Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu (earlier only Mysuru) Lok Sabha Constituency, which has provided two Chief Ministers to the State has another rare distinction that is opposite in nature, with none of the LS MPs getting a Union Cabinet berth. However, two former MPs got the Ministerial berth only as Rajya Sabha (RS) members.
From 1952 till now, 16 general elections have been held with BJP winning thrice, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Paksha (KMPP) once and Congress 12 times from the aforementioned Constituency. In 1952 election, M.S. Gurupadaswamy of KMPP and N. Rachaiah of Congress were elected from the then twin-member Mysuru LS Constituency.
