1THE DELIMITATION OF COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES 3[ (KARNATAKA) ORDER, 1951
In pursuance of section 11 of the Representation of the People Act,
1950 (43 of 1950), the President is pleased to make the following
Order, namely:-
1. This Order may be called the Delimitation of Council
Constituencies 3[ (Karnataka) Order, 1951.
2. The constituencies into which the State of 2[Karnataka] shall be
divided for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Council of the
State from (a) the graduates' constituencies, (b) the teachers'
constituencies, and (c) the local authorities' constituencies in the
said State, the extent of each such constituency and the number of
seats allotted to each such constituency shall be as shown in the
following Table:-
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Name of Constituency Extent of Constituency Number of seats
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1 2 3
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Graduates' Constituencies
1. Karnataka North-East Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur and Koppal districts 1
Graduates and Bellary district including Harapanaballi
Taluk of Davanagere district.
2. Karnataka North-West Bijapur, Bagalkot and Belgaum districts 1
Graduates.
3. Karnataka West Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada 1
Graduates districts.
4. Karnataka South-West Chitradurga, Davanagere (excluding taluks of Graduates Channagiri, Honnalli and Harapanahalli), 1
Tumkur and Kolar districts.
5. Karnataka South-West Shimoga district including Channagiri and 1
Graduates Honnalli taluks of Davanagere district,
Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chick-magalur and
Kodagu districts.
6. Karnataka South- Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Hassan 1
Graduates districts.
7. Bangalore Graduates Bangalore and Bangalore Rural districts 1
Teachers’ Constituencies
1. Karnataka North-East Bidar, Gulbarga, Raichur and Koppal districts 1
Teachers and Bellary district including Harapanahalli taluk
of Davanagere district.
2. Karnataka North-West Bijapur, Bagalkot and Belgaum districts 1
Teachers.
3. Karnataka West Teachers Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag and Uttara Kannada 1
districts.
4. Karnataka South-East Chitradurga,Davanagere (excluding taluks 1
Teachers of Channagiri, Honnalli and Harapanahalli),
Tumkur and Kolar districts.
5. Karnataka South-West Shimoga district including Channagiri 1
Teachers and Honnalli taluks of Davanagere district,
Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chickmagalur and
Kodagu districts.
6. Karnataka South Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and 1
Teachers Hassan districts.
7. Bangalore Teachers Bangalore and Bangalore Rural districts. 1
Local Authorities’ Constituencies
1. Bidar Local Authorities Bidar district 1
2. Gulbarga Local Authorities Gulbarga district 1
3. Bijapur Local Authorities Bijapur and Bagalkot districts 2
4. Belgaum Local Authorities Belgaum district 2
5. Uttara Kannada Local Authorities Uttara Kannada district 1
6. Dharwad Local Authorities Dharwad, Haveri and Gadag districts 2
7. Raichur Local Authorities Raichur and Koppal districts 1
8. Bellary Local Authorities Bellary district and Harapanahalli 1
taluk of Davanagere district
9. Chitradurga Local Chitradurga district and Davanagere 1
Authorities district excluding Channagiri, Honnalli
and Harapanahalli taluks.
10. Shimoga Local Authorities Shimoga district and Channagiri and 1
Honnalli taluks of Davanagere district
11. Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts 2
Local Authorities
12. Chikmagalur Local Chikmagalur district 1
Authorities
13. Hassan Local Authorities Hassan district 1
14. Tumkur Local Authorities Tumkur district 1
15.Mandya Local Authorities Mandya district 1
16. Bangalore Local Authorities Bangalore district 1
17. Bangalore Rural Local Bangalore Rural district 1
Authorities.
18. Kolar Local Authorities Kolar district 1
19. Kodagu Local Authorities Kodagu district 1
20. Mysore Local Authorities Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts 2]
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3. Any reference in this Order to a district shall be construed as a
reference to the area comprised within that district on the 3[1st day
of September, 1998].
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1. See Notifn. No. S.R.O. 1416, dated the 19th September,
1951.
2. Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) (Adaptation of
Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974, for "Mysore" (w.e.f.
1-11-1973).
3.Subs. by S.O. 615 (E) dated 2nd August, 1999.
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