Fort Assembly constituency

Fort
Fort
Former constituency No. 77 for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Mysore State
Division	Bangalore
District	Bangalore
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore
Established	1967
Abolished	1978
Reservation	None

Fort Assembly constituency was one of the constituencies in Mysore state assembly in India until 1978 when it was made defunct. It was part of Bangalore Lok Sabha constituency.

Jurisdiction

The places under the constituency: Chamarajpet (East), Fort, Visveswarapuram, Shankarapuram, Kempegowdanagar, Hanumantanagar and Basaveshwara Temple divisions of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1967	T. R. Shamanna		Independent politician
1972	T. R. Shamanna		Independent politician

Election results

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Fort ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. R. Shamanna	13,625	33.13%	*New*
	INC	D. S. Narasinga Rao	11,209	27.26%	5.81
	Independent	T. K. Thimmarayi Gowda	9,262	22.52%	New
	ABJS	K. G. Subbarama Setty	6,746	16.41%	7.07
Margin of victory			2,416	5.88%	25.70
Turnout			42,201	53.01%	0.05
Total valid votes			41,120
Registered electors			79,602		18.69
	Independent hold		Swing	19.90

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Fort ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. R. Shamanna	18,116	53.03%	*New*
	INC	P. N. S. Murthy	7,327	21.45%	New
	Independent	M. K. T. Prabhu	5,529	16.18%	New
	ABJS	G. Setty	3,192	9.34%	New
Margin of victory			10,789	31.58%
Turnout			35,522	52.96%
Total valid votes			34,164
Registered electors			67,069
	Independent win (new seat)

References

↑ "Delimitation, 1967". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

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[1] "Delimitation, 1967". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.

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