Narasimharaja
Narasimharaja is a locality in Mysore. It hosts one of the constituencies of Karnataka State Legislative Assembly.
Elections were first held here for this seat in 1967.[1]
Aziz Sait and nephew of Tanveer Sait campaigned for the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Maruthi Rao Pawar in the 2002 Karnataka assembly election against his uncle Tanveer Sait.[4] In the 2002 By-election Sait won the Narasimharaja Assembly seat by above 10,000 votes against Maruthi Rao Pawar from the Janata Dal (Secular).[5] In the following election of 2004 Sait won the assembly seat by above 20,000 against Maruthi Rao Pawar from the Janata Dal (Secular).In the 2008 assembly election Sait beat S.Nagaraju (Sandesh) of the Janata Dal (Secular) by about 6000 vote. Tanveer Sait is the sitting member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Narasimharaja constituency as he retained the seat again in the 2013 assembly election winning against Abdul Majeed K H of the Social Democratic Party of India by about 8370 votes.[6] Sait won the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from the Narasimharaja constituency defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate by about 18127 votes.[7]
References
- ^ "In photos: Grand Dasara celebrations at Mysore Palace | Bangalore Mirror". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Narasimharaja remains a Sait stronghold". thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Azeez Sait is dead". The Hindu. 29 December 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Chacha, bhatija fight for Aziz Sait's legacy". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2975.htm 8th Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile AZEEZ, SATT SHRI
- ^ "Narasimharaja (Karnataka) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Narashimaraja Election Results 2018 Live Updates: Congress's Tanveer Sait Won". News18. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
See also
Narasimharaja (Vidhan Sabha constituency)