Somwarpet Assembly constituency

Former Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India

Somwarpet
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Mysore
District	Kodagu
LS constituency	Mangalore
Established	1967
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Somwarpet Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Karnataka state assembly in India until 2008 when it was made defunct. It was part of Mangalore Lok Sabha seat.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1967^[1]	G. M. Manjanathaya		Swatantra Party
1972^[2]^[3]	R. Gundu Rao		Indian National Congress

Karnataka state

Year	Member
1978^[4]	R. Gundu Rao	Indian National Congress
1983^[5]	B. A. Jivijaya	Janata Party
1985^[6]	B. A. Jivijaya	Janata Party
1989^[7]^[8]	A M Belyappa	Indian National Congress
1994^[9]^[10]	Appachu Ranjan	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999^[11]	Appachu Ranjan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004^[12]^[13]	B. A. Jivijaya	Indian National Congress
2008 onwards: Seat does not exist.

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. A. Jivijaya	46,560	44.27%	21.62
	BJP	Appachu Ranjan	43,763	41.61%	2.53
	JD(S)	Shashidar Vp	9,244	8.79%	6.96
	JP	Rajesh Gundu Rao	3,988	3.79%	New
	Independent	Bhaverappa Ip	817	0.78%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Amruthesh Np	797	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			2,797	2.66%	1.24
Turnout			1,05,169	72.74%	2.23
Registered electors			1,44,904		11.37
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	5.19

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Appachu Ranjan	35,768	39.08%	3.27
	Independent	B. A. Jivijaya	32,195	35.17%	New
	INC	K. P. Chandrakala	20,730	22.65%	6.61
	JD(S)	R. K. Chinnappa	1,675	1.83%	New
	BSP	Kaliveera J Sridhara	607	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			3,573	3.90%	1.82
Turnout			91,529	74.61%	2.55
Registered electors			1,30,113		2.31
	BJP hold		Swing	3.27

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Appachu Ranjan	33,195	35.81%	13.66
	JD	B. A. Jivijaya	31,267	33.73%	24.54
	INC	A. M. Belliappa	27,123	29.26%	15.08
	INC	H. M. Srikesh	599	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			1,928	2.08%	20.11
Turnout			92,704	73.85%	3.12
Registered electors			1,27,179
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	8.53

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. M. Belliappa	38,250	44.34%	2.17
	BJP	B. B. Shivappa	19,104	22.15%	18.28
	JP	B. A. Jivijaya	17,385	20.15%	29.93
	JD	B. K. Chinnappa	7,924	9.19%	New
	Independent	T. K. Saikumar	1,665	1.93%	New
	Independent	N. T. Rajappa	491	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			19,146	22.19%	14.29
Turnout			86,264	73.30%	2.24
Registered electors			1,23,637
	INC gain from JP		Swing	5.74

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. A. Jivijaya	38,248	50.08%	2.58
	INC	A. M. Belliappa	32,209	42.17%	1.50
	BJP	Y. M. Karumbaiah	2,955	3.87%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rahiman	1,410	1.85%	New
Margin of victory			6,039	7.91%	1.08
Turnout			76,374	72.90%	2.82
Registered electors			1,06,051		22.50
	JP hold		Swing	2.58

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	B. A. Jivijaya	31,544	52.66%	7.24
	INC	R. Gundu Rao	26,162	43.67%	41.71
	AIML	K. Abbobakar	1,983	3.31%	New
Margin of victory			5,382	8.98%	3.13
Turnout			59,903	70.42%	8.82
Registered electors			86,573		9.62
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	R. Gundu Rao	31,588	51.27%	*New*
	JP	B. A. Jivijaya	27,982	45.42%	New
	INC	G. M. Habib	1,210	1.96%	54.28
	Independent	D. Hanumaraje Urs	831	1.35%	New
Margin of victory			3,606	5.85%	18.03
Turnout			61,611	79.96%	20.19
Registered electors			78,975		9.53
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	4.97

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Gundu Rao	23,448	56.24%	10.71
	INC(O)	C. K. Kalappa	13,489	32.35%	New
	CPI(M)	B. N. Venkataramana	3,225	7.74%	New
	ABJS	D. S. Manjunath	1,530	3.67%	New
Margin of victory			9,959	23.89%	14.96
Turnout			41,692	59.65%	11.25
Registered electors			72,105		39.98
	INC gain from SWA		Swing	1.78

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Somwarpet^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	G. M. Manjanathaya	19,379	54.47%	*New*
	INC	C. K. Kalappa	16,201	45.53%	New
Margin of victory			3,178	8.93%
Turnout			35,580	72.59%
Registered electors			51,512
	SWA win (new seat)

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