Challakere Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Challakere is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Karnataka in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST).Areas after delimitation order of 2008
2 Challakere Taluk (Part) 1 Kasaba and 4 Parasurampura Circles. Challakere TMC 3 Chitradurga Taluk (Part) 4 Turuvanur Circle
General Election 2023
TOTAL ELECTORS: 220968, TURN OUT TOTAL: 178061 (80.58%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 T. Raghumurthy | M | 59 | ST | INC | 67952 | 38.16 |
| 2 Ravish Kumar.m | M | 45 | ST | JD(S) | 51502 | 28.92 |
| 3 K.t. Kumar Swamy | M | 39 | ST | IND | 29148 | 16.37 |
| 4 Anil Kumar. R | M | 45 | ST | BJP | 22894 | 12.86 |
| 5 Marakka | F | 40 | ST | AAAP | 3072 | 1.73 |
| 6 Nota | NOTA | NOTA | 1639 | 0.92 | ||
| 7 C. Bhojaraja | M | 47 | ST | KRS | 1139 | 0.64 |
| 8 Anjamma | F | 42 | ST | IND | 715 | 0.4 |
General Election 2018
TOTAL ELECTORS : 208942, TURNOUT TOTAL: 169000 (80.88%)| CANDIDATE NAME | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 T RAGHUMURTHY | M | 55 | ST | INC | 72874 | 43.12 |
| 2 RAVEESH KUMAR | M | 39 | ST | JD(S) | 59335 | 35.11 |
| 3 K T KUMARASWAMY | M | 34 | ST | BJP | 33471 | 19.81 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | 1730 | 1.02 | |||
| 5 K P BHUTHAIAH | M | 70 | ST | SWARAJ | 1590 | 0.94 |
2013 general election results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 T RAGHUMURTHY | M | 50 | ST | INC | 60197 | 40.74 |
| 2 K T KUMARASWAMY | M | 29 | ST | KJP | 37074 | 25.09 |
| 3 P THIPPESWAMY (P.T) | M | 45 | ST | JD(S) | 27373 | 18.52 |
| 4 G P JAYAPALAIAH | M | 38 | ST | BJP | 12981 | 8.78 |
| 5 L NAGARAJU(NAGANNA) | M | 42 | ST | BSRCP | 4233 | 2.86 |
| 6 B HANUMANTHARAYA | M | 37 | ST | IND | 2568 | 1.74 |
| 7 P PALAIAH | M | 49 | ST | BSP | 998 | 0.68 |
| 8 DEEPA C | F | 30 | ST | SP | 909 | 0.62 |
| 9 LAKSHMIDEVI | F | 36 | ST | IND | 813 | 0.55 |
| 10 M PALAIAH | M | 43 | ST | IND | 630 | 0.43 |
May 2008 general election result
| Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes polled | |||
| 1 THIPPESWAMY | M | BJP | 42591 | |||
| 2 SHASHIKUMAR | M | INC | 42302 | |||
| 3 P.THIPPESWAMY | M | JD(S) | 23777 | |||
| 4 DR.OBANNA.K.POOJAR | M | BSP | 3938 | |||
| 5 SANNA SURAIAH | M | IND | 2672 | |||
| 6 G.BHAGIRATHI NAYAKA | F | JD(U) | 1804 | |||
| 7 B.OBANNA | M | IND | 1191 | |||
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
It was a general seat.2004 assembly election results
1 . SUDHAKAR D was INC candidate. He polled 47550 votes.2 . BASAVARAJ MANDI MUTT was BJP candidate. He polled 20199 votes.
3 . TIPPESWAMY was JD(S) candidate. He polled 19707 votes.
4 . LAKSHMIKANTA N R was an independent candidate. He polled 14074 votes.
5 . RANGASWAMY K was an independent candidate. He polled 10195 votes.
6 . JAGALURAIAH H was JP candidate. He polled 3263 votes.
7 . GIRIYAPPA R (R. G. MASTER) was KNDP candidate. He polled 1703 votes.
8 . PANDURANGA G R was BSP candidate. He polled 1077 votes.
9 . DEVARAJA T was an independent candidate. He polled 655 votes.
10 . RANGASWAMY T(LIC) was KCVP candidate. He polled 568 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 118991