Kapu Assembly Constituency
Kapu Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.
It is part of Udupi district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Mysore State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1956: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1957 | F. X. Denis Pinto | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Bhaskar Shetty | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
Karnataka
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bhaskar Shetty | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1983 | Vasantha V. Salian | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | |||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Lalaji Mendon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Vinay Kumar Sorake | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | Lalaji Mendon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | Gurme Suresh Shetty | ||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gurme Suresh Shetty | 80,559 | 53.23 | +0.69 | |
| INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 67,555 | 44.63 | +0.34 | |
| SDPI | Mohammed Haneef | 1,616 | 1.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 805 | 0.53 | −0.05 | |
| Majority | 13,004 | 8.6 | +0.35 | ||
| Turnout | 151,355 | 80.08 | +1.15 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lalaji Mendon | 75,893 | 52.54 | ||
| INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 63,976 | 44.29 | ||
| JD(S) | M. Mansoor Ibrahim | 1,393 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 839 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 11,917 | 8.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,448 | 78.93 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.