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Bidar South
Constituency No. 49 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBidar
Lok Sabha constituencyBidar
Established2008
Total electors205,201[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byBandeppa Kashempur

Bidar South Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bidar Lok Sabha constituency and is a part of Bidar district.[2]

Shailendra Beldale is the current MLA from Bidar South.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
2008 Bandeppa Kashempur Janata Dal
2013 Ashok Kheny Karnataka Makkala Paksha
2018 Bandeppa Kashempur Janata Dal
2023 Dr. Shailendra Beldale Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Bidar South [1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Shailendra Beldale 49,872 32.51% Increase2.01
INC Ashok Kheny 48,609 31.69% Increase6.40
JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur 31,374 20.45% Decrease19.23
Independent Chandra Singh 14,837 9.67% New
AAP M. Naseemuddin Patel 5,104 3.33% New
NOTA None of the above 671 0.44% Decrease0.25
Margin of victory 1,263 0.82% Decrease8.35
Turnout 153,464 74.79% Increase5.02
Registered electors 205,201 Increase3.00
BJP gain from Janata Dal (Secular) Swing Decrease7.17

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Bidar South [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur 55,107 39.68% Increase11.38
BJP Dr. Shailendra Beldale 42,365 30.50% Increase29.35
INC Ashok Kheny 35,131 25.29% Increase20.77
WPOI Nazeer Ahmed 968 0.70% New
NOTA None of the above 957 0.69% New
Margin of victory 12,742 9.17% Decrease4.81
Turnout 138,989 69.77% Increase0.80
Registered electors 199,222 Increase10.00
Janata Dal (Secular) gain from Karnataka Makkala Paksha Swing Decrease2.60

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Bidar South [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Karnataka Makkala Paksha Ashok Kheny 47,763 42.28% New
JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur 31,975 28.30% Decrease4.63
BSP Abdul Mannan 16,015 14.18% Decrease8.33
KJP Dr. Shayalendra Kashinath Beldale 11,560 10.23% New
INC Meenakshi Sangram 5,105 4.52% Increase1.91
Independent Amruthrao Chimkode 1,883 1.67% New
BJP Dr. Baswaraj Patil 1,301 1.15% Decrease30.48
LSP Dr. Abdul Kareem 1,156 1.02% New
National Development Party Zameeruddin 1,002 0.89% Decrease0.01
Margin of victory 15,788 13.98% Increase12.67
Turnout 124,908 68.97% Increase10.43
Registered electors 181,115 Increase8.85
Karnataka Makkala Paksha gain from Janata Dal (Secular) Swing Increase9.35

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Bidar South [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) Bandeppa Kashempur 32,054 32.93% New
BJP Sanjay Kheny 30,783 31.63% New
BSP M. Nasimoddin N. Patel 21,907 22.51% New
Independent Shivaraj Chandrashetty 2,877 2.96% New
INC Abdul Samad Siddiqui Advocate 2,544 2.61% New
Independent Somshekar Bhimrao 1,564 1.61% New
Independent Sharanayya Mathapathi 1,512 1.55% New
Independent Shanker Sir 1,029 1.06% New
National Development Party Advocate Moulvi Zamiroddin 875 0.90% New
Margin of victory 1,271 1.31%
Turnout 97,408 58.54%
Registered electors 166,391
Janata Dal (Secular) 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. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Bidar South". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. "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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