Chikmagalur Election 2023 Results Highlights: The counting of votes for the Chikmagalur constituency has begun. A total of three candidates are the major contenders for this assembly seat – Thimmashetty from the Janata Dal (Secular), HD Thammaiah from the Indian National Congress (INC), and CT Ravi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the 2018 state assembly elections, BJP’s CT Ravi has won the seat with a margin of more than 26,000 votes against Congress’s Shankar BL.
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Shobha Karandlaje won from Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with a margin of over 3,49,000 votes by beating Pramod Madhwaraj of the JD(S).
The Chikmagalur constituency has a total of 2,08,432 voters. Of these, the general voters, NRI voters and service voters, with the Lingayat, the community that Thammaiah belongs to, constituting around 40,000 voters. While, Vokkaligas, the community BJP’s CT Ravi belongs to, have around 20,000 votes. The constituency also has 45,000 SC/STs, 30,000 Muslims and 23,000 Kurubas.
This constituency assembly seat is witnessing a close race between Congress and BJP candidates. Latest EC data shows Congress is leading by 450 votes on the seat currently.
BJP candidate CT Ravi is leading from the constituency. Notably, in the 2018 state assembly elections, Ravi won the seat with a margin of more than 26,000 votes against Congress’s Shankar BL.
Once a Congress citadel, Chikmagalur saw Indira Gandhi emerge victorious in the 1978 Lok Sabha election. However, the winds of change swept in as BJP broke the trend and began winning Assembly elections from 2004.
The counting votes has begun for the Chikmagalur constituency. Chikmagalur residents cast their ballots for the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 on May 10.