Chittapur Assembly constituency

Chittapur
Chittapur
Constituency No. 40 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Kalaburagi
Lok Sabha constituency	Gulbarga
Established	1951
Total electors	235,755
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Priyank M. Kharge
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Valmiki Nayak

Chittapur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Chittapur is also part of Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1952	Rudrappa	Indian National Congress
1957	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao
1962	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao
1967	R. Nagappa
1972	Vijay Desai
1978	Prabhakar. R. Telkar
1983	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	Janata Party
1985	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	Janata Party
1989	Baburao Chinchansur	Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	Janata Dal
2008	Mallikarjun Kharge	Indian National Congress
2009^	Valmiki Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Priyank Kharge	Indian National Congress
2018
2023

↑ Resigned on 29/05/2009

Election results

Assembly Election 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
	AAP	Jagadish S. Sagar	962	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	816	0.53%	0.22
Margin of victory			13,640	8.90%	5.77
Turnout			153,242	65.00%	4.46
Total valid votes			153,195
Registered electors			235,755		1.65
	INC hold		Swing	3.43

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,700	49.65%	1.37
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	65,307	46.53%	18.45
	BSP	V. K. Devaraja	1,218	0.87%	0.09
	AIMEP	Raju Hadnoor	1,136	0.81%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	1,052	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			4,393	3.13%	19.81
Turnout			140,397	60.54%	4.57
Total valid votes			140,369
Registered electors			231,920		21.78
	INC hold		Swing	1.37

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priyank Kharge	69,379	51.02%	7.02
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	38,188	28.08%	17.43
	KJP	Gurunath	9,596	7.06%	New
	Independent	Raju Mukkanna Wadi	1,546	1.14%	New
	BSP	Ayyappa Ramateerth	1,310	0.96%	0.32
	WPOI	Dhanalaxmi Rathod	1,103	0.81%	New
	Independent	Mahesh Kashi	982	0.72%	New
	JD(S)	Tippanna Odeyaraj	955	0.70%	3.91
Margin of victory			31,191	22.94%	21.43
Turnout			124,004	65.11%	8.18
Total valid votes			135,976
Registered electors			190,446		2.03
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	5.51

Assembly By-election 2009

2009 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	48,365	45.51%	11.62
	INC	Priyank Kharge	46,759	44.00%	8.13
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	4,904	4.61%	2.27
	BPP	Shankar Jadhav	1,410	1.33%	New
	BSP	Ayyappa Ramateerth	1,356	1.28%	0.93
	Independent	S. R. Ghattargi	1,286	1.21%	New
	Independent	Devindra S/o Hanmanth	977	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			1,606	1.51%	16.73
Turnout			106,276	56.93%	4.89
Total valid votes			106,276
Registered electors			186,663		1.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.62

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mallikarjun Kharge	49,837	52.13%	24.06
	BJP	Valmiki Nayak	32,395	33.89%	20.09
	JD(S)	Basavaraj Bennur	6,574	6.88%	41.08
	Independent	Tippanna Odeyaraj	2,419	2.53%	New
	BSP	Raju Mukkanna Wadi	2,112	2.21%	0.57
	JD(U)	Savita. H. Rathod	1,254	1.31%	New
	LJP	Husenappa Hulagappa Kalli Lingasur	1,009	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			17,442	18.24%	1.65
Turnout			95,652	52.04%	6.13
Total valid votes			95,600
Registered electors			183,801		25.38
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing	4.17

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	40,871	47.96%	47.13
	INC	Baburao Chinchansur	23,921	28.07%	24.58
	BJP	Dr. Prabhuraj Kanta	11,760	13.80%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Patil. B. G	2,845	3.34%	New
	BSP	Md. Maqbool Khan Madrkhan	2,373	2.78%	New
	JP	Md. Masiuddin Klyani	2,014	2.36%	New
	SP	Khaummuddin Bidri	771	0.90%	0.06
	AIFB	Nagenderappa Gundi Malkhed	657	0.77%	New
Margin of victory			16,950	19.89%	9.27
Turnout			85,276	58.17%	5.19
Total valid votes			85,212
Registered electors			146,590		16.44
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	4.69

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baburao Chinchansur	39,919	52.65%	16.33
	JD(U)	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	31,863	42.02%	New
	Independent	Vishwanath Malakappa	1,883	2.48%	New
	SP	Mohammed Ismail Khasim Sab	638	0.84%	New
	JD(S)	Anna Rao Sannurkar	633	0.83%	New
	Independent	Annappa Makikappa Nagoor	550	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			8,056	10.62%	9.44
Turnout			79,768	63.36%	2.98
Total valid votes			75,825
Rejected ballots			3,925	4.92%	2.16
Registered electors			125,895		5.86
	INC hold		Swing	16.33

