Elections in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment which has witnessed high decibel battles and acerbic campaigning notably in the 2006 by-polls and 2018 elections, is relatively quiet with all focus of attention on the adjoining Varuna.
Chamundeshwari is not in the eye of the media glare anymore with the Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah shifting his constituency to Varuna after receiving a drubbing in the 2018 elections.
G.T. Deve Gowda of the Janata Dal (Secular) is pitted against Mavinahalli Siddegowda of the Congress and V. Kavish Gowda of the BJP, in a constituency where all political parties field a Vokkaliga candidate given the community’s numerical strength. There are 3,29,141 voters in the constituency of whom 1,64,151 are male and 1,64,995 are females with 35 transgenders.
