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Karnataka Election 2023: Channagiri Assembly Seat
Karnataka Election: Channagiri Assembly Constituency 2023
Channagiri is one of the 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Constituencies that comes under the Davanagere district. Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 for Channagiri will be held on May 10 and the result was declared on May 13.
In Karnataka Assembly Election 2018, there were 1,93,834 registered voters for Channagiri assembly seat, out of which 98,189 were male and 95,636 were female voters. 0.5% of voters opted for the None of the Above (NOTA) option.
In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 2018, Channagiri constituency had 10 candidates for assembly seat contention. Channagiri was one of 104 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bharatiya Janata Party's K Madalu Virupakshappa won the election by upstaging Indian National Congress's Vadnal Rajanna by a margin of 25,780 votes.
The top three candidates split 96.0% of votes between them. Bharatiya Janata Party's K Madalu Virupakshappa got a total of 73,794 votes, while Indian National Congress's Vadnal Rajanna secured 48,014 votes. Janata Dal (Secular)'s candidate D Ramesha grabbed the third spot with 29,106 votes. The top three parties got 47.0%, 30.6% and 18.5% respectively.
In Karnataka Assembly election 2013, Indian National Congress's Vadnal Rajanna beat Karnataka Jantha Paksha's K.Madal Virupakshappa by 1,773 votes.