| 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 |
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[edit | edit source]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | H. Siddaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| Ganganayak | |||
| 1955 By-election <
[lower-alpha 1] || Mallikarjunappa Gowda | |||
- ↑ Died in 1954
Election results[edit | edit source]
Assembly By-election 1955[edit | edit source]
| 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
|
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Assembly Election 1952[edit | edit source]
| 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) | |||||
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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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