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TUMKUR

Assembly seat no. 57 in Karnataka · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 7 times since 1978.

Karnataka also has a Lok Sabha constituency called TUMKUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.

Every election in this seat

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginMargin %CandidatesTurnout
2004BJPSHIVANNA SINCSHAFI AHMED S8,6455.99%1160.2%
1999BJPS. SHIVANNAINCS. SHAFI AHMED8,5886.64%663.6%
1994BJPS. SHIVANNAINCS. SHAFI AHAMED9,1047.37%1667.7%
1989INCS. SHAFI AHMEDJDLAKSHMI NARASIMHAIAH5,1405.04%1460.5%
1985JNPLAKSHMINARASIMHAIAHINCALIYA BEGUM13,53018.20%1061.3%
1983JNPLAKSHMINARASIMIAHINCS. SHAFI AHMED10,53016.42%666.0%
1978INC(I)NAZEER AHMEDJNPMOHAMED GAIBAN KHAN9,46614.89%1272.7%

Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.

Who won the TUMKUR assembly constituency in 2004?

SHIVANNA S (BJP) won TUMKUR in 2004, by a margin of 8,645 votes.

Which party has won TUMKUR the most times?

BJP, with 3 of the 7 wins recorded since 1978.

How many times has TUMKUR gone to the polls?

7 times, from 1978 to 2004.

Who has won TUMKUR the most times?

S. SHIVANNA, with 2 wins between 1994 and 1999.

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