Tumkur Rural is assembly constituency number 133 in Karnataka, in Tumkur district, and one of the segments of the Tumkur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election B.suresh Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 48.9% of the vote, 4,594 votes ahead of D.c.gowrishankar Swamy (JD(S)).
- 01B.suresh GowdaBJP89,19148.90%
- 02D.c.gowrishankar SwamyJD(S)84,59746.38%
- 03G.h.shanmukhappaINC4,0662.23%
- 04Dinesh.t.nUPJP7530.41%
- 05Dinesh Kumar.bAAP6700.37%
- 8 other candidates · 1,912 votesNOTA · 1,200 (0.66%)
Margin 4,594 votes · 2.52% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,82,389 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.suresh GowdaMale · 58 yrs | BJP | 89,191 | 48.90% |
| 2 | D.c.gowrishankar SwamyMale · 46 yrs | JD(S) | 84,597 | 46.38% |
| 3 | G.h.shanmukhappaMale · 65 yrs | INC | 4,066 | 2.23% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,200 | 0.66% |
| 4 | Dinesh.t.nMale · 28 yrs | UPJP | 753 | 0.41% |
| 5 | Dinesh Kumar.bMale · 35 yrs · SC | AAP | 670 | 0.37% |
| 6 | V.a.anandMale · 47 yrs | KRS | 461 | 0.25% |
| 7 | SiddaramegowdaMale · 57 yrs | Independent | 455 | 0.25% |
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| 8 | S.t.govindaiahMale · 52 yrs | Independent | 313 | 0.17% |
| 9 | Yoganarasimhamurthy.t.hMale · 47 yrs · SC | Independent | 309 | 0.17% |
| 10 | K.v.srinivas KalkereMale · 47 yrs · SC | Independent | 152 | 0.08% |
| 11 | D.gopalakrishnaMale · 68 yrs · SC | SP(I) | 88 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Ashoka.k.s.Male · 36 yrs · SC | Independent | 80 | 0.04% |
| 13 | Nissar AhmedMale · 40 yrs | IMP | 54 | 0.03% |
The seat changed hands: JD(S) won in 2018, BJP in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Tumkur Rural result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D C Gowrishankar | JD(S) | 82,740 | 48.01% |
| 2 | B Suresh Gowda | BJP | 77,100 | 44.74% |
| 3 | Rayasandra Ravikumar | INC | 7,633 | 4.43% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,530 | 0.89% |
| 4 | Siddaramegowda T B | Independent | 906 | 0.53% |
| 5 | Tajuddin Shariff | WPOI | 718 | 0.42% |
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| 6 | K V Srinivaskalkere | Independent | 508 | 0.29% |
| 7 | Sunil Yadav S | AIMEP | 351 | 0.20% |
| 8 | Shabbir Ahmed | Independent | 239 | 0.14% |
| 9 | Anwar | Independent | 220 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Arun Gowda H B | Independent | 150 | 0.09% |
| 11 | Yoganarasimhamurthy T H | Independent | 140 | 0.08% |
| 12 | Guluru Rangaiah Nagaraju | Independent | 97 | 0.06% |
Tumkur Rural result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.suresh Gowda | BJP | 55,029 | 37.50% |
| 2 | Gowrishankar.d.c. | JD(S) | 53,457 | 36.43% |
| 3 | H.ningappa | KJP | 22,709 | 15.48% |
| 4 | Auditor Nagaraju Yalachavadi | INC | 8,599 | 5.86% |
| 5 | N.gangaiah | BSP | 1,060 | 0.72% |
| 6 | Siddaramegowda.t.b. | Independent | 1,041 | 0.71% |
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| 7 | B.h.kalaiah | JD(U) | 935 | 0.64% |
| 8 | Vijayakumar N. | Independent | 662 | 0.45% |
| 9 | K.v.srinivas Kalkere | Independent | 637 | 0.43% |
| 10 | Mehar Taj | Independent | 558 | 0.38% |
| 11 | Lakshmi | Independent | 530 | 0.36% |
| 12 | M.kumbaiah | BSRCP | 497 | 0.34% |
| 13 | Anwar | Independent | 410 | 0.28% |
| 14 | Dattatreya.m.j. | Independent | 338 | 0.23% |
| 15 | D.lakshmaiah | Independent | 263 | 0.18% |
Tumkur Rural result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. Suresh Gowda | BJP | 60,904 | 50.08% |
| 2 | H. Ningappa | JD(S) | 32,512 | 26.73% |
| 3 | Arakere Rudresh | INC | 21,642 | 17.80% |
| 4 | Syed Imthiyaz Pasha | Independent | 1,463 | 1.20% |
| 5 | Syed Mukbul Ahamed | BSP | 1,419 | 1.17% |
| 6 | T.B. Siddaramegowda | Independent | 1,111 | 0.91% |
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| 7 | K.v.sreenivasaiah | Independent | 1,063 | 0.87% |
| 8 | Kannadakanda | BPJP | 714 | 0.59% |
| 9 | K.B. Lokesh | SP | 427 | 0.35% |
| 10 | Vasudevamurthy | Independent | 362 | 0.30% |
Tumkur Rural 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.
Tumkur Rural is one of the assembly segments of Tumkur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Tumkur candidates.
- V. SomannaBJP99,679 57.1%
- S.P. MuddahanumegowdaINC70,859 40.6%
- J.K. SamiIndependent907 0.5%
- S.N. SwamySUCI647 0.4%
- Rajasimha J. N.BSP584 0.3%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 28,820 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Tumkur Rural.
Who won the Tumkur Rural assembly seat in 2023?
B.suresh Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Tumkur Rural in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 89,191 votes, which was 48.90% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Tumkur Rural?
The margin was 4,594 votes (2.52% of valid votes). The runner-up was D.c.gowrishankar Swamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) with 84,597 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Tumkur Rural in 2023?
Turnout was 87.65%: 1,83,039 of 2,08,826 registered electors voted, across 226 polling stations. That is 2.2 points higher than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Tumkur Rural part of?
Tumkur Rural is an assembly segment of the Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, V. Somanna got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Tumkur Rural a reserved constituency?
No. Tumkur Rural is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Tumkur Rural?
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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