Total valid votes			68,920
Rejected ballots			1,708	2.42%	0.31
Registered electors			90,870		9.30
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	11.17

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Chowda Reddy	46,062	68.52%	*New*
	JP	T. K. Gangi Reddy	19,692	29.29%	New
	INC	Mohammed Fazlulla Sharief	914	1.36%	38.39
	Independent	N. Shivanna	561	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			26,370	39.22%	25.25
Turnout			68,681	82.61%	10.35
Total valid votes			67,229
Rejected ballots			1,452	2.11%	2.11
Registered electors			83,136		3.66
	INC(I) gain from Independent		Swing	14.79

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chowda Reddy	30,277	53.73%	*New*
	INC	V. Seethappa	22,402	39.75%	0.09
	CPI(M)	C. V. A. Narayana Reddy	2,099	3.72%	New
	INC(O)	M. R. Seshagiri	1,576	2.80%	New
Margin of victory			7,875	13.97%	6.70
Turnout			57,953	72.26%	5.51
Total valid votes			56,354
Registered electors			80,202		19.66
	Independent hold		Swing	6.61

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. K. Gangi Reddy	29,975	60.34%	*New*
	INC	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	19,705	39.66%	4.21
Margin of victory			10,270	20.67%	8.41
Turnout			52,127	77.77%	7.91
Total valid votes			49,680
Registered electors			67,024		16.28
	Independent hold		Swing	4.21

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	21,664	56.13%	*New*
	INC	V. Seethappa	16,931	43.87%	7.73
Margin of victory			4,733	12.26%	9.06
Turnout			40,267	69.86%
Total valid votes			38,595
Registered electors			57,642
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	4.53

Assembly By-election 1960

1960 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election : Chintamani ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	18,018	51.60%	11.98
	Independent	A. Kempaiah	16,900	48.40%	New
Margin of victory			1,118	3.20%	8.80
Total valid votes			34,918
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.02

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. K. Gangi Reddy	16,411	51.62%	*New*
	INC	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	12,595	39.62%	6.49
	PSP	R. Narayanaswamy	2,074	6.52%	New
	Independent	B. Sreenivasa Rao	709	2.23%	New
Margin of victory			3,816	12.00%	10.83
Turnout			31,789	66.37%	12.86
Total valid votes			31,789
Registered electors			47,894		45.64
	Independent hold		Swing	26.32

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chintamani ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. C. Anjaneya Reddy	17,663	25.30%	*New*
	Independent	Gangi Reddy	16,844	24.13%	New
	INC	M. K. Narayanappa	14,991	21.47%	New
	Independent	Narayanappa	9,412	13.48%	*New*
	INC	M. Yellappa	8,139	11.66%	New
	Independent	A. Narayanaswamy	2,758	3.95%	New
Margin of victory			819	1.17%
Turnout			69,807	39.61%
Total valid votes			69,807
Registered electors			88,111
	Independent win (new seat)

Notes

References

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[election2023-1] 1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[2] "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[election2018-3] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.

[5] "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

[10] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

[12] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

[13] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[15] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[16] "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[17] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.

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