Shimoga Rural Assembly constituency

Shimoga Rural
Constituency No. 111 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Bangalore
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	2008
Total electors	212,458 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sharada Puryanaik
Party	JD(S)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. B. Ashok Naik

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

It is part of Shimoga district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	K. G. Kumaraswamy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Sharada Puryanaik		Janata Dal (Secular)
2018	K. B. Ashok Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Sharada Puryanaik		Janata Dal (Secular)

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shimoga Rural ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Sharada Puryanaik	86,340	47.74	+9.68
	BJP	K. B. Ashok Naik	71,198	39.37	−0.88
	INC	Sreenivas Kariyanna	18,335	10.14	−9.30
	AAP	S. S. Manjunatha	1,715	0.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,053	0.58	−0.19
Margin of victory			15,142	8.37	+6.18
Turnout			1,80,848	85.12	+3.70
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shimoga Rural ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. B. Ashok Naik	69,326	40.25	+31.57
	JD(S)	Sharada Puryanaik	65,549	38.06	+4.12
	INC	Sreenivas Kariyanna	33,493	19.44	−5.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,328	0.77
Margin of victory			3,777	2.19	−4.86
Turnout			1,72,248	81.42	+4.39
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shimoga Rural ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Sharada Purya Naik	48,639	33.94	+12.72
	KJP	G. Basavanappa	38,530	26.89	New
	INC	Kariyanna	35,640	24.87	−1.18
	BJP	K. G. Kumaraswamy	12,435	8.68	−36.70
Margin of victory			10,109	7.05	−12.28
Turnout			1,43,288	77.03	+6.83
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shimoga Rural ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. G. Kumaraswamy	56,979	45.38
	INC	Kariyanna	32,714	26.05
	JD(S)	Sharada Purya Naik	26,644	21.22
Margin of victory			24,265	19.33
Turnout			1,25,567	70.2
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2023 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
3. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Shimoga Rural". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
5. "Shimoga Rural Constituency Election Results 2018". The Times of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
7. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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