Kanakagiri Assembly constituency

Kanakagiri
Kanakagiri
Constituency No. 61 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Lok Sabha constituency	Koppal
Established	1976
Total electors	224,068
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Shivaraj Tangadagi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Basavaraj Dhadesugur

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

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

Election	Member
1978	M. Nagappa Mukappa	Indian National Congress
1983	Srirangadevarayalu Venkarayalu	Indian National Congress
1985	Srirangadevarayalu Venkarayalu
1989	M. Mallikarjuna Nagappa
1994	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni	Janata Dal
1999	M. Malikarjun Nagappa	Indian National Congress
2004	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti. G	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Shivaraj Tangadagi	Independent politician
2013	Shivaraj Tangadagi	Indian National Congress
2018	Basavaraj Dadesugur	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Shivaraj Tangadagi	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa	106,164	60.13%	16.25
	BJP	Basavaraj Dadesugur	63,532	35.98%	16.40
	NOTA	None of the above	1,600	0.91%	0.09
	KRPP	Charul Venkantramana Dasari	1,319	0.75%	New
Margin of victory			42,632	24.15%	15.66
Turnout			176,584	78.81%	0.39
Total valid votes			176,553
Registered electors			224,068		5.91
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	7.75

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basavaraj Dadesugur	87,735	52.38%	50.03
	INC	Shivaraj Tangadagi	73,510	43.88%	4.43
	NOTA	None of the above	1,677	1.00%	New
	JD(S)	Manjula Ravikumar	1,464	0.87%	0.06
Margin of victory			14,225	8.49%	4.46
Turnout			167,551	79.20%	5.21
Total valid votes			167,506
Registered electors			211,567		15.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.93

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivaraj Tangadagi	49,451	39.45%	7.83
	KJP	Basavaraj Dadesugur	44,399	35.42%	New
	BSRCP	Bhavanimatha Mukundarao	28,117	22.43%	New
	BJP	Ramanayak Lachamapppa Nayak Lamani	2,948	2.35%	9.10
	Independent	Ramesh Koti	1,524	1.22%	New
	Independent	Vithoba Baladasappa Dasar	1,418	1.13%	New
	JD(S)	Prakasha. L. Rathod	1,166	0.93%	1.51
	Independent	Palakshayya Shivamurthayya Hiremath	1,080	0.86%	New
	Independent	Tippanna. V	1,062	0.85%	New
Margin of victory			5,052	4.03%	1.77
Turnout			135,864	73.99%	17.66
Total valid votes			125,343
Registered electors			183,620		7.00
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	5.57

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shivaraj Tangadagi	32,743	33.88%	*New*
	INC	Bhavanimatha Mukundarao	30,560	31.62%	5.29
	BJP	Shamanna Hulugappa Narinal	11,068	11.45%	30.46
	CPI(ML)L	Mareppa Jambanna	6,814	7.05%	New
	Independent	Shivappa Krishnappa	2,365	2.45%	New
	JD(S)	Yamanurappa Nadulamani	2,362	2.44%	4.84
	Independent	Marappa Ramachandrappa Moti(veshagara)	1,751	1.81%	New
	Independent	F. Shanmukappa	1,513	1.57%	New
	Independent	B. Husenappaswami S/o Durugappa	1,347	1.39%	New
Margin of victory			2,183	2.26%	2.74
Turnout			96,670	56.33%	6.78
Total valid votes			96,650
Registered electors			171,602		2.84
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	8.03

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti. G	46,712	41.91%	*New*
	INC	Mallikarjuna Nagappa. M	41,136	36.91%	22.49
	JD(S)	Basappa Arali	8,116	7.28%	6.04
	Independent	Hanumesh Naik	7,570	6.79%	New
	BSP	Arati Tippanna	2,098	1.88%	0.01
	Kannada Nadu Party	Anilkumar Shivashankarappa Bijjal	1,238	1.11%	New
	Independent	Karakappa Amaranna	1,007	0.90%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Patil Hire Beragi	870	0.78%	New
	Urs Samyuktha Paksha	Ranga Subbiah	735	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			5,576	5.00%	19.70
Turnout			111,465	63.11%	0.56
Total valid votes			111,446
Registered electors			176,618		13.70
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	17.49

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Malikarjun Nagappa	55,808	59.40%	21.22
	JD(U)	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni	32,601	34.70%	New
	BSP	K. Ramojappa	1,779	1.89%	New
	KRRS	Thippe Rudraswamy. A	1,733	1.84%	12.32
	JD(S)	Sarojamma	1,169	1.24%	New
	Independent	S. V. Patil	596	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			23,207	24.70%	24.47
Turnout			98,913	63.67%	0.70
Total valid votes			93,953
Rejected ballots			4,960	5.01%	0.82
Registered electors			155,341		11.67
	INC gain from JD		Swing	20.99

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni	32,238	38.41%	2.70
	INC	M. Malikarjun Nagappa	32,045	38.18%	15.87
	KRRS	Tipperudraswamy Nagayyaswamy	11,888	14.16%	New
	INC	Dr. K. N. Patil	5,323	6.34%	New
	BJP	Chandrakanta Rani	1,915	2.28%	New
Margin of victory			193	0.23%	12.71
Turnout			87,596	62.97%	1.16
Total valid votes			83,926
Rejected ballots			3,670	4.19%	2.69
Registered electors			139,111		8.71
	JD gain from INC		Swing	15.64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Mallikarjuna	39,812	54.05%	3.49
	JD	Nagappa	30,279	41.11%	New
	JP	K. Venkata Rao Bulliveera Swamy	1,806	2.45%	New
	Kranti Sabha	Manteppa Turvihal	1,760	2.39%	New
Margin of victory			9,533	12.94%	11.81
Turnout			79,098	61.81%	2.20
Total valid votes			73,657
Rejected ballots			5,441	6.88%	3.47
Registered electors			127,971		34.29
	INC hold		Swing	3.49

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu	29,791	50.56%	28.55
	JP	Nagappa Bheemappa Saloni	29,128	49.44%	New
Margin of victory			663	1.13%	60.85
Turnout			60,996	64.01%	25.39
Total valid votes			58,919
Rejected ballots			2,077	3.41%	0.86
Registered electors			95,291		7.24
	INC hold		Swing	28.55

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Srirangadevarayalu Venkarayalu	25,992	79.11%	69.29
	Independent	Durgadas	5,629	17.13%	New
	Independent	Hiremath Babu Basalingayya	1,233	3.75%	New
Margin of victory			20,363	61.98%	31.00
Turnout			34,318	38.62%	24.78
Total valid votes			32,854
Rejected ballots			1,464	4.27%	0.41
Registered electors			88,861		10.87
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	21.44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	M. Nagappa Mukappa	27,932	57.67%	*New*
	JP	Mariyappa Doddabasappa Bhatada	12,924	26.68%	New
	INC	Basavant Rao Basanagounda	4,755	9.82%	New
	RPI(K)	Bheemanagounda Rayanagounda	2,826	5.83%	New
Margin of victory			15,008	30.98%
Turnout			50,815	63.40%
Total valid votes			48,437
Rejected ballots			2,378	4.68%
Registered electors			80,148
	INC(I) win (new seat)