Gangawati Assembly constituency

Gangavathi
Constituency No. 62 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Kalaburagi
District	Koppal
Lok Sabha constituency	Koppal
Established	1951
Total electors	202,243 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. Janardhan Reddy
Party	BJP
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Paranna Munavalli

Gangavathi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. ^[2]

It is part of Koppal district. It was previously part of Raichur district until 24 August 1997.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Hiremath. K. R		Independent politician
1957	Desai Bhimsain Rao		Indian National Congress
1962	Tirumaladeva Rayalu Rangadevarayalu
1967	T. D. Raya
1972	H. R. Sriramulu
1978	C. Yadave Rao Shesha Rao		Indian National Congress
1983	H. S. Muralidhar		Independent politician
1985	Gouli Mahadevappa		Janata Party
1989	Srirangadevarayalu		Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004	Iqbal Ansari		Janata Dal
2008	Paranna Munavalli		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Iqbal Ansari		Janata Dal
2018	Paranna Munavalli		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	G. Janardhana Reddy		Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KRPP	G. Janardhana Reddy	66,213	41.42%	New
	INC	Iqbal Ansari	57,947	36.25%	4.25
	BJP	Paranna Munavalli	29,167	18.25%	27.66
	JD(S)	Channakeshave Heriyaal Ramulu	1,212	0.76%	8.86
	NOTA	None of the above	426	0.27%	0.83
Margin of victory			8,266	5.17%	0.24
Turnout			160,046	79.14%	3.22
Total valid votes			159,859
Registered electors			202,243		4.21
	KRPP gain from BJP		Swing	4.49

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^{[3] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Paranna Munavalli	67,617	45.91%	23.59
	INC	Iqbal Ansari	59,644	40.50%	25.69
	JD(S)	Kariyanna Sangati	14,161	9.62%	34.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,615	1.10%	New
	CPI(M)	G. Nagaraj	1,045	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			7,973	5.41%	16.38
Turnout			147,353	75.92%	2.56
Total valid votes			147,273
Registered electors			194,079		13.59
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing	1.81

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Iqbal Ansari	60,303	44.10%	9.63
	BJP	Paranna Munavalli	30,514	22.32%	15.05
	INC	H. R. Srinath	20,248	14.81%	7.65
	KJP	Basavaraj Patil Anvari	7,058	5.16%	New
	BSRCP	Pampanagowdru Police Patel	3,015	2.21%	New
	Independent	Sharanabasappa. S. Pan Shop	1,642	1.20%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Bharadvaj Subbarao	971	0.71%	New
	Pyramid Party of India	Vijayakumar. J	843	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			29,789	21.79%	18.89
Turnout			125,344	73.36%	9.95
Total valid votes			136,729
Registered electors			170,865		9.04
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing	6.73

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Paranna Munavalli	37,121	37.37%	5.86
	JD(S)	Iqbal Ansari	34,236	34.47%	0.05
	INC	Nagappa Bhimappa Saloni	22,308	22.46%	5.52
	Independent	S. Hashumuddin Advocate	2,206	2.22%	New
	BSP	Mahabaleshwar Hasinal	1,038	1.05%	0.25
	Independent	Devakka Virupaxappa Valmiki	834	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			2,885	2.90%	0.11
Turnout			99,365	63.41%	1.10
Total valid votes			99,322
Registered electors			156,693		11.63
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing	2.85

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Iqbal Ansari	39,486	34.52%	30.68
	BJP	H. Gire Gouda	36,044	31.51%	0.62
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu	32,001	27.98%	22.09
	JP	Ashoka Swami Herur	2,119	1.85%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Mahesh Hiremath	1,849	1.62%	New
	BSP	Krishna Laxmappa. L	1,488	1.30%	1.51
	CPI(ML)L	Bharadvaj. J	754	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			3,442	3.01%	16.17
Turnout			114,386	64.51%	2.95
Total valid votes			114,381
Registered electors			177,311		10.71
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	15.55

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu	45,853	50.07%	19.04
	BJP	H. Gire Gouda	28,291	30.89%	25.68
	Independent	T. Janardhan	7,456	8.14%	New
	JD(S)	Nooruddin Quadri	3,521	3.84%	New
	BSP	Hanumanthappa Gunnal	2,572	2.81%	New
	Independent	Virupaksha Gouda Ayyana Gouda Police Patil	2,054	2.24%	New
	Independent	G. Krishna Swamy	963	1.05%	New
	Independent	Ginnis Hottepaksha Rangaswamy	872	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			17,562	19.18%	13.91
Turnout			98,591	61.56%	0.68
Total valid votes			91,582
Rejected ballots			7,009	7.11%	3.60
Registered electors			160,151		14.57
	INC hold		Swing	19.04

