Bidar Assembly constituency

Bidar
Constituency No. 50 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bidar
Established	1951
Total electors	228,035 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rahim Khan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2018
Preceded by	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli

Bidar Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bidar Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Shafiuddin		Indian National Congress
1957	Maqsood Ali Khan
1962
1967	C. Gurupadappa		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Manikrao. R. Phuleker		Indian National Congress
1978	Veershetty Moglappa Kusnoor		Indian National Congress
1982 By-election [a]	M. Kamal		Indian National Congress
1983	Narayan Rao Manhalli		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Mohd Laiquddin Mohd. Burhanuddin		Indian National Congress
1989	Narayan Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party
1994	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi		Bahujan Samaj Party
1999	Ramesh Kumar Pande		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Bandeppa Kashempur		Independent politician
2008	Dr. Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		Indian National Congress
2009 By-election [b]	Rahim Khan
2013	Dr. Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		Karnataka Janata Paksha
2016 By-election [c]	Rahim Khan		Indian National Congress
2018
2023

1. Resigned on 08/04/1982
2. Resigned on 04/02/2009
3. Died on 17/11/2015

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahim Khan	69,165	46.03%	6.07
	JD(S)	Suryakanth Nagamarpalli	58,385	38.85%	New
	BJP	Ishwar Singh Thakur	17,779	11.83%	32.99
	AAP	Gulam Ali	2,032	1.35%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	543	0.36%	0.13
Margin of victory			10,780	7.17%	0.12
Turnout			150,421	65.96%	0.97
Total valid votes			150,277
Registered electors			228,035		5.16
	INC hold		Swing	6.07

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahim Khan	73,270	52.10%	3.95
	BJP	Suryakanth Nagamarpalli	63,025	44.82%	6.93
	BSP	M. Muniyappa	1,384	0.98%	0.23
	NOTA	None of the above	690	0.49%	0.04
Margin of victory			10,245	7.29%	10.87
Turnout			140,934	64.99%	3.77
Total valid votes			140,623
Registered electors			216,853		5.58
	INC hold		Swing	3.95

Assembly By-election 2016

2016 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bidar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahim Khan	70,138	56.05%	23.32
	BJP	Prakash Khanore	47,417	37.89%	33.89
	JD(S)	Md. Ayaz Khan	4,421	3.53%	1.88
	BSP	Dr. Madna Vaijinath	1,519	1.21%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	565	0.45%	New
Margin of victory			22,721	18.16%	16.41
Turnout			125,751	61.22%	1.75
Total valid votes			125,134
Registered electors			205,392		7.95
	INC gain from KJP		Swing	21.57

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KJP	Dr. Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli	50,718	34.48%	New
	INC	Rahim Khan	48,147	32.73%	7.29
	BJP	Ramesh Kumar Pande	5,888	4.00%	25.09
	JD(S)	Dr. Amar Avinash Yerolkar	2,420	1.65%	19.86
	Pyramid Party of India	Pandari	1,485	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			2,571	1.75%	9.18
Turnout			113,144	59.47%	6.18
Total valid votes			147,091
Registered electors			190,262		2.26
	KJP gain from INC		Swing	5.54

Assembly By-election 2009

2009 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bidar ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahim Khan	39,595	40.02%	2.19
	BJP	Suryakanth Nagamarpalli	28,781	29.09%	5.91
	JD(S)	Maruti Khashpur	21,276	21.51%	20.29
	BSP	Syed Julfikar Hashni	3,919	3.96%	30.57
	NCP	Baburao Basav	920	0.93%	New
	Independent	Sridhar Bangle	644	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			10,814	10.93%	7.63
Turnout			99,156	53.29%	5.31
Total valid votes			98,929
Registered electors			186,058		0.45
	INC hold		Swing	2.19

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli	33,557	37.83%	34.63
	BSP	Rahim Khan	30,627	34.53%	New
	BJP	Raghunathrao Malkapure	20,561	23.18%	14.92
	Independent	Suresh Swamy Manhalli	1,097	1.24%	New
	JD(S)	Rajshri Shirikanth Swamy	1,086	1.22%	3.52
Margin of victory			2,930	3.30%	16.76
Turnout			88,880	47.98%	13.72
Total valid votes			88,700
Registered electors			185,232		15.91
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.54

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bandeppa Kashempur	67,019	49.37%	New
	Independent	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi	39,784	29.31%	New
	BJP	Revansiddappa Jalade	11,212	8.26%	25.54
	JD(S)	Amruth Rao Chimkod	6,440	4.74%	3.66
	INC	Rafat Mateen	4,343	3.20%	29.00
	Kannada Nadu Party	Shivraj Patil Atiwal	1,270	0.94%	New
	JP	Ashok Kumar Gadgi	928	0.68%	New
	Independent	Suresh Swamy Manhalli	829	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			27,235	20.06%	18.46
Turnout			135,922	61.70%	4.34
Total valid votes			135,741
Registered electors			220,278		7.91
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	15.57

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Kumar Pande	44,270	33.80%	15.47
	INC	Bandeppa Kashempur	42,180	32.20%	26.94
	BSP	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi	41,699	31.84%	5.67
	JD(S)	N. F. Shaheen Patel	1,415	1.08%	New
Margin of victory			2,090	1.60%	2.05
Turnout			134,818	66.04%	8.06
Total valid votes			130,979
Rejected ballots			3,839	2.85%	0.87
Registered electors			204,135		19.34
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing	7.63

