# Channapatna Assembly constituency

Channapatna Assembly constituency of Karnataka Assembly is one of the constituencies located in Ramanagara district.
It is a part of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency, along with eight other assembly constituencies. Channapatna constituency is well known for many important people in Karnataka politics. The first education minister of Mysore State, V. Venkatappa, was from this constituency.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Mysore State

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | V. Venkatappa | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | B. K. Puttaramaiah | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | B. J. Linge Gowda | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | T. V. Krishnappa | Independent politician |
| 1972 | T. V. Krishnappa | Indian National Congress |

### Karnataka

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1978 | D. T. Ramu | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1983 | M. Varade Gowda (Raju) | Janata Party |
| 1985 | M. Varade Gowda (Raju) | Janata Party |
| 1989 | Sadat Ali Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | M.Varade Gowda | Janata Dal |
| 1999 | C. P. Yogeshwara | Independent politician |
| 2004 | C. P. Yogeshwara | Indian National Congress |
| 2008 | C. P. Yogeshwara | Indian National Congress |
| 2009^ | M. C. Ashwath | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 2011^ | C. P. Yogeshwara | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| 2013 | C. P. Yogeshwara | Samajwadi Party |
| 2018 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 2023 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 2024^ | C. P. Yogeshwara | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Channapatna :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | C. P. Yogeshwara | 112,642 | 54.33 | +46.56 |
| | JD(S) | Nikhil Kumaraswamy | 87,229 | 42.07 | −6.76 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 427 | 0.21 | −0.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,413 | 12.26 | +4.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 207,347 | | |
| | INC gain from JD(S) | INC gain from JD(S) | Swing | | |

### 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Channapatna :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JD(S) | H. D. Kumaraswamy | 96,592 | 48.83 | +2.28 |
| | BJP | C. P. Yogeshwara | 80,677 | 40.79 | +5.63 |
| | INC | S. Gangadhar | 15,374 | 7.77 | −8.21 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,110 | 0.56 | −0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,915 | 8.04 | −3.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,97,796 | 85.86 | −1.00 |
| | JD(S) hold | JD(S) hold | Swing | | |

### 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Channapatna :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD(S) | H. D. Kumaraswamy | 87,995 | 46.55 |
| | BJP | C. P. Yogeshwara | 66,465 | 35.16 |
| | INC | H. M. Revanna | 30,208 | 15.98 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,103 | 0.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,530 | 11.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,013 | 86.86 |
| | JD(S) gain from SP | JD(S) gain from SP | Swing | |

### 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Channapatna :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | SP | C. P. Yogeshwara | 80,099 | 47.53 |
| | JD(S) | Anitha Kumaraswamy | 73,635 | 43.70 |
| | INC | Sadath Ali Khan | 8,134 | 4.83 |
| | BJP | Ravikumar Gowda | 1,609 | 0.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,464 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | SP gain from INC | SP gain from INC | Swing | |