Kanakapura Assembly constituency

Kanakapura
Kanakapura
Constituency No. 184 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bengaluru South
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Rural
Established	1951
Total electors	224,987 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent D. K. Shivakumar Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	P. G. R. Sindhia

Kanakapura Assembly constituency is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka state in India. The constituency is one of the 8 seats which make up Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency. Ramakrishna Hegde contested a bypoll from this seat when he first became Chief Minister in 1983.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateKarnataka

DistrictBengaluru South

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Election	Member
1952	K. G. Thimme Gowda	Indian National Congress
1957	M. Linge Gowda	Praja Socialist Party
1962	S. Kariyappa	Independent politician
1967	K. G. Thimme Gowda	Indian National Congress
1972	S. Kariyappa	Indian National Congress
1978	C. Appaji	Indian National Congress
1983	P. G. R. Sindhia	Janata Party
1983 By-election^[2]	Ramakrishna Hegde
1985	P. G. R. Sindhia
1989		Janata Dal
1994		Janata Dal
1999		Janata Dal
2004		Janata Dal
2008	D. K. Shivakumar	Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	143,023	75.03%	6.51
	JD(S)	B. Nagaraju	20,631	10.82%	14.77
	BJP	R. Ashoka	19,753	10.36%	6.99
	UPP	Manmohan Raj. K. N	1,258	0.66%	New
	AAP	E. Puttaraju	1,144	0.60%	New
	NOTA	None of the above	762	0.40%	0.23
Margin of victory			122,392	64.21%	21.28
Turnout			191,323	85.04%	1.31
Total valid votes			190,623
Registered electors			224,987		1.07
	INC hold		Swing	6.51

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	127,552	68.52%	9.17
	JD(S)	Narayana Gowda	47,643	25.59%	15.11
	BJP	Nandini Gowda	6,273	3.37%	2.30
	NOTA	None of the above	1,168	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			79,909	42.93%	24.28
Turnout			186,384	83.73%	0.10
Total valid votes			186,152
Registered electors			222,602		5.49
	INC hold		Swing	9.17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	100,007	59.35%	11.01
	JD(S)	P. G. R. Sindhia	68,583	40.70%	2.54
	BJP	B. Nagaraju	1,807	1.07%	1.30
	BSP	Mallikarjunaiah	1,345	0.80%	1.22
	Bharatiya Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Janta Party	Kalaiah	1,178	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			31,424	18.65%	13.55
Turnout			176,479	83.63%	7.40
Total valid votes			168,511
Registered electors			211,011		14.15
	INC hold		Swing	11.01

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	68,096	48.34%	8.37
	JD(S)	D. M. Vishwanath	60,917	43.24%	4.90
	BJP	S. M. Hampaiah	3,340	2.37%	2.47
	BSP	Chinnaswamy	2,845	2.02%	1.94
	Independent	H. M. Shivakumar	1,582	1.12%	New
	Independent	S. S. Shankar	1,216	0.86%	New
	Independent	K. V. Vishwanath	932	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			7,179	5.10%	3.07
Turnout			140,916	76.23%	10.46
Total valid votes			140,873
Registered electors			184,852		10.90
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing	0.20

Kanakapura Assembly constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

Assembly Election 2018

Assembly Election 2013

Assembly Election 2008

Assembly Election 2004

Assembly Election 1999

Assembly Election 1994

Assembly Election 1989

Assembly Election 1985

Assembly Election 1983

Assembly Election 1978

Assembly Election 1972

Assembly Election 1967

Assembly Election 1962

Assembly Election 1957

Assembly Election 1952

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	P. G. R. Sindhia	52,740	48.14%	23.61
	INC	Narayana Gowda	43,791	39.97%	16.22
	BJP	B. Nagaraju	5,307	4.84%	New
	BSP	Chinnaswamy	4,340	3.96%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	T. Durgaiah	1,182	1.08%	New
	All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)	Suvarnamma	1,099	1.00%	New
	Independent	Ravikumar	1,088	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			8,949	8.17%	15.65
Turnout			109,620	65.77%	7.84
Total valid votes			109,547
Registered electors			166,680		16.66
	JD(S) gain from JD(U)		Swing	0.22

