Kapu Assembly constituency
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| Kapu | |
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| Constituency No. 121 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Udupi |
| LS constituency | Udupi Chikmagalur |
| Established | 1956 |
| Total electors | 189,007[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| 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]
It is part of Udupi district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Mysore State
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gurme Suresh Shetty | 80,559 | 53.23 | +0.69 | |
| INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 67,555 | 44.63 | +0.34 | |
| SDPI | Mohammed Haneef | 1,616 | 1.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 805 | 0.53 | −0.05 | |
| Majority | 13,004 | 8.6 | +0.35 | ||
| Turnout | 151,355 | 80.08 | +1.15 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lalaji Mendon | 75,893 | 52.54 | ||
| INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 63,976 | 44.29 | ||
| JD(S) | M. Mansoor Ibrahim | 1,393 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 839 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 11,917 | 8.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,448 | 78.93 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.