| Gulbarga Rural | |
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| Constituency No. 43 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Kalaburagi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Gulbarga |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 257,752 [1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2018 |
| Preceded by | G. Ramkrishna |
Gulbarga Rural Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Gulbarga Rural is also part of Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2008 [3] | Revu Naik Belamgi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 [4] | G. Ramkrishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 [5] | Basawaraj Mattimud | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 [6] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Basawaraj Mattimud | 84,466 | 52.10 | +11.61 | |
| INC | Revu Naik Belamagi | 71,839 | 44.31 | +11.94 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 839 | 0.52 | −0.54 | |
| Majority | 12,627 | 7.79 | −0.33 | ||
| Turnout | 162,119 | 62.90 | +2.02 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Basawaraj Mattimud | 61,750 | 40.49 | ||
| INC | Vijaykumar G. Ramakrishna | 49,364 | 32.37 | ||
| JD(S) | Revu Naik Belamagi | 29,538 | 19.37 | ||
| CPI(M) | Ambalaga Maruti Manapade | 3,491 | 2.29 | ||
| Independent | Girish Bailappa Kambanavar | 2,129 | 1.40 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,612 | 1.06 | ||
| Majority | 12,386 | 8.12 | |||
| Turnout | 152,495 | 60.88 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||