Madikeri Assembly constituency
{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Madikeri
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 208
| map_image = 208-Madikeri constituency.svg
| state = Karnataka
| district = Kodagu
| loksabha_cons = Mysore
| established = 1956
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:232799}} (2023){{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/15163-karnataka-2023/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023 |publisher=Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in |access-date=24 July 2023 |url-access=limited}}{{update after|2028|7}}
| mla = Mantar Gowda
| party = Indian National Congress
| latest_election_year = 2023
| preceded_by = Appachu Ranjan
}}
Madikeri Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.{{cite web |url=https://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PCELE2019/GE2019_VOTERS_COUNT.pdf |title=Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count |website=ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in |accessdate= 10 February 2021}}
It is part of Kodagu district and is one among the two legislative assembly constituency from the district.
Madekeri Mantar Gowda who won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election is the current MLA from this constituency.
Electorate
The constituency has 209,469 voters: 1.05 lakh women and 1.03 lakh men.{{Cite web |title=Constituencies {{!}} Kodagu District, Government of Karnataka {{!}} India |url=https://kodagu.nic.in/en/constituencies/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |language=en-US}} The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constitute roughly 20.5% of the electorate and the electorate is 79.8% rural. The electorate is predominantly Hindu with Muslims and Christians constituting less than 16% of the voter base. The constituency has more number of Gowdas (Are Bhashe and others) than Kodavas in contrast to Virajpet Assembly constituency.{{Cite web |title=Temple entry row: It is Kodavas vs Arebhashe Gowdas in Kodagu- The Week |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/statescan/2025/02/15/a-temple-entry-row-has-pitted-two-prominent-communities-in-kodagu-against-each-other.amp.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=www.theweek.in}}
Members of the Legislative Assembly
= Mysore State =
= Karnataka =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1978
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |
| 1983
|Mundanda M Nanaiah | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |
| 1985
| rowspan="2" |D. A. Chinnappa |
| 1989 |
| 1994
|Dambekodi Subbaya Madappa |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |
| 1999
|Mundanda M Nanaiah |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
| 2004
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}} |
| 2008
| rowspan="3" |Appachu Ranjan |
| 2013 |
| 2018 |
| 2023
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |
Election results
= 2023 =
{{Election box begin | title=2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Madikeri{{cite news |title=Madikeri Constituency Election Results 2023 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/karnataka/constituency/madikeri-assembly-constituency-election-results-assembly-seat-details-mlas-candidates/articleshow/99305522.cms |access-date=29 March 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329055421/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/karnataka/constituency/madikeri-assembly-constituency-election-results-assembly-seat-details-mlas-candidates/articleshow/99305522.cms |archive-date=29 March 2025}}{{cite news |title=Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Madikeri |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10208.htm?ac=208 |access-date=29 March 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329055828/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10208.htm?ac=208 |archive-date=29 March 2025}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = Mantar Gowda
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 84,879
|percentage = 47.84
|change = +25.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Appachu Ranjan|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=80,477|percentage=45.36|change=+3.68}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Napanda Muthappa|party=Janata Dal (Secular)|votes=6,233|percentage=3.51|change=-28.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=1,516|percentage=0.85|change=-0.10}}
{{Election box majority|votes=4,402|percentage=2.48|change=-6.97}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=177,416|percentage=76.21|change=-1.74}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2018 =
{{Election box begin | title=2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Madikeri{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6933-karnataka-2018/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 4 February 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Appachu Ranjan
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 70,631
|percentage = 41.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = B. A. Jivijaya
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 54,616
|percentage = 32.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = K. P. Chandrakala
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 38,219
|percentage = 22.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1,615
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 16,015
|percentage = 9.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,69,458
|percentage = 77.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal (Secular)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Assembly constituencies of Karnataka}}
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