Kota North Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Rajasthan
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Kota North Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the Kota Municipal Corporation in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India.[1]
| Kota North | |
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| Constituency No. 189 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Kota |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Kota North is one of eight assembly constituencies in the Kota (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 189 amongst 200 constituencies.
Currently this seat is represented by Indian National Congress candidate Shanti Dhariwal who won in last Assembly election of 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of 2,486 votes.[2]
Geographical scope
The constituency comprises parts of Tehsil Ladpura (Partly), Kota Municipal Corporation (Partly)- Ward no. 1, 2, 12 to 32 and 49 to 52.[3]
Member of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Rameshwar Dayal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Krishan Kumar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1967 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1972 | Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Bharatiya Janta Party | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2003 | Om Birla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | Prahlad Gunjal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 94,899 | 49.5 |  3.86 | |
| BJP | Prahlad Gunjal | 92,413 | 48.21 |  4.96 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,594 | 0.83 | 0.5 | |
| Majority | 2,486 | 1.29 | 8.82 | ||
| Turnout | 191,704 | 74.96 | 0.57 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 8.86 |
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2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 94,728 | 53.36 | ||
| BJP | Prahlad Gunjal | 76,783 | 43.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,363 | 1.33 | ||
| Majority | 17,945 | 10.11 | |||
| Turnout | 177,541 | 74.39 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 10.15 |
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2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prahlad Gunjal | 79,295 | 48.21% | +10.40% | |
| INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 64,434 | 39.18% | −16.38% | |
| SDPI | Mohammad Shafi | 13,545 | 8.34% | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,002 | 1.22% | +1.22% | |
| BSP | Nathu Lal Sharma | 1,115 | 0.68% | −1.01% | |
| Jago Party | Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar | 1,041 | 0.63% | N/A | |
| NPP | Atul Srivastava | 967 | 0.59% | N/A | |
| RJVP | Mohammad Salim | 328 | 0.20% | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,861 | 9.03% | −8.03% | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,473 | 76.00% | +15.60% | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 9.03 |
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2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 68,560 | 55.56 | ||
| BJP | Suman Shringi | 46,829 | 37.81 | ||
| BSP | Mohammad Irshad | 2,099 | 1.69 | ||
| SP | Ashfaq Hussain | 912 | 0.74 | ||
| IJP | Abdul Wahid | 511 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 21,371 | 17.75 | |||
| Turnout | 123,855 | 60.40 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Om Birla | 87,197 | 51.85 | ||
| INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 77,096 | 45.84 | ||
| Independent | Tribuhuneshwar Sharma | 1,608 | 0.96 | ||
| Rashtriya Samanta Party | Atul Shrivastava | 1,053 | 0.63 | ||
| Shiv Sena | Vijay Kumar Chaturvedi | 832 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 10,101 | 6.01 | |||
| Turnout | 168,180 | 65.67 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||