Shikaripura Assembly constituency

Shikaripura Assembly constituency is one of the 224 assembly constituencies of Karnataka, a state in Southern India. It is named after the town of Shikaripur, which forms part of the constituency. It is one of the eight Vidhan Sabha constituencies which form Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency.

Shikaripura
Constituency No. 115 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
LS constituency	Shimoga
Established	1961
Total electors	198,883[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B. Y. Vijayendra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Veerappa		Indian National Congress
1967	G. Basavannappa		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	K. Yenkatappa		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	K. Yenkatappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	B. S. Yeddyurappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1989
1994
1999	B. N. Mahalingappa		Indian National Congress
2004	B. S. Yeddyurappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013			Karnataka Janata Paksha
2014^	B. Y. Raghavendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	B. S. Yeddyurappa
2023	B. Y. Vijayendra

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shikaripura^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Y. Vijayendra	81,810	49.07	−7.09
	Independent	S. P. Nagarajagowda	70,802	42.47
	INC	Goni Malatesh	8,101	4.86	−28.45
	Independent	Imtiyaz A. Attar	2,944	1.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	688	0.41	−0.17
Majority			11,008	6.6	−16.25
Turnout			166,729	83.83	+1.56
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shikaripura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. S. Yeddyurappa	86,983	56.16
	INC	Goni Malatesha	51,586	33.31
	JD(S)	H. T. Balegar	13,191	8.52
	Independent	Vinay K. C. Rajavath	459	0.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	903	0.58
Majority			35,397	22.85
Turnout			1,54,883	82.27
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 by-election

Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election, 2014: Shikaripura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. Y. Raghavendra	71,547	51.53
	INC	H. S. Shanthaveerappa Gowda	65,117	46.90
	KJP	Sakalesh Hulmar	755	0.54
	IND.	D. Shekhar Gulihatty	246	0.18
	IND.	D. S. Eshwarappa	224	0.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	560	0.40
Majority			6,430	4.63
Turnout			1,38,849	78.26
	BJP gain from KJP		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shikaripura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KJP	B. S. Yeddyurappa	69,126	49.89
	INC	H. S. Shanthaveerappa Gowda	44,701	32.26
	JD(S)	H. Balegar	15,007	10.83
	BJP	S. H. Manjunatha	2,383	1.72	−64.50
	IND.	Rajunaika	1,447	1.04
Majority			24,425	17.63
Turnout			1,38,566	80.22
	KJP gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shikaripura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. S. Yeddyurappa	83,491	66.22
	SP	S. Bangarappa	37,564	29.79
	IND.	Dr. Riyaz Basha	1,384	1.10
	BSP	J. Jayappa	1,226	0.97
	IND.	D. Bangarappa	1,139	0.90
Majority			45,927	36.43
Turnout			1,26,077	78.38
	BJP hold		Swing

1999

• Mahalingappa (INC): 55,852 votes^[2]
• B.S.Yediyurappa (BJP): 48,291 votes

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1999".

• "BSY's son to contest from Shikaripura for assembly by-election". Mangalore Today. 31 May 2014.
• "Karnataka polls: Cong wins, BSY delivers knock-out punch to BJP". News18. 8 May 2013.

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