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Kota North (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)
Kota North is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the Kota Municipal Corporation in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India.[1]
| Kota North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Kota |
| State | Rajasthan |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2018 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| MLA | Shanti Dhariwal |
| Reservation | None |
| Ex MLA | Prahlad Gunjal |
| Most Successful Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (6 Times) |
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 belongs to Indian National Congress candidate Shanti Dhariwal who won in last Assembly election of 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of 17,945 votes.[2]
Geographical scope[edit]
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[edit]
| Assembly | Year | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1957 | Rameshwar Dayal | Indian National Congress | |
| 3rd | 1962 | Krishan Kumar | Jana Sangh | |
| 4th | 1967 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 5th | 1972 | Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 6th | 1977 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Janata Party | |
| 7th | 1980 | Bhartiya Janata Party | ||
| 8th | 1985 | |||
| 9th | 1990 | |||
| 10th | 1993 | |||
| 11th | 1998 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 12th | 2003 | Om Birla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 13th | 2008 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress | |
| 14th | 2013 | Prahlad Gunjal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 15th | 2018 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress |
Election Results[edit]
2018 results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanti Dhariwal | 94,728 | 53.36 |  14.18
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| BJP | Prahlad Gunjal | 76,783 | 43.25 |  4.96
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| WPOI | Naeem Azad | 771 | 0.43 | 0.43
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| Independent | Raj Surya Kumar Bhatt | 761 | 0.43 | 0.43
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| BSP | Rajendra Suman | 732 | 0.41 | 0.27
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| AAP | Mohammad Hussain | 568 | 0.32 | 0.32
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| Remaining 5 Candidates | 835 | 0.47 | 
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| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,363 | 1.33 | 0.11
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| Majority | 17,945 | 10.11 | 1.08
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| Turnout | 1,77,541 | 74.39 | 1.61
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| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 5.15
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2013 results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prahlad Gunjal | 79,295 | 48.21 |
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| INC | Shanti Dhariwal | 0 | 39.18 |
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| SDPI | Mohammad Shafi | 13,544 | 8.24 |
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| BSP | Nathu Lal Sharma | 1,115 | 0.68 |
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| style="background-color: Template:Jago Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Jago Party|Template:Jago Party/meta/shortname]] | Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar | 1,041 | 0.63 |
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| Remaining 5 Candidates | 3,041 | 1.86 |
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| NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,002 | 1.22 |
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| Majority | 14,861 | 9.03 |
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| Turnout | 1,64,473 | 76 |
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| BJP gain from INC | Swing |
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Kota north (Rajasthan) Assembly Constituency Elections". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kota North Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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