Soraba Shikaripur Assembly constituency

Soraba Shikaripur
Soraba Shikaripur
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Mysore State
Division	Bangalore
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	1952
Abolished	1957

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Soraba Shikaripur Assembly constituency was one of the Karnataka Legislative Assemblies or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Mysore State. It was part of Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1952	H. Siddaiah	Indian National Congress
1952	Ganganayak
1955 By-election ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Mallikarjunappa Gowda

↑ Died in 1954

Election results

Assembly By-election 1955

1955 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election : Soraba Shikaripur ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mallikarjunappa Gowda	29,845	58.54%	17.05
	PSP	D. P. Wodayar	21,140	41.46%	New
Margin of victory			8,705	17.07%	9.03
Total valid votes			50,985
	INC hold		Swing	37.17

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Soraba Shikaripur ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Siddaiah	20,737	21.37%	*New*
	INC	Ganganayak	19,519	20.12%	*New*
	Socialist Party (India, 1948)	H. Halanaik	12,938	13.33%	New
	Socialist Party (India, 1948)	K. H. Mariyappa	12,846	13.24%	New
	KMPP	Kadappa Gowda	12,652	13.04%	New
	Independent	Lokappa	9,490	9.78%	New
	ABJS	Gurunathappa	6,598	6.80%	New
	Independent	H. Ganapathipapa	2,255	2.32%	New
Margin of victory			7,799	8.04%
Turnout			97,035	65.29%
Total valid votes			97,035
Registered electors			74,314
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "First Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. [[]]. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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[1] Died in 1954

[2] "First Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. [[]]. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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