Chittapur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Karnataka legislative assembly in India

Chittapur
Constituency No. 40 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Kalaburagi
LS constituency	Gulbarga
Total electors	235,755^[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Priyank M. Kharge
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Chittapur is one of the 225 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. Chittapur is also part of Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1952	Rudrappa S	Indian National Congress
1957	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao
1962	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao
1967	R. Nagappa
1972	Vijay Desai
1978	Prabhakar Telkar
1983	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal	Janata Party
1985	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal	Janata Party
1989	Babu Rao Chinchansur	Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004	Vishwanath Patil Hebbal	Janata Dal
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	Indian National Congress
2009^[a]	Valmiki Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Priyank M. Kharge	Indian National Congress
2018
2023

^ by poll

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	81,323	53.08	3.43
	BJP	Manikanta Rathod	67,683	44.18	2.35
	NOTA	None of the above	816	0.53	0.22
Majority			13,640	8.90	5.78
Turnout			1,53,195	64.98	4.46
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,700	49.65
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	65,307	46.53
	BSP	Devaraja V K	1,218	0.87
	NOTA	None of the above	1,052	0.75
Majority			4,393	3.12
Turnout			1,40,369	60.52
	INC hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,397	56.08
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	38,188	30.87
	KJP	Gurunath	9,596	7.76
Majority			31,209
Turnout
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2009 by-election

2009 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Chittapur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Valmiki Naik	48,365	47.72
	INC	Priyank Kharge	46,759	45.26
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	4,904	3.92
	BSP	Ayyappa Ramatheertha	1,356	0.92
Majority			1,606
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	49,837	52.16
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	32,395	33.90
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	6,524	6.83
Majority			17,442
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Chittapur Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
^ "Chittapur Election Result 2018 Live: Chittapur Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "BJP win in Chittapur after neck-and neck fight". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2023.