Soraba Assembly constituency

Soraba
Constituency No. 116 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	1966
Total electors	195,341 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Madhu Bangarappa [2]
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Kumar Bangarappa

Soraba Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. ^[3]

It is part of Shimoga district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1967	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972			Samyukta Socialist Party

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Sarekoppa Bangarappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983			Janata Party
1985			Indian National Congress
1989
1994			Karnataka Congress Party
1996	Kumar Bangarappa
1999			Indian National Congress
2004
2008	Hartalu Halappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Madhu Bangarappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2018	Kumar Bangarappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Madhu Bangarappa		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sorab ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Madhu Bangarappa	98,912	60.30	+46.39
	BJP	Kumar Bangarappa	54,650	33.32	−12.83
	JD(S)	Basuru Chandregowdru	6,477	3.95	−33.70
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,010	0.62	−0.05
Majority			44,262	26.98	+18.48
Turnout			164,036	83.97	−0.63
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kumar Bangarappa	72,091	46.15
	JD(S)	Madhu Bangarappa	58,804	37.65
	INC	Raju. M. Talluru	21,721	13.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,039	0.67
Majority			13,286	8.50
Turnout			1,56,194	84.60
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

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. "Soraba Election Result 2023 LIVE: Soraba MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
3. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
4. "Soraba (GEN)". www.news18.com. India: News18 India . Retrieved 31 July 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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