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Davanagere South
Constituency No. 107 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDavanagere
Lok Sabha constituencyDavangere
Established2008
Total electors210,708[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vacant

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

It is part of Davanagere district and Davangere Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Party
Until 2008: Seat does not exist. See Davanagere Assembly constituency
2008 Shamanuru Shivashankarappa Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023[1]
2026^

^ - bypoll

Election results[edit | edit source]

2026 by-election[edit | edit source]

2026 Davanagere by-election: Davanagere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Samarth Mallikarajun
BJP Srinivas T. Dasakariyappa
SDPI Afsar Kodlipete
Independent Khadar Adil Basha
None of the above (India) None of the above
Majority
Turnout 68.55
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Davanagere South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamanuru Shivashankarappa 84,298 57.59% Increase5.14
BJP Ajay Kumar. B. G 56,410 38.54% Decrease2.24
SDPI Ismail Zabiulla 1,311 0.90% New
JD(S) Amanulla Khan. J 1,296 0.89% Decrease3.53
NOTA None of the above 655 0.45% Decrease0.20
Margin of victory 27,888 19.05% Increase7.38
Turnout 146,406 69.48% Increase3.64
Registered electors 210,708 Increase1.91
INC hold Swing Increase5.14

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Davanagere South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamanuru Shivashankarappa 71,369 52.45% Increase3.33
BJP Yashavantha Rao Jadhav 55,485 40.78% Increase25.02
JD(S) Amanulla Khan. J 6,020 4.42% Decrease14.95
NOTA None of the above 888 0.65% New
AIMEP Nowshin Taj 869 0.64% New
Margin of victory 15,884 11.67% Decrease18.07
Turnout 136,123 65.84% Decrease0.21
Registered electors 206,760 Increase13.37
INC hold Swing Increase3.33

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Davanagere South [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamanuru Shivashankarappa 66,320 49.12% Increase7.62
JD(S) Karekatte Syed Saifulla 26,162 19.37% Increase0.29
BJP B. Lokesh 21,282 15.76% Decrease19.41
KJP B. M. Satish 3,200 2.37% New
Margin of victory 40,158 29.74% Increase23.41
Turnout 120,462 66.05% Increase3.85
Registered electors 182,370 Increase12.97
INC hold Swing Increase7.62

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Davanagere South [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamanuru Shivashankarappa 41,675 41.50% New
BJP Yashavantha Rao Jadhav 35,317 35.17% New
JD(S) H. S. Nagaraj 19,163 19.08% New
Independent K. M. Ravishankar 1,301 1.30% New
BSP Narendra Rao Pawar 899 0.90% New
IUML T. Athaulla 723 0.72% New
Margin of victory 6,358 6.33%
Turnout 100,418 62.20%
Registered electors 161,435
INC win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  4. "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.

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