| Kanakagiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 61 for theKarnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Basavaraj Dhadesugur |
Kanakagiri Assembly constituency is one of the 224Legislative Assembly constituencies ofKarnataka inIndia.[2]
It is part ofKoppal district and is reserved for candidates belonging to theScheduled Castes.
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| BJPgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||