Shirahatti Assembly constituency

Shirahatti
Constituency No. 65 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Lok Sabha constituency	Haveri
Total electors	226,999 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chandru Lamani
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ramappa Lamani

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

It is part of Gadag district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Chandru Lamani is the current MLA from Shirahatti.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Bombay State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Magadi Venkatesh Timmanna		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Magadi Leelavati		Indian National Congress
1962	Kashimath Shiddaiah Veeraiah		Swatantra Party
1967
1972	W. V. Vadirajcharya		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Upanal Gulappa Fakirappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983			Independent politician
1985	Balikai Tippanna Basavanneppa		Janata Party
1989	Shankaragouda Ninganagouda Patil		Indian National Congress
1994	Ganganna Mahantashettar		Janata Dal
1999	Geddayya Gaddadevarmath		Indian National Congress
2004	Shivamurthayya Gaddadevaramath		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [3]	Ramappa S. Lamani
2013 [4]	Ramakrishna Shiddlingappa Doddamani		Indian National Congress
2018 [5] [6]	Ramappa S. Lamani		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [1]	Chandru Lamani

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shirahatti ^{[1] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Chandru Lamani	74,489	45.43	−11.83
	Independent	Ramakrishna Shidlingappa Doddamani	45,969	28.03	New
	INC	Sujata Ningappa Doddamani	34,791	21.22	−17.37
	JD(S)	Hanamantappa. M.Nayak	2,065	1.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,642	1.0	+0.25
Majority			28,520	17.4	−1.27
Turnout			163,974	72.24	−3.42
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shirahatti ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramappa Sobeppa Lamani	91,967	57.26
	INC	Ramakrishna Shidlingappa Doddamani	61,974	38.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,209	0.75
Majority			29,993	18.67
Turnout			1,60,604	75.66
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "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. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
6. "Former BJP MLA Ramanna Lamani joins Congress in Karnataka". The Hindu. 12 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
7. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Shirahatti". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

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