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Assembly constituency 131 · Karnataka

Kunigal is assembly constituency number 131 in Karnataka, in Tumkur district, and one of the segments of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Dr|| H D Ranganath of the Indian National Congress won with 42.9% of the vote, 26,573 votes ahead of D Krishnakumar (BJP).

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Kunigal · 2023AC 131
  1. 01
    Dr|| H D Ranganath
    INC
    74,724
    42.88%
  2. 02
    D Krishnakumar
    BJP
    48,151
    27.63%
  3. 03
    Dr Ravi Nagarajaiah
    JD(S)
    46,974
    26.95%
  4. 04
    Jayaramaiah Hithalapura
    AAP
    1,672
    0.96%
  5. 05
    Raghu Janagere
    KRS
    1,037
    0.60%
  6. 3 other candidates · 1,089 votesNOTA · 630 (0.36%)

Margin 26,573 votes · 15.25% of valid votes

1,98,794
Registered electors
2023 election
87.7%
Turnout
+2.6 pts vs 2018
26,573
Victory margin
15.2% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,74,277 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kunigal 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr|| H D RanganathMale · 52 yrsINC74,724
42.88%
2D KrishnakumarMale · 63 yrsBJP48,151
27.63%
3Dr Ravi NagarajaiahMale · 51 yrsJD(S)46,974
26.95%
4Jayaramaiah HithalapuraMale · 56 yrsAAP1,672
0.96%
5Raghu JanagereMale · 37 yrsKRS1,037
0.60%
—NOTANOTA630
0.36%
6B B Ramaswamy GowdaMale · 67 yrsIndependent561
0.32%
7B T Tirumale GowdaMale · 69 yrsIndependent303
0.17%
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8Ramesha S BMale · 46 yrsRSTJNHP225
0.13%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2008201320182023INC 42.9%BJP 27.6%JD(S) 26.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Dr|| H D RanganathINC · 42.9% · margin 26,573Turnout87.7%
2018Dr|| H.D. RanganathINC · 36.3% · margin 5,600Turnout85.1%
2013D. NagarajaiahJD(S) · 31.3% · margin 9,632Turnout83.5%
2008B.B. Ramaswamy GowdaINC · 39.9% · margin 13,794Turnout77.7%

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

Kunigal result 2018

Kunigal 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr|| H.D. RanganathINC58,697
36.25%
2D Krishna KumarBJP53,097
32.79%
3D. NagarajaiahJD(S)44,476
27.47%
4Anand Patel HulikatteKRRS2,869
1.77%
—NOTANOTA830
0.51%
5H B ShivalingaiahIndependent527
0.33%
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6H.a JayaramaiahIndependent485
0.30%
7Bhagyalakshmi EIndependent343
0.21%
8Herur DhanarajRPI(A)240
0.15%
9B.T. ThirumalegowdaIndependent222
0.14%
10Lakshminarayana GowdaSP137
0.08%

Kunigal result 2013

Kunigal 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1D. NagarajaiahJD(S)44,575
31.27%
2D.krishnakumarBJP34,943
24.51%
3B.B. RamaswamygowdaINC33,918
23.79%
4C.N. RavikiranIndependent24,604
17.26%
5Dhanaraj HerurRPI1,280
0.90%
6B.V. PrakashKJP1,029
0.72%
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7A.L. NanjappaIndependent926
0.65%
8V.T. JayaramIndependent833
0.58%
9N.r.lakshminarayanaBSRCP437
0.31%

Kunigal result 2008

Kunigal 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1B.B. Ramaswamy GowdaINC48,160
39.92%
2D. Krishna KumarBJP34,366
28.48%
3D. NagarajaiahJD(S)32,545
26.97%
4K.K. RamakrishnaBSP2,975
2.47%
5AnithaIndependent2,607
2.16%
Map

Kunigal 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 Tumkur district

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

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kunigal is one of the assembly segments of Bangalore Rural. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bangalore Rural candidates.

  • Dr C N ManjunathBJP97,248 56.3%
  • D K SureshINC73,410 42.5%
  • Abhishek KUPJP554 0.3%
  • Suresh M NIndependent321 0.2%
  • Hemavathi KSUCI193 0.1%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 23,838 EVM votes.

Open Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Kunigal assembly seat in 2023?

Dr|| H D Ranganath of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kunigal in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 74,724 votes, which was 42.88% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kunigal?

The margin was 26,573 votes (15.25% of valid votes). The runner-up was D Krishnakumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 48,151 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kunigal in 2023?

Turnout was 87.73%: 1,74,409 of 1,98,794 registered electors voted, across 264 polling stations. That is 2.6 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kunigal part of?

Kunigal is an assembly segment of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr C N Manjunath got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kunigal a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kunigal?

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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