# Chikballapur Assembly constituency

Chikballapur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is a part of Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Mysore State

| Elected year | Member | Party |
| Before 1956: See Sidlaghatta-Chikballapur Assembly constituency ||||
| 1957 | S. Muni Raju | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | A. Muniyappa | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | C. V. Venkatarayappa | Independent politician |
| 1967 | K. M. Puttaswamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | C. V. Venkatarayappa | Indian National Congress |

### Karnataka

| Elected year | Member | Party |
| 1978 | Renuka Rajendran | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1983 | A. Muniyappa | Independent politician |
| 1985 | K. M. Muniyappa | Janata Party |
| 1989 | Renuka Rajendran | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | M. Shivananda | Independent politician |
| 1999 | K.V. Anasuyamma Natarajan | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | S. M. Muniyappa | Indian National Congress |
| 2008 | K. P. Bachegowda | Janata Dal |
| 2013 | K. Sudhakar | Indian National Congress |
| 2018 | K. Sudhakar | Indian National Congress |
| 2019^ | K. Sudhakar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023 | Pradeep Eshwar | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chikkaballapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Pradeep Eshwar | 86,224 | 46.65 | 18.13 |
| | BJP | K. Sudhakar | 75,582 | 40.90 | 7.63 |
| | JD(S) | K. P. Bachegowda | 19,815 | 10.72 | 9.91 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1050 | 0.57 | 0.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,642 | 5.75 | 14.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,84,817 | 88.07 | 1.25 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Chikkaballapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | K. Sudhakar | 84,389 | 48.53 | 45.32 |
| | INC | M Anjinappa | 49,588 | 28.52 | 18.75 |
| | JD(S) | M. Radhakrishna | 35,869 | 20.63 | 9.10 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 973 | 0.56 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,801 | 20.01 | 2.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,875 | 86.82 | 0.87 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chikkaballapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Sudhakar | 82,006 | 47.28 | 3.79 |
| | JD(S) | K. P. Bachegowda | 51,575 | 29.74 | 11.07 |
| | Independent | K. V. Naveen Kiran | 29,433 | 16.97 | |
| | BJP | Dr. G. V. Manjunatha | 5,576 | 3.22 | 0.55 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 714 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,431 | 17.54 | 7.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,467 | 87.69 | 5.06 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chikkaballapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Sudhakar | 74,914 | 51.07 | 30.06 |
| | JD(S) | K. P. Bachegowda | 59,866 | 40.81 | 1.31 |
| | BJP | A. V. Byregowda | 3,910 | 2.67 | 10.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,048 | 10.30 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,46,709 | 82.18 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Chikkaballapur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |