Kota South Assembly constituency

Kota South
Constituency No. 190 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Kota
LS constituency	Kota
Established	2008
Total electors	244,959[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sandeep Sharma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Kota South is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.^[2][3]

It is part of Kota district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2008[4]	Om Birla		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[5]
2014^	Sandeep Sharma
2018[6]
2023[1]

^By poll

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sandeep Sharma	95,393	52.07%	+3.50%
	INC	Rakhi Gautam	83,431	45.54%	+1.39%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,727	0.94%	−0.18%
	BSP	Dr. Krishnanand Sharma	1,085	0.59%	+0.17%
	Independent	Irshad Ahmed	381	0.21%	N/A
	Independent	Habibulla	357	0.19%	N/A
Majority			11,962	6.53%	+2.11%
Turnout			1,83,199	74.79%	+2.52%
	BJP hold		Swing	2.11

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sandeep Sharma	82,739	48.57%	−14.43%
	INC	Rakhi Gautam	75,205	44.15%	+11.28%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,915	1.12%	−0.02%
	AAP	Kunj Bihari Singhal	1,639	0.96%	N/A
	SDPI	Naved Akhtar	983	0.58%	N/A
	BSP	Ram Charan	718	0.42%	−0.05%
Majority			7,537	4.42%	−25.71%
Turnout			1,70,540	72.27%	−1.94%
	BJP hold		Swing	25.71

2014

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly by-election 2014: Kota South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sandeep Sharma	84,233	58.38%	−4.62%
	INC	Shivkant Nandwana	58,526	40.56%	+7.69%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,331	1.58%	−0.26%
	Independent	Shailendra Rishi	384	0.27%	N/A
	Independent	E.N. Kishore Mehta	273	0.19%	N/A
	Independent	Ram Kishan Soni	145	0.10%	N/A
	Independent	Ravi Prakash	112	0.08%	N/A
Majority			25,707	17.82%	−12.31%
Turnout			1,46,626	60.75%	−13.46%
	BJP hold		Swing	12.31

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Om Birla	103,369	63.00%	+12.61%
	INC	Pankaj Mehta	53,930	32.87%	−3.79%
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,018	1.84%	+1.84%
	BSP	Mohammad Kadir	763	0.47%	−0.47%
	WPOI	Safiullah	636	0.39%	N/A
	NPP	Sanjay Shukla	380	0.23%	N/A
	IJP	Rajesh Gupta	85	0.05%	N/A
	RJVP	Mohammad Salim	81	0.05%	N/A
Majority			49,439	30.13%	+16.40%
Turnout			1,64,073	74.21%	+13.26%
	BJP hold		Swing	16.40

2008

2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Om Birla	74,381	50.39
	INC	Ram Kishan	50,126	36.66
	Jago Party	Vinay Sharma	1,723	1.26
	BSP	Dr. S Bharadwaj	1,292	0.94
	CPI	Harilal	1,207	0.88
	IJP	Kewal Kishan	159	0.12
Majority			24,452	13.73
Turnout			136,750	60.95
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• Kota district

References

1. "State Election,2023 to the legislative assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). ceorajasthan.nic.in. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. "Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2008". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
5. "Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2013". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
6. "Statistical Data of Rajasthan LA 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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