Molakalmuru
Constituency No. 97 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictChitradurga
LS constituencyChitradurga
Total electors2,43,788[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1957 S. Nijalingappa Indian National Congress
1962 S. H. Basanna
1967
1972 Papanaik Patil
1978 Indian National Congress (I)
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 BSR Congress
2018 B. Sriramulu Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 N. Y. Gopalakrishna Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Molakalmuru[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. Y. Gopalakrishna 109,459 53.81 +32.01
BJP S. Thippeswamy 87,310 42.92 -0.71
JD(S) Veerabhadrappa 1,594 0.78 -7.15
Independents and others 3,481 1.71 -24.22
NOTA None of the Above 1,561 0.77 +0.06
Majority 22,149 10.89 -10.94
Turnout 2,03,405 83.44 +0.14
INC gain from BJP Swing 32.72

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Molakalmuru[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP B. Sriramulu 84,018 43.63
INC Dr B. Yogesh Babu 41,973 21.80
Independent S. Thippeswamy 41,152 21.37
JD(S) Patel G. M. Thippeswamy 15,262 7.93
NOTA None of the Above 1,361 0.71
Majority 42,045
Turnout 1,92,549 83.30
BJP gain from Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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