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Kapu Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 13°14′N 74°44′E / 13.23°N 74.74°E / 13.23; 74.74
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Kapu
Constituency No. 121 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictUdupi
LS constituencyUdupi Chikmagalur
Established1956
Total electors189,007[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Gurme Suresh Shetty
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byLalaji Mendon

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

It is part of Udupi district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Mysore State

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Year Member Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957 F. X. Denis Pinto Indian National Congress
1962 Bhaskar Shetty Praja Socialist Party
1967
1972 Indian National Congress

Karnataka

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Year Member Party
1978 Bhaskar Shetty Indian National Congress (Indira)
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[3] Lalaji Mendon Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Gurme Suresh Shetty

Election results

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2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kapu[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gurme Suresh Shetty 80,559 53.23 +0.69
INC Vinay Kumar Sorake 67,555 44.63 +0.34
SDPI Mohammed Haneef 1,616 1.07
NOTA None of the Above 805 0.53 −0.05
Majority 13,004 8.6 +0.35
Turnout 151,355 80.08 +1.15
BJP hold Swing

2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kapu[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lalaji Mendon 75,893 52.54
INC Vinay Kumar Sorake 63,976 44.29
JD(S) M. Mansoor Ibrahim 1,393 0.96
NOTA None of the Above 839 0.58
Majority 11,917 8.25
Turnout 1,44,448 78.93
BJP hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

13°14′N 74°44′E / 13.23°N 74.74°E / 13.23; 74.74