Channapatna Elections 2023: Channapatna Assembly seat is one of the constituencies located in Karnataka's Ramanagara district. Part of the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency, Channapatna is well known for many important personalities in state politics. The first education minister of then Mysore State, MV Venkatappa was basically from this constituency.
Channapatna constituency comprises 31 wards of the city. The constituency has 2,17,606 voters. According to the Election Commission data, Hindus comprise 55.66% of the voters and Muslims make up 42.96%.
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Former CM Kumaraswamy once again proves his mettle
This time, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy faced stiff competition in his home base --the Channapatna constituency. The constituency witnessed a close fight between Kumaraswamy and BJP leader CP Yogeshwara. Meanwhile, the Congress hds fielded Gangadhar S. from this seat.
Major candidates:
- HD Kumaraswamy - JD(S)
- CP Yogeshwara - (BJP)
- Gangadhar S. - (Congress)
JD(S) candidate Mahesh Kumaraswamy was declared the winner from this seat by a margin of 15,915 votes. He garnered a total of 96,592 votes whereas his opponent BJP's Yogeshwara could manage only 80,677 votes.
2018 Assembly Elections
In the 2018 assembly elections Yogeshwara contesting as a BJP candidate, was defeated by Kumaraswamy. Yogeshwara managed to get 66,465 votes and Kumaraswamy polled 87,995 votes. However, in the 2019 General Elections, Congress leader DK Suresh won from Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha seat, defeating BJP's Ashwathnarayangowda with a margin of 20,68,70 votes.
It is worth mentioning here that Channapatna has become a bastion of the JD (S). Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s family had taken it as a matter of prestige to win from here.
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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
It should be mentioned here that the state witnessed a single phase of voting on May 10, whereas, results were declared on May 13. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that more than 9.17 lakh first-time voters participated in the elections in Karnataka.
