Hassan Assembly constituency

Karnataka state constituency

Hassan
Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Hassan Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
LS constituency	Hassan
Total electors	228,436^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Swaroop Prakash
Party	Janata Dal (Secular)

Hassan Assembly seat is one of the 224 seats in Karnataka state assembly in India. It is part of Hassan Lok Sabha seat.

K H Hanumegowda (1930-2018) and H S Prakash have won this seat four times each. Hanumegowda lost 3 elections from here, in 1983 and 1994 as Congress candidate, and in 2008 as Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. And H S Prakash lost in 1999 and 2018.^[2]

Members of Assembly

Source:^[3]

Year	Member
1957	K. T. Dasappa	Independent
1962	Yashodharamma	Indian National Congress
1967	H. B. Jwalaniah	Swatantra Party
1972	K H Hanumegowda	Indian National Congress
1978	K H Hanumegowda	Indian National Congress
1983	B. V. Karigowda	Janata Party
1985	B. V. Karigowda	Janata Party
1989	K H Hanumegowda	Indian National Congress
1994	H. S. Prakash	Janata Dal
1999	K H Hanumegowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	H. S. Prakash	Janata Dal
2008
2013
2018^[4]	Preetham J. Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023^[5]^[6]	Swaroop Prakash	Janata Dal

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hassan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	Swaroop Prakash	85,176	49.80
	BJP	Preetham J. Gowda	77,322	45.21
	INC	Banavase Rangaswamy	4,305	2.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	888	0.52
Majority			7,854
Turnout			1,71,038
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hassan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Preetham J. Gowda	63,348	41.02
	JD(S)	H. S. Prakash	50,342	32.60
	INC	H. K. Mahesh	38,101	24.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	953	0.62
Majority			13,006
Turnout			1,54,438	72.52
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

1967 Assembly Election

H. B. Jwalaniah (SWA) : 18,212 votes ^[7]
L. T. Karle INC : 17933

1957 Assembly Election

K.T. Dasappa (IND) : 16,224 votes ^[7]
L. T. Karle INC : 13070

References

^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Former Minister K.H. Hanumegowda passes away in Hassan". Star of Mysore. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
^ "Hassan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
^ Financialexpress (16 May 2018). "Karnataka election results 2018: Full list of constituency wise winners and losers from BJP, Congress, JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ India Today (14 May 2023). "Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
^ Hindustan Times (13 May 2023). "Karnataka election 2023 results: List of winners from Hassan area constituencies". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.