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu	25,478	31.03%	32.43
	JD	Gunjalli Rajaseekharappa Basappa	21,152	25.76%	2.22
	Independent	Girigouda Somashekhara Gouda	13,375	16.29%	New
	Independent	Gouli Mahadevappa	10,676	13.00%	New
	BJP	Shivasangaragouda Patil	4,280	5.21%	3.24
	INC	Pampanagouda Basanagouda Heroor	3,570	4.35%	New
	Independent	Mehar Pasha	1,604	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			4,326	5.27%	30.21
Turnout			85,100	60.88%	2.69
Total valid votes			82,111
Rejected ballots			2,989	3.51%	4.72
Registered electors			139,782		3.14
	INC hold		Swing	32.43

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu	50,174	63.46%	18.30
	JD	Gouli Mahadevappa	22,125	27.98%	New
	JP	Doddabasappa Rachappa Alias Babu Siddapuru	3,092	3.91%	New
	BJP	Bagodi Veerabhadrappa	1,555	1.97%	New
	Kranti Sabha	Thippeswamy Alias Thipperudraswamy	785	0.99%	New
	Independent	Naryana Illur	742	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			28,049	35.48%	26.56
Turnout			86,150	63.57%	3.03
Total valid votes			79,062
Rejected ballots			7,088	8.23%	5.46
Registered electors			135,521		27.24
	INC gain from JP		Swing	9.38

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Gouli Mahadevappa	37,300	54.08%	42.01
	INC	H. S. Jayaprakash	31,145	45.16%	10.34
Margin of victory			6,155	8.92%	5.24
Turnout			70,933	66.60%	14.09
Total valid votes			68,967
Rejected ballots			1,966	2.77%	1.59
Registered electors			106,511		8.86
	JP gain from Independent		Swing	5.10

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. S. Muralidhar	24,064	48.98%	New
	INC	C. Yadawrao	17,108	34.82%	27.79
	JP	H. Mahabaleswarappa	5,932	12.07%	21.34
	Independent	Hottepaksha Rangaswamy	2,028	4.13%	New
Margin of victory			6,956	14.16%	9.70
Turnout			51,374	52.51%	15.52
Total valid votes			49,132
Rejected ballots			2,242	4.36%	0.02
Registered electors			97,839		14.04
	Independent gain from INC(I)		Swing	8.29

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. Yadave Rao Shesha Rao	31,973	57.27%	New
	JP	Srirangadevarayalu Vceeravenkatadevarayalu	18,652	33.41%	New
	INC	Gunjahalli Nagappa Hirendgappa	3,924	7.03%	New
	RPI(K)	K. R. Tippanna Mallappa Naik	1,005	1.80%	New
Margin of victory			13,321	23.86%
Turnout			58,364	68.03%
Total valid votes			55,831
Rejected ballots			2,533	4.34%
Registered electors			85,791
	INC(I) gain from INC

Assembly By-election 1974

1974 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election  : Gangawati ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. G. Ramulu
	INC hold		Swing	65.85

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. R. Sriramulu	38,967	65.85%	5.10
	INC(O)	Pampanagouda Basanagouda	20,209	34.15%	New
Margin of victory			18,758	31.70%	10.19
Turnout			62,547	66.06%	10.84
Total valid votes			59,176
Registered electors			94,684		33.14
	INC hold		Swing	5.10

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. D. Raya	22,014	60.75%	11.67
	Independent	H. R. Rao	14,221	39.25%	New
Margin of victory			7,793	21.51%	23.32
Turnout			39,272	55.22%	13.81
Total valid votes			36,235
Registered electors			71,117		21.91
	INC hold		Swing	11.67

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tirumaladeva Rayalu Rangadevarayalu	15,823	72.42%	12.14
	Lok Sewak Sangh	Shanamukhappa Bhimappa	6,027	27.58%	New
Margin of victory			9,796	44.83%	9.12
Turnout			24,156	41.41%	2.16
Total valid votes			21,850
Registered electors			58,337		19.14
	INC hold		Swing	12.14

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Desai Bhimsain Rao	12,862	60.28%	23.12
	Independent	Achappa Ishwarappa	5,243	24.57%	New
	Independent	Amaregouda Ramareddy	1,986	9.31%	New
	Independent	Mahadevappa Narayanappa	1,245	5.84%	New
Margin of victory			7,619	35.71%	15.66
Turnout			21,336	43.57%	1.83
Total valid votes			21,336
Registered electors			48,964		3.73
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	3.07

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election  : Gangawati ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hiremath. K. R	11,272	57.21%	New
	INC	Keshav Rao Sakharam Pant	7,321	37.16%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Mahantayya	1,110	5.63%	New
Margin of victory			3,951	20.05%
Turnout			19,703	41.74%
Total valid votes			19,703
Registered electors			47,204
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Koppal district

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