| Madikeri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 208 for theKarnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kodagu |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mysore |
| Established | 1956 |
| Total electors | 232,799 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Mantar Gowda | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Appachu Ranjan |
Madikeri Assembly constituency is one of the 224Legislative Assembly constituencies ofKarnataka inIndia.[2]
It is part ofKodagu district and is one among the two legislative assembly constituency from the district.
MadekeriMantar Gowda who won the2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election is the current MLA from this constituency.
The constituency has 209,469 voters: 1.05 lakh women and 1.03 lakh men.[3] TheScheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constitute roughly 20.5% of the electorate and the electorate is 79.8% rural. The electorate is predominantly Hindu withMuslims andChristians constituting less than 16% of the voter base. The constituency has more number ofGowdas (Are Bhashe and others) thanKodavas in contrast toVirajpet Assembly constituency.[4]
| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1956:Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1957 | K. Mallapa | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | A. P. Appanna | ||
| 1972 | A. M. Bellaippa | ||
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | M. C. Nanaiah | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1983 | Mundanda M Nanaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | D. A. Chinnappa | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | Dambekodi Subbaya Madappa | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | Mundanda M Nanaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | K. G. Bopaiah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | Appachu Ranjan | ||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Mantar Gowda | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mantar Gowda | 84,879 | 47.84 | +25.29 | |
| BJP | Appachu Ranjan | 80,477 | 45.36 | +3.68 | |
| JD(S) | Napanda Muthappa | 6,233 | 3.51 | −28.72 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,516 | 0.85 | −0.10 | |
| Majority | 4,402 | 2.48 | −6.97 | ||
| Turnout | 177,416 | 76.21 | −1.74 | ||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Appachu Ranjan | 70,631 | 41.68 | ||
| JD(S) | B. A. Jivijaya | 54,616 | 32.23 | ||
| INC | K. P. Chandrakala | 38,219 | 22.55 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,615 | 0.95 | ||
| Majority | 16,015 | 9.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,69,458 | 77.95 | |||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||