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| Constituency No. 121 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Udupi |
| LS constituency | Udupi Chikmagalur |
| Total electors | 189,007[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Kapu Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.[2]
It is part of Udupi district.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | F. X. Denis Pinto | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Bhaskar Shetty | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1978 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 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[3] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | Gurme Suresh Shetty | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lalaji Mendon | 75,893 | 52.54 | ||
| INC | Vinay Kumar Sorake | 63,976 | 44.29 | ||
| Janata Dal (Secular) | M. Mansoor Ibrahim | 1,393 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 839 | 0.58 | ||
| Majority | 11,917 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,44,448 | 78.93 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||