Molakalmuru is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.

It is part of Chitradurga district and parliamentary constituency, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	A. Bhimappa Naik		Indian National Congress
1957	S. Nijalingappa
1962	S. H. Basanna
1967
1972	Papanaik Patil

Karnataka State

Year	Member	Party
1978	Papanaik Patil		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	N. G. Naik		Indian National Congress
1985	Purna Muthappa		Janata Party
1989	N. G. Naik		Indian National Congress
1994	Purna Muthappa		Janata Dal
1997^	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		Indian National Congress
1999
2004
2008
2013	S. Thippeswamy		Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress
2018	B. Sriramulu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		Indian National Congress

^ by election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Molakalmuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Y. Gopalakrishna	109,459	53.81	+32.01
	BJP	S. Thippeswamy	87,310	42.92	-0.71
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,561	0.77	+0.06
Majority			22,149	10.89	-10.94
Turnout			203,405	83.44	+0.14
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	32.72

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Molakalmuru

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Sriramulu	84,018	43.63
	INC	B. Yogesh Babu	41,973	21.8
	Independent	S. Thippeswamy	41,152	21.37
	JD(S)	G. M. Thippeswamy Patel (Yattinahattygowdru)	15,262	7.93
	Independent	S. Chandranna (Yattinahatty)	3,223	1.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,361	0.71
Majority			42,045	21.83
Turnout			192,549	83.3
	BJP gain from BSRCP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Chitradurga district