Madikeri Assembly constituency


Madikeri Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Karnataka [Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly] constituencies of Karnataka in India.
It is part of Kodagu district and is one among the two legislative assembly constituency from the district.
Madekeri Mantar Gowda who won the 2023 [Karnataka Legislative Assembly election] is the current MLA from this constituency.

Electorate

The constituency has 209,469 voters: 1.05 lakh women and 1.03 lakh men. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constitute roughly 20.5% of the electorate and the electorate is 79.8% rural. The electorate is predominantly Hindu with Muslims and Christians constituting less than 16% of the voter base. The constituency has more number of Gowdas (Are Bhashe and others) than Kodavas in contrast to Virajpet [Assembly constituency].

Election results

2018