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baburao Chinchansur	25,355	36.32%	14.06
	Independent	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	24,529	35.14%	New
	INC	Karsiddappa	5,165	7.40%	New
	BJP	Sivalingappa Patil Bhagodi	4,272	6.12%	5.29
	JD	Revansiddappa Bhagodi	2,287	3.28%	10.81
	BSP	Abdul Rasheed Phylvan	2,032	2.91%	New
	Independent	Tippusing	1,079	1.55%	New
	Independent	Bandeppa Devantgi	1,066	1.53%	New
	Independent	Anand. K. Malkar	872	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			826	1.18%	16.94
Turnout			71,812	60.38%	0.19
Total valid votes			69,811
Rejected ballots			1,980	2.76%	3.69
Registered electors			118,926		9.59
	INC hold		Swing	14.06

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baburao Chinchansur	30,786	50.38%	8.24
	JP	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	19,717	32.27%	New
	JD	Revansiddappa Bhagodi	8,607	14.09%	New
	Independent	Mallikarjun	976	1.60%	New
	Kranti Sabha	Baswareddy Karreddy	510	0.83%	New
	BJP	T. K. Kale Kashinathrao	506	0.83%	0.89
Margin of victory			11,069	18.12%	10.74
Turnout			65,317	60.19%	5.16
Total valid votes			61,102
Rejected ballots			4,215	6.45%	3.44
Registered electors			108,523		24.52
	INC gain from JP		Swing	0.86

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	23,038	49.52%	6.58
	INC	Hanumanthraya Allur	19,605	42.14%	9.36
	LKD	Tukaram Joteappa	1,775	3.82%	2.79
	Independent	S. Lingayya	909	1.95%	New
	BJP	Baswaraj Shantappa Patil	801	1.72%	New
	Independent	Srimanth Siddappa	391	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			3,433	7.38%	15.94
Turnout			47,964	55.03%	2.67
Total valid votes			46,519
Rejected ballots			1,445	3.01%	0.28
Registered electors			87,156		12.04
	JP hold		Swing	6.58

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Vishawanath Hebbal Patil	22,096	56.10%	29.12
	INC	Prabhaker Raghavendrarao	12,911	32.78%	19.02
	LKD	Neeranna Timmaji	2,603	6.61%	New
	Independent	Ramdev. S. Verma	657	1.67%	New
	Independent	Rachayya Gangayya Korwar	474	1.20%	New
	Independent	M. A. Sattar	329	0.84%	New
	Independent	Shivasharnappa Bashateppa	316	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			9,185	23.32%	5.77
Turnout			40,727	52.36%	0.54
Total valid votes			39,386
Rejected ballots			1,341	3.29%	1.24
Registered electors			77,790		5.84
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	0.02

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Prabhakar. R. Telkar	20,814	56.08%	*New*
	JP	Kusumakar Desai	10,015	26.98%	New
	INC	Subhash Shankarshetty Patil	5,108	13.76%	38.75
	Independent	Satyanarayan Vyas	1,180	3.18%	New
Margin of victory			10,799	29.09%	16.89
Turnout			38,878	52.90%	5.71
Total valid votes			37,117
Rejected ballots			1,761	4.53%	4.53
Registered electors			73,497		4.64
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	3.57

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Desai	18,392	52.51%	7.25
	INC(O)	B. Revansidappa Kanta	14,119	40.31%	New
	ABJS	Budanna Mahadev	2,513	7.18%	New
Margin of victory			4,273	12.20%	16.55
Turnout			36,373	47.19%	4.22
Total valid votes			35,024
Registered electors			77,077		31.33
	INC hold		Swing	7.25

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Nagappa	17,088	59.76%	6.75
	SWA	P. Ramreddy	8,867	31.01%	2.07
	CPI	S. Fakirappa	2,433	8.51%	9.54
	Independent	S. Baswanappa	204	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			8,221	28.75%	4.68
Turnout			30,173	51.41%	8.15
Total valid votes			28,592
Registered electors			58,690		11.94
	INC hold		Swing	6.75

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao	11,296	53.01%	13.34
	SWA	Shantmallappa Anna Rao Bhankur	6,167	28.94%	New
	CPI	Srinivas Rao Gudi	3,847	18.05%	10.47
Margin of victory			5,129	24.07%	16.22
Turnout			22,680	43.26%	7.60
Total valid votes			21,310
Registered electors			52,431		5.69
	INC hold		Swing	13.34

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaya Devi Raghavender Rao	7,018	39.67%	43.71
	Independent	Shantappa Sangapa Herur	5,629	31.82%	New
	CPI	Sharnappa Fakirappa	5,045	28.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,389	7.85%	58.92
Turnout			17,692	35.66%	7.36
Total valid votes			17,692
Registered electors			49,610		10.64
	INC hold		Swing	43.71

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election : Chittapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rudrappa	13,103	83.38%	*New*
	PDF	Shantappa Sangappa Herur	2,611	16.62%	New
Margin of victory			10,492	66.77%
Turnout			15,714	28.30%
Total valid votes			15,714
Registered electors			55,519
	INC win (new seat)

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[5] Resigned on 29/05/2009

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[3] "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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[6] "Chittapur Election Result 2018 Live: Chittapur Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[7] "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.

[8] "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

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