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	P. G. R. Sindhia	48,164	48.36%	*New*
	JD(S)	Narayana Gowda	24,436	24.53%	New
	INC	Marilinge Gowda	23,653	23.75%	3.61
	Satyayug Party	T. Durgaiah	2,764	2.77%	New
Margin of victory			23,728	23.82%	26.63
Turnout			105,175	73.61%	0.91
Total valid votes			99,604
Rejected ballots			5,475	5.21%	3.81
Registered electors			142,882		8.08
	JD(U) gain from JD		Swing	22.22

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	P. G. R. Sindhia	68,561	70.58%	29.88
	INC	K. T. Channabasavegowda	19,559	20.14%	15.71
	BJP	L. Puttamadaiah	5,017	5.16%	New
	BSP	Sampangiramaiah	901	0.93%	New
	INC	C. Bharathi	742	0.76%	New
	Independent	C. Shivashankara	658	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			49,002	50.45%	45.59
Turnout			98,514	74.52%	4.52
Total valid votes			97,137
Rejected ballots			1,377	1.40%	2.51
Registered electors			132,202		11.63
	JD hold		Swing	29.88

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	P. G. R. Sindhia	36,614	40.70%	*New*
	INC	Marilinge Gowda	32,245	35.85%	3.02
	JP	H. D. Devegowda	20,224	22.48%	New
Margin of victory			4,369	4.86%	28.71
Turnout			93,608	79.04%	2.01
Total valid votes			89,952
Rejected ballots			3,656	3.91%	2.97
Registered electors			118,426		17.65
	JD gain from JP		Swing	25.70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. G. R. Sindhia	53,669	66.40%	7.94
	INC	M. V. Rajashekaran	26,534	32.83%	5.56
Margin of victory			27,135	33.57%	13.50
Turnout			81,586	81.05%	4.56
Total valid votes			80,822
Rejected ballots			764	0.94%	0.90
Registered electors			100,661		17.92
	JP hold		Swing	7.94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	P. G. R. Sindhia	37,467	58.46%	13.13
	INC	C. Appaji	24,603	38.39%	34.45
	INC(J)	B. Basavaiah	1,020	1.59%	New
	BJP	P. R. Anantha Swamy	999	1.56%	New
Margin of victory			12,864	20.07%	14.66
Turnout			65,293	76.49%	5.81
Total valid votes			64,089
Rejected ballots			1,204	1.84%	0.50
Registered electors			85,363		12.71
	JP gain from INC(I)		Swing	7.72

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	C. Appaji	30,883	50.74%	*New*
	JP	Srinivasa Murthy. K. G	27,590	45.33%	New
	INC	Cabbedi Kagegowda Mallaiah	2,397	3.94%	62.80
Margin of victory			3,293	5.41%	28.08
Turnout			62,327	82.30%	18.30
Total valid votes			60,870
Rejected ballots			1,457	2.34%	2.34
Registered electors			75,735		25.60
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	16.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Kariyappa	25,121	66.74%	11.86
	INC(O)	K. G. Srinivasmurthy	12,517	33.26%	New
Margin of victory			12,604	33.49%	23.73
Turnout			38,591	64.00%	12.07
Total valid votes			37,638
Registered electors			60,299		21.19
	INC hold		Swing	11.86

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. G. Thimme Gowda	20,115	54.88%	6.84
	Independent	S. Kariyappa	16,539	45.12%	New
Margin of victory			3,576	9.76%	5.83
Turnout			37,850	76.07%	1.15
Total valid votes			36,654
Registered electors			49,756		7.93
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.92

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Kariyappa	21,085	51.96%	*New*
	INC	K. G. Thimme Gowda	19,492	48.04%	10.80
Margin of victory			1,593	3.93%	9.61
Turnout			41,730	77.22%	11.90
Total valid votes			40,577
Registered electors			54,041		14.73
	Independent gain from PSP		Swing	1.18

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Kanakapura ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	M. Linge Gowda	15,624	50.78%	*New*
	INC	K. G. Thimme Gowda	11,459	37.24%	17.83
	ABJS	C. M. Mahadevaiah	2,065	6.71%	New
	Independent	K. P. Malleshan Alias Malleshaiah	1,620	5.27%	New
Margin of victory			4,165	13.54%	3.40
Turnout			30,768	65.32%	4.87
Total valid votes			30,768
Registered electors			47,104		7.15
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	4.29

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. G. Thimme Gowda	16,888	55.07%	*New*
	KMPP	M. Linge Gowda	13,778	44.93%	New
Margin of victory			3,110	10.14%
Turnout			30,666	60.45%
Total valid votes			30,666
Registered electors			50,733
	INC win (new seat)