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Syed Zulfekar Hashmi	25,433	26.17%	New
	JD	Amruth Rao Chimkod	21,881	22.51%	New
	BJP	Narayan Rao Manhalli	17,818	18.33%	13.47
	Independent	Shant Kumar Chanda	10,893	11.21%	New
	Independent	Maichal Joseph	8,285	8.52%	New
	INC	Mohd Laiquddin Mohd. Burhanuddin	5,114	5.26%	24.51
	INC	Afsar Khan Gadgi	1,241	1.28%	New
	SP	Mahfooz Ali	1,202	1.24%	New
	Kranti Sabha	Malshetty Basappa	1,080	1.11%	New
Margin of victory			3,552	3.65%	1.62
Turnout			99,168	57.98%	1.94
Total valid votes			97,200
Rejected ballots			1,968	1.98%	5.11
Registered electors			171,049		13.64
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing	5.63

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Rao	24,922	31.80%	7.78
	INC	Mohd Laiquddin Mohd. Burhanuddin	23,330	29.77%	15.48
	JP	Amruth Rao	8,464	10.80%	New
	Independent	M. Babu	6,069	7.74%	New
	Independent	Vaijinath Rao	4,480	5.72%	New
	CPI(M)	Sangram	2,877	3.67%	New
	Independent	Shambhuling	2,588	3.30%	New
	Independent	Shivsharnappa	1,754	2.24%	New
	Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh	A. Khayum	951	1.21%	New
Margin of victory			1,592	2.03%	3.64
Turnout			84,352	56.04%	7.56
Total valid votes			78,372
Rejected ballots			5,980	7.09%	5.50
Registered electors			150,514		28.89
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	13.45

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohd Laiquddin Mohd. Burhanuddin	25,206	45.25%	New
	BJP	Narayan Rao Manhalli	22,049	39.58%	9.30
	JP	M. A. Hafeez Chanda	7,580	13.61%	8.64
	Independent	Maruti Sagar Saidappa	501	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			3,157	5.67%	5.17
Turnout			56,610	48.48%	12.90
Total valid votes			55,710
Rejected ballots			900	1.59%	0.29
Registered electors			116,774		23.86
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	3.63

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narayan Rao Manhalli	27,756	48.88%	15.39
	Independent	Mohsin Kamal	21,602	38.05%	New
	JP	B. Narayan Rao Narasappa	2,823	4.97%	3.86
	Independent	Sharanappa Mallappa Allapur	1,654	2.91%	New
	Independent	Maruti Sagar Saidappa	1,486	2.62%	New
	Independent	Shaik Syed	1,383	2.44%	New
Margin of victory			6,154	10.84%	0.13
Turnout			57,869	61.38%
Total valid votes			56,779
Rejected ballots			1,090	1.88%
Registered electors			94,277
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.41

Assembly By-election 1982

1982 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election  : Bidar ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Kamal	17,766	44.47%	32.70
	BJP	N. R. Manhally	13,381	33.49%	New
	JP	K. R. Belur	3,529	8.83%	17.13
	Independent	M. Sagar	2,709	6.78%	New
	Independent	G. Qureshi	1,836	4.60%	New
	Independent	S. Rudrappa	456	1.14%	New
Margin of victory			4,385	10.97%	20.32
Total valid votes			39,955
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	12.78

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Veershetty Moglappa Kusnoor	29,809	57.25%	New
	JP	Kashinath Gurappa	13,515	25.96%	New
	INC	Mohd Laiquddin Mohd. Burhanuddin	6,128	11.77%	29.31
	Independent	Brijpal Singh Gajrajisingh	2,188	4.20%	New
	Independent	Jayanandrao Ekambar Lalojee	430	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			16,294	31.29%	25.56
Turnout			53,360	64.71%	10.04
Total valid votes			52,070
Rejected ballots			1,290	2.42%	2.42
Registered electors			82,466		9.09
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	16.17

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manikrao. R. Phuleker	16,562	41.08%	1.39
	Independent	G. Madivalappa Kheny	14,253	35.35%	New
	INC(O)	S. A. Nabi Syed Sameb	6,862	17.02%	New
	Independent	H. B. David	1,184	2.94%	New
	Independent	Zhareppa Tukkappa	799	1.98%	New
	Independent	Z. K. Mazhar Ali Khan	439	1.09%	New
Margin of victory			2,309	5.73%	9.34
Turnout			41,325	54.67%	10.32
Total valid votes			40,319
Registered electors			75,596		25.60
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing	16.45

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	C. Gurupadappa	21,514	57.53%	New
	INC	M. A. Khan	15,880	42.47%	25.38
Margin of victory			5,634	15.07%	23.50
Turnout			39,115	64.99%	22.84
Total valid votes			37,394
Registered electors			60,186		15.42
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing	10.32

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Maqsood Ali Khan	14,277	67.85%	17.06
	PSP	R. V. Bidap	6,161	29.28%	10.30
	RPI	Shivram Marothi	605	2.88%	New
Margin of victory			8,116	38.57%	18.01
Turnout			21,981	42.15%	16.09
Total valid votes			21,043
Registered electors			52,145		9.30
	INC hold		Swing	17.06

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Maqsood Ali Khan	6,314	50.79%	12.04
	Independent	Rangnath Rao	3,758	30.23%	New
	PSP	Veerapakshappa	2,360	18.98%	New
Margin of victory			2,556	20.56%	22.25
Turnout			12,432	26.06%	5.92
Total valid votes			12,432
Registered electors			47,709		5.95
	INC hold		Swing	12.04

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election  : Bidar ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shafiuddin	10,192	62.83%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Veerashetti	3,248	20.02%	New
	PDF	Rangnath Sheti	2,782	17.15%	New
Margin of victory			6,944	42.81%
Turnout			16,222	31.98%
Total valid votes			16,222
Registered electors			50,725
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

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