Shimoga Rural Assembly constituency

Shimoga Rural Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.[1]

Shimoga Rural
Constituency No. 111 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DivisionBangalore
DistrictShimoga
LS ConstituencyShimoga
Total electors211,546[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
K. B. Ashok Naik
Party  BJP  
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2018

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2008 K. G. Kumaraswamy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Sharada Pooryanik Janata Dal
2018 K. B. Ashok Naik Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Shimoga Rural[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP K. B. Ashok Naik 69,326 40.25
JD(S) Sharada Purya Naik 65,549 38.06
INC Dr Sreenivas Kariyanna 33,493 19.44
NOTA None of the Above 1,328 0.77
Majority 3,777
Turnout 1,72,248 81.42
BJP gain from JD(S) Swing

See also

References

  1. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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