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Assembly constituency 216 · Karnataka

Krishnaraja is assembly constituency number 216 in Karnataka, in Mysore district, and one of the segments of the Mysore Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election T.S. Srivathsa of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.0% of the vote, 7,213 votes ahead of M.K. Somashekar (INC).

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Krishnaraja · 2023AC 216
  1. 01
    T.S. Srivathsa
    BJP
    73,670
    49.01%
  2. 02
    M.K. Somashekar
    INC
    66,457
    44.21%
  3. 03
    K.V. Mallesh
    JD(S)
    5,027
    3.34%
  4. 04
    Sumalatha. S
    UPJP
    1,159
    0.77%
  5. 05
    C. Srinivasa Prasad
    BSP
    793
    0.53%
  6. 12 other candidates · 1,910 votesNOTA · 1,306 (0.87%)

Margin 7,213 votes · 4.80% of valid votes

2,50,435
Registered electors
2023 election
60.4%
Turnout
+0.9 pts vs 2018
7,213
Victory margin
4.8% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 17 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,50,322 valid votes, NOTA included.

Krishnaraja 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1T.S. SrivathsaMale · 56 yrsBJP73,670
49.01%
2M.K. SomashekarMale · 70 yrsINC66,457
44.21%
3K.V. MalleshMale · 57 yrsJD(S)5,027
3.34%
—NOTANOTA1,306
0.87%
4Sumalatha. SFemale · 42 yrsUPJP1,159
0.77%
5C. Srinivasa PrasadMale · 44 yrsBSP793
0.53%
6Jayashree.yFemale · 32 yrs · SCAAP420
0.28%
7A.S. SathishMale · 32 yrs · SCIndependent239
0.16%
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8Somasunder K.sMale · 45 yrsKRS238
0.16%
9Alagudu LingarajuMale · 34 yrs · SCIMP187
0.12%
10H.N. ParthasarathyMale · 62 yrsIndependent124
0.08%
11Tejaswi NagalingaswamyMale · 32 yrsIndependent119
0.08%
12Sandhya. P.sFemale · 44 yrsSUCI115
0.08%
13Sundhally SomashekaraMale · 56 yrsIndependent103
0.07%
14B. Rohith KumarMale · 51 yrs · SCIndependent100
0.07%
15S Prakaash PriyyadarsshanMale · 52 yrsIndependent100
0.07%
16H.P. UdayashankarMale · 49 yrsIndependent86
0.06%
17AmithabaMale · 39 yrsIndependent79
0.05%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 49.0%INC 44.2%JD(S) 3.3%KJP 0.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023T.S. SrivathsaBJP · 49.0% · margin 7,213Turnout60.4%
2018S A RamadasBJP · 53.5% · margin 26,347Turnout59.5%
2013M.k.somashekarINC · 41.2% · margin 6,065Turnout59.1%
2008S.a.ramadassBJP · 54.6% · margin 19,422Turnout56.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Krishnaraja result 2018

Krishnaraja 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S A RamadasBJP78,573
53.48%
2M K SomashekarINC52,226
35.55%
3Mallesh K VJD(S)11,607
7.90%
—NOTANOTA1,441
0.98%
4B SomashekarIndependent413
0.28%
5M D ParthasarathyIndependent399
0.27%
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6B K AravindKP370
0.25%
7Rachappa GIndependent301
0.20%
8SuchithraIndependent289
0.20%
9Janaki M CBJC178
0.12%
10Sreenivas SIndependent153
0.10%
11P KumaraswamyIndependent149
0.10%
12K M JayanthKPJP145
0.10%
13Ravi NIndependent131
0.09%
14Vijayakumar DRPSN114
0.08%
15D N KrishnamurthyIndependent101
0.07%
16BhanumohanSWARAJ99
0.07%
17M NanjappaIndependent81
0.06%
18S JagadeeshIndependent72
0.05%
19B H ShivakumarKJP66
0.04%

Krishnaraja result 2013

Krishnaraja 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M.k.somashekarINC52,611
41.16%
2S.a.ramadasBJP46,546
36.42%
3H.v.rajeevaKJP15,573
12.18%
4Vasu.hJD(S)7,486
5.86%
5Naveena.c.kLSP1,245
0.97%
6C.mohankumarBSP799
0.63%
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7M Pradeep KumarIndependent765
0.60%
8M.natarajSP476
0.37%
9Rajaneesh.a.jIndependent454
0.36%
10G.S. HarishIndependent367
0.29%
11M.s.balajiIndependent229
0.18%
12RamachandraSAJP210
0.16%
13P.jayaraja HegadeIndependent208
0.16%
14M.maheshIndependent186
0.15%
15NasrullaIndependent155
0.12%
16N.r.raghuJD(U)148
0.12%
17GuruswamyIndependent136
0.11%
18Udayasankara H PIndependent130
0.10%
19H.s.nanjundaswamyIndependent88
0.07%

Krishnaraja result 2008

Krishnaraja 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1S.a.ramadassBJP63,314
54.56%
2M.k.somashekarINC43,892
37.82%
3ShivabasappaJD(S)5,398
4.65%
4M.somashekarIndependent1,107
0.95%
5K.n.sundar RajuBSP1,005
0.87%
6G.l.basavannaIndependent535
0.46%
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7P.ramaswamyIndependent220
0.19%
8R.srinivasaIndependent217
0.19%
9P.n.srinathIndependent183
0.16%
10ShankarIndependent171
0.15%
Map

Krishnaraja outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Mysore district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Krishnaraja is one of the assembly segments of Mysore. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Mysore candidates.

  • Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja WadiyarBJP1,04,596 66.9%
  • M. LakshmanaINC50,171 32.1%
  • Kadamba Naa AmbarishKJP214 0.1%
  • Rangaswamy. MIndependent172 0.1%
  • A. S. SathishIndependent165 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 54,425 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Krishnaraja.

Who won the Krishnaraja assembly seat in 2023?

T.S. Srivathsa of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Krishnaraja in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 73,670 votes, which was 49.01% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Krishnaraja?

The margin was 7,213 votes (4.80% of valid votes). The runner-up was M.K. Somashekar of the Indian National Congress with 66,457 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Krishnaraja in 2023?

Turnout was 60.42%: 1,51,322 of 2,50,435 registered electors voted, across 265 polling stations. That is 0.9 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Krishnaraja part of?

Krishnaraja is an assembly segment of the Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Krishnaraja a reserved constituency?

No. Krishnaraja is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Krishnaraja?

The Karnataka assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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