Varuna Assembly constituency

Varuna
Varuna
Constituency No. 219 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Map of Vidhan Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Mysore
Lok Sabha constituency	Chamarajanagar
Established	2008
Total electors	234,533 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Siddaramaiah
Party	INC
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A.
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Dr. Yatindra S.; INC

Varuna Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation exercise.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Varuna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	119,816	60.09	5.00
	BJP	V. Somanna	73,653	36.94	15.34
	NOTA	None of the above	634	0.32	0.54
Margin of victory			46,163	23.15	10.34
Turnout			199,801	85.19	5.99
Total valid votes			199,379
Registered electors			234,533		6.10
	INC hold		Swing	5.00

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Varuna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yathindra Siddaramaiah	96,435	55.09	6.12
	BJP	T. Basavaraju	37,819	21.60	New
	JD(S)	Abhishek S. Manegar	28,123	16.07	14.12
	NOTA	None of the above	1,497	0.86	New
	Indian New Congress Party	Gurulingaiah	1,245	0.71	New
	KJP	Umesha. C	1,201	0.69	39.02
	Independent	Rajesh. N	1,118	0.64	New
Margin of victory			58,616	33.49	11.99
Turnout			175,068	79.20	3.23
Total valid votes			175,048
Registered electors			221,053		13.41
	INC hold		Swing	6.12

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Varuna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	84,385	61.21	10.98
	KJP	Kapu Siddalingaswamy	54,744	39.71	New
	JD(S)	Cheluvaraj	2,686	1.95	0.94
	BSP	Shivamahadeva	2,419	1.75	2.04
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Karnataka)	G. M. Gadkar	1,454	1.05	New
	Independent	Master. M. Suresh	1,427	1.04	New
	Independent	Siddalingaswamy	1,383	1.00	New
	RPI(A)	D. Eshwara Thoremavu	1,233	0.89	New
	Bharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party	Nirmalakumari	1,195	0.87	New
Margin of victory			29,641	21.50	8.34
Turnout			160,680	82.43	6.70
Total valid votes			137,852
Registered electors			194,918		3.11
	INC hold		Swing	10.98

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Varuna
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Siddaramaiah	71,908	50.23	*New*
	BJP	L. Revannasiddaiah	53,071	37.07	New
	BSP	P. Gurupadaswamy	5,426	3.79	New
	JD(S)	H. V. Krishnaswamy	4,133	2.89	New
	Independent	A. N. Rangunayak	2,485	1.74	New
	SP	K. Cheluvappa	1,583	1.11	New
	Independent	H. R. Nagaraju	1,162	0.81	New
	Independent	K. P. Mahalingaiah	910	0.64	New
Margin of victory			18,837	13.16
Turnout			143,159	75.73
Total valid votes			143,150
Registered electors			189,041
	INC win (new seat)