Kapu Assembly constituency
Kapu | |
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Constituency No. 121 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Udupi |
LS constituency | Udupi Chikmagalur |
Total electors | 189,007[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Gurme Suresh Shetty | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | Lalaji Mendon |
Kapu Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.[2]
It is part of Udupi district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Mysore State
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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Before 1956: Constituency did not exist | |||
1957 | F. X. Denis Pinto | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Bhaskar Shetty | Praja Socialist Party | |
1967 | |||
1972 | Indian National Congress |
Karnataka State
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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1978 | Bhaskar Shetty | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
1983 | Vasantha V. Salian | Indian National Congress | |
1985 | |||
1989 | |||
1994 | |||
1999 | |||
2004 | Lalaji Mendon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2008 | |||
2013 | Vinay Kumar Sorake | Indian National Congress | |
2018[3] | Lalaji Mendon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2023 | Gurme Suresh Shetty |
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Gurme Suresh Shetty | 80,559 | 53.23 | +0.69 | |
INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 67,555 | 44.63 | +0.34 | |
SDPI | Mohammed Haneef | 1,616 | 1.07 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 805 | 0.53 | −0.05 | |
Majority | 13,004 | 8.6 | +0.35 | ||
Turnout | 151,355 | 80.08 | +1.15 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Lalaji Mendon | 75,893 | 52.54 | ||
INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 63,976 | 44.29 | ||
JD(S) | M. Mansoor Ibrahim | 1,393 | 0.96 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 839 | 0.58 | ||
Majority | 11,917 | 8.25 | |||
Turnout | 1,44,448 | 78.93 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.