Electorate 2,08,514 (2016) MLA K. G. Bopaiah Stateunion territory Karnataka | Party Bharatiya Janata Party District Kodagu district | |
Virajpet Vidhan Sabha constituency (Kannada: ವಿರಾಜಪೇಟೆ ವಿಧಾನ ಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) is one of the 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka.
Virajpet Vidhan Sabha constituency is a part of Mysore Lok Sabha constituency. From 1957 to 2008, it was a part of the erstwhile Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency and was merged with the Mysore Lok Sabha constituency in 2008 by the Delimitation Commission. Virajpet was part of the erstwhile Coorg State until 1956, when under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it became a part of the Mysore State (now Karnataka). As of 2016, it had an electorate of 2,08,514 voters.
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