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Mysore Lok Sabha seat witnesses contest between royal and ordinary; 67.52% voters turn out
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Summary
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, is making his political debut from the Mysore seat.
The Mysore parliamentary constituency in Karnataka witnessed 65.85% voting till 5 pm in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election. The seat, spread over two districts of Mysuru and Kodagu, is witnessing a battle between the ‘royal’ and the ‘ordinary’. Voters here are faced with the dilemma of choosing between Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress’ M Lakshmana. By the time polling closed, 67.52% of the voters turned out.
Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, is making his grand political debut from the Mysore seat. On the other hand, Lakshmana is Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s confidant and state Congress spokesperson.
The Mysore comprises eight Assembly segments, of which Congress won five in the 2023 state elections. The Janata Dal (Secular) and BJP have two and one seats each.
Backing the Congress candidate, CM Siddaramaiah has said that “voting for Lakshmana is like voting for me. His victory means my victory”.
Wadiyar, meanwhile, is backed by the JD(S), which has a considerable vote base in the constituency and has forged an alliance with the BJP in the 2024 general elections.
Wadiyar has replaced BJP’s Pratap Simha, who has represented the constituency in Parliament since 2014.
Voting date
Karnataka will vote for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in two phases. While polling across 14 constituencies in the state will take place on Friday, April 26, the remaining 14 seats will vote during the third phase on May 7. The counting of votes will be done on June 4.
In Mysore, voting is held in the second phase on April 26. In the 2019 polls, this constituency registered a total voter turnout of 69.51%.
List of candidates
In the 2024 elections, 18 candidates are contesting from the Mysore seat. Here’s a look at some of the prominent names:
| Candidate names | Party |
| Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| M Lakshmana | Congress |
| Kadamba Ambarish | Karnataka Jantha Paksha |
| KH Krishna | Karunaadu Party |
| Dr HM Nanjundaswamy | Samajwadi Janata Party (Karnataka) |
| MS Praveen | Karnataka Rashtra Samithi |
2019 General Elections result
During the last general elections in 2019, BJP’s Pratap Simha secured a second consecutive term from the Mysore seat, defeating the rival Congress candidate CH Vijayashankar by over 1.38 lakh votes.
| Candidate names | Party | Vote Share |
| Prathap Simha | BJP | 6,88,974 (52%) |
| CH Vijayashankar | Congress | 5,50,327 (42%) |
| Dr B Chandra | BSP | 24,597 (2%) |
| NOTA | – | 5,346 (1%) |
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