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Soraba Shikaripur
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMysore State
DivisionBangalore
DistrictShimoga
Lok Sabha constituencyShimoga
Established1952
Abolished1957

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
  1. Died in 1954

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly By-election 1955[edit | edit source]

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1955 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election : Soraba Shikaripur [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mallikarjunappa Gowda 29,845 58.54% Increase17.05
PSP D. P. Wodayar 21,140 41.46% New
Margin of victory 8,705 17.07% Increase9.03
INC hold Swing Increase37.17

Assembly Election 1952[edit | edit source]

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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%
Registered electors 74,314
INC win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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