Kudligi Assembly constituency

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

Kudligi
Constituency No. 96 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Kalaburagi
District	Vijayanagara Before, Bellary district
Lok Sabha constituency	Bellary
Established	1951
Total electors	203,802[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent N. T. Srinivas
Party	INC
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. Y. Gopalakrishna

It was part of Bellary district until 2 October 2021. After 2 October 2021, it became part of Vijayanagara district.

N. T. Srinivas is the current MLA from Kudligi.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Kotrabasavana Goud		Independent

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	V. Nagappa		Indian National Congress
1959	K. Doomappa
1962	V Nagappa		Independent
1967	M. M. J. Sadyojatha
1972	B. S. Veerabhadrappa		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	B. S. Veerabhadrappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	K. Channabasavana Gowd		Janata Party
1985	N. T. Bommanna		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	N. M. Nabi		Janata Dal
1999	Siraj Sheikh		Indian National Congress
2004	Anil Lad		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	B Nagendra
2013			Independent
2018	N. Y. Gopalakrishna		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	N. T. Srinivas		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Kudligi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. T. Srinivas	104,753	63.95	+48.62
	BJP	Lokesh V. Nayaka	50,403	30.77	−2.16
	JD(S)	Pujar Bheemappa	3,138	1.92	−23.90
	CPI	H. Veeranna	1,513	0.92	−1.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	804	0.49	−0.86
Majority			54,350	33.18	+26.07
Turnout			163,810	80.38	+3.66
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kudligi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	N. Y. Gopalakrishna	50,085	32.93
	JD(S)	N. T. Bommanna	39,272	25.82
	Independent	Lokesh. V. Nayaka	29,514	19.41
	INC	Raghu Gujjal	23,316	15.33
	CPI	H. Veeranna	3,414	2.24
	Sarva Janata Party	N. Basappa	1,412	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,055	1.35
Majority			10,813	7.11
Turnout			152,076	76.72
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kudligi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kotrabasavana Goud	20,104	48.90%
	INC	T. M. Panchakshariah	11,764	28.62%	28.62%
	Independent	Chennabasappa	9,243	22.48%
Margin of victory			8,340	20.29%
Turnout			41,111	55.50%
Registered electors			74,079
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

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