Shorapur Assembly constituency

Shorapur
Constituency No. 36 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Kalaburagi
District	Yadgir
Lok Sabha constituency	Raichur
Established	1951
Total electors	281,869 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raja Venugopal Naik
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Raja Venkatappa Nayak

Shorapur Vidhana Sabha constituency map

Shorapur Vidhana Sabha constituency map

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

It is part of Yadgir district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. Raja Venkatappa Naik's son Raja Venugopal Naik was elected in the by-election, caused due to the demise of his father in February 2024.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Hyderabad State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Kollur Mallappa		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Kumar Naik Venkatappa Naik		Indian National Congress
1962	Raja Pidnaik Raja Krishtappa Naik		Swatantra Party
1967			Indian National Congress
1972			Independent

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Raja Kumar Naik		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Raja Madan Gopal Naiyak		Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994	Raja Venkatappa Naik		Karnataka Congress Party
1999			Indian National Congress
2004	Narasimha Nayak		Kannada Nadu Party
2008			Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Raja Venkatappa Naik		Indian National Congress
2018 [3]	Narasimha Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [4]	Raja Venkatappa Naik		Indian National Congress
2024^	Raja Venugopal Naik

^by-election

Election results

2024 by-election

By-election, 2024: Shorapur ^{[1] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja Venugopal Nayak	114,886	53.36	−1.36
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak	96,566	44.85	+2.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	848	0.39	−0.22
Majority			18,320	8.51	−3.64
Turnout			2,15,299	76.38	+1.05
	INC hold		Swing

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shorapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja Venkatappa Naik	113,559	54.72	+13.21
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gouda)	88,336	42.57	−10.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,259	0.61	−0.26
Majority			25,223	12.15	+0.70
Turnout			207,530	75.33	+3.80
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shorapur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gouda)	104,426	52.96
	INC	Raja Venkatappa Naik	81,858	41.51
	JD(S)	Raja Krishnappa Nayak	4,796	2.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,720	0.87
Majority			22,568	11.45
Turnout			1,97,196	71.53
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Congress wins by-poll in Surpur Assembly seat in Karnataka". The Hindu. 4 June 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 21 June 2024.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
5. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Bye Election Results - Shorapur". Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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