Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha Constituency

Chamarajanagar is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, India. It comprises eight legislative assembly segments, of which seven are held by the ruling Congress and one by the JD(S). The Varuna Assembly constituency that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah represents falls in this segment, making it a prestige battle. Considered a Congress stronghold, the BJP wrested the constituency from the party in 2019, with BJP MP V. Srinivas Prasad winning the seat. The saffron party hopes to retain the seat this time. This dry and backward region is in the grip of an acute drought. Dalits and Lingayats are in sizeable numbers in the constituency, followed by the backward classes, minorities, and tribal people. One of the oldest tribes in the world, the Soligas, are found in large numbers here.