Kapu Assembly constituency

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Kapu
Constituency No. 121 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Karnataka
District Udupi
Lok Sabha constituency Udupi Chikmagalur
Established1956
Total electors189,007 [1]
ReservationNone
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 in India. [2]

Contents

It is part of Udupi district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

YearMemberParty
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

YearMemberParty
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

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kapu [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Gurme Suresh Shetty 80,559 53.23 +0.69
INC Vinay Kumar Sorake67,55544.63+0.34
SDPI Mohammed Haneef1,6161.07
NOTA None of the Above 8050.53−0.05
Majority13,0048.6+0.35
Turnout 151,35580.08+1.15
BJP hold Swing

2018

  1. 1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Kapu". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kapu [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Lalaji Mendon 75,893 52.54
INC Vinay Kumar Sorake63,97644.29
JD(S) M. Mansoor Ibrahim1,3930.96
NOTA None of the Above 8390.58

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