Kanakagiri Assembly constituency

Kanakagiri
Constituency No. 61 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Koppal
Lok Sabha constituency	Koppal
Established	1976
Total electors	224,068[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shivaraj Tangadagi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Basavaraj Dhadesugur

Kanakagiri Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

It is part of Koppal district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 1976: Constituency did not exist
1978	M. Nagappa Mukappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Srirangadevarayalu Venkarayalu		Indian National Congress
1985
1989	M. Mallikarjuna
1994	Nagappa Saloni		Janata Dal
1999	Malikarjun Nagappa		Indian National Congress
2004[3]	Veerappa Devappa Kesarahatti		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008[4]	Shivaraj Tangadagi		Independent politician
2013[5]
2018[6]	Basavaraj Dhadesugur		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Shivaraj Tangadagi		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakagiri^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shivaraj Tangadagi	106,164	60.13	+16.25
	BJP	Basavaraj Dadesugur	63,532	35.98	−16.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,600	0.91	−0.09
Majority			42,632	24.15	+15.65
Turnout			176,553	78.79	−0.38
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakagiri^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basavaraj Dadesugur	87,735	52.38
	INC	Shivaraj Tangadagi	73,510	43.88
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,677	1.0
Majority			14,225	8.5
Turnout			167,506	79.17
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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