Kolar Gold Field Assembly constituency

Kolar Gold Fields
Constituency No. 146 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DivisionBangalore
DistrictKolar
LS constituencyKolar
Established1951
Total electors199,982[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
M. Roopakala
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byY. Ramakka

Kolar Gold Fields is one of the constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency.

This constituency has been reserved for Scheduled Castes since its establishment. It was represented by two members until the 1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election. Due to the prevalence of Tamil labourers in the gold fields, mainly Dalits, the constituency was represented by Tamils (and sometimes Tamil Nadu regional parties) until 2008, when the delimitation made Tamils a less decisive factor.[2]

Members of Assembly

Mysore State

Year Member Party
1952 P. M. Swamidorai All India Scheduled Caste Federation
K. S. Vasan Communist Party of India
1957 C. M. Arumugam All India Scheduled Caste Federation
M. C. Narasimhan Communist Party of India
1962[3][4][5] S. Rajagopal
1967[6][7] S. R. Gopal Indian National Congress
1968^ S. R. Shanmugam
1972[8][9] C. M. Arumugam Republican Party of India

^by-election

Karnataka

Year Member Party
1978 C. M. Arumugam Republican Party of India
1983 M. Bhaktavatchalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1985 T. S. Mani Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1989 M. Bhaktavatchalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1994 S. Rajendran Bharatiya Rashtriya Party
1999 M. Bhaktavatchalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004 S. Rajendran Republican Party of India
2008[10] Y. Sampangi Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Y. Ramakka
2018[11][12] M. Roopakala Indian National Congress
2023[1]

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kolar Gold Field[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Roopakala 81,569 55.10 +4.12
BJP Ashwini Sampangi 31,102 21.01 −0.72
RPI S. Rajendran 29,795 20.12 +5.51
JD(S) V. M. Ramesh Babu 1,360 0.92 −5.51
NOTA None of the Above 1,383 0.93 −0.32
Majority 50,467 34.09 +4.84
Turnout 148,051 74.03 +0.83
INC hold Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kolar Gold Field[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Roopakala 71,151 50.98
BJP Ashwini Sampangi 30,324 21.73
RPI S. Rajendran 20,393 14.61
JD(S) M. Backthavachalam 8,976 6.43
CPI(M) P. Thangaraj 1,746 1.25
NOTA None of the Above 1,750 1.25
Majority 40,827 29.25
Turnout 1,39,569 73.20
INC gain from BJP Swing

2013

  • Ramakka Y. (BJP): 55,014 votes[13]
  • M. Backthavachalam (JD-S): 28,992 votes

1967

  • S. R. Gopal (INC): 20,024 votes[14]
  • C. M. Armugam (RPI): 15,261 votes

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ Kumaresan, S. (24 April 2018). "Striking gold in Kolar poll field no longer an easy task for AIADMK". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Karnataka 1962". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Karnataka Election Results 1962". www.elections.in.
  5. ^ "Assembly Election Results in 1962, Karnataka". traceall.in.
  6. ^ "Assembly Election Results in 1967, Karnataka". traceall.in.
  7. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Karnataka Election Results 1972". www.elections.in.
  9. ^ "Assembly Election Results in 1972, Karnataka". traceall.in.
  10. ^ "Kolar Gold Field Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Karnataka Election Results 2013, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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