Sandur Assembly constituency

Sandur
Constituency No. 95 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Ballari
Lok Sabha constituency	Bellary
Established	1956
Total electors	223,337[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. Annapoorna Tukaram
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Santosh Lad

Sandur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

It is part of Ballari district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	H. Rayana Gouda		Indian National Congress
1962	M. Y. Ghorpade
1967
1972

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	C. Rudrappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Heeroji V. S. Lad		Indian National Congress
1985	U. Bhupathi		Janata Party
1989	M. Y. Ghorpade		Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004[3]	Santosh Lad		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008[4]	E. Tukaram		Indian National Congress
2013[5]
2018[6]
2023[1]
2024 (By poll)	E. Annapoorna Tukaram

Election results

2024 (By-election)

2024 By-Elections in Sandur^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Annapoorna Tukaram	93,616	51.95	2.64
	BJP	Bangaru Hanumatu	83,967	46.60	17.84
	NOTA	None of the above	1,058	0.58	0.04
Majority			9,649	5.35	15.20
Turnout			1,80,205
	INC hold		Swing

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sandur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Tukaram	85,223	49.31	0.20
	BJP	Shilpa Raghavendra	49,701	28.76	12.02
	KRPP	K.S. Divakar	31,375	18.15	New
	JD(S)	N. Somappa	2,617	1.51	1.24
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,065	0.62	0.52
Majority			35,522	20.55	11.66
Turnout			1,72,833	77.39	2.82
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sandur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	E. Tukaram	78,106	49.53
	BJP	D. Raghavendra	64,096	40.64
	IND	Bangara Hanumanta	7,191	4.56
	JD(S)	B. Vasanth Kumar	4,343	2.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,803	1.14
Majority			14,010	8.89
Turnout			1,57,710	74.57
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Ballari district

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
7. The Hindu (23 November 2024). "Karnataka bypolls results 2024: Congress retains Sandur in close fight with BJP that made all-out efforts to wrest mineral rich constituency". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
8. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Sandur Assembly bypoll 2024 Result". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
9. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". Election Commission of India.

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