Aurad Assembly constituency

Aurad Assembly constituency is one of the 224 legislative constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly in Bidar district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is part of Bidar Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4] Since 2008, the seat has been reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates.

Aurad
Constituency No. 52 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Aurad assembly constituency (in red)
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Kalaburagi
District	Bidar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bidar
Established	1951 (74 years ago) (1951)
Total electors	219,444[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prabhu Chauhan
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli

Members of Assembly

Hyderabad State (Hulsur Constituency)

Election	MLA	Party
1952[5]	Deshpande Bapurao		Indian National Congress

Mysore State (Bhalki Constituency)

Election	MLA	Party
1957[6][7][8]	B. Sham Sunder		Independent
	Balwantrao

Mysore State (Santpur Constituency)

Election	MLA	Party
1962[9][10][11]	Prabhoo Rao Dhondiba		Indian National Congress

Mysore State (Aurad Constituency)

Election	MLA	Party
1967[12][13]	Kamtikar Murlidhar Rao Srinivas Rao		Indian National Congress
1972[14][15]	Bapu Rao Patil

Karnataka State (Aurad Constituency)

Election	MLA	Party
1978[16][17][18]	Manik Rao Patil		Indian National Congress
1983[19][20]
1985[21][22]	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		Janata Party
1989[23][24][25]			Janata Dal
1994[26][27][28]
1999[29][30]	Gundappa Vakil		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004[31][32]	Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli		Indian National Congress
2008[33][34]	Prabhu Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[35][36][37]
2018[38][39]
2023[40][41]

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Aurad^[1][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhu Chauhan	81,382	51.31	+0.39
	INC	Bhimsen Rao Shinde	71,813	45.28	+1.55
	JD(S)	Jaisinga S. Dhanashing	1,506	0.95	−0.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	464	0.29	−0.55
Majority			9,569	6.03	−1.16
Turnout			158,603	72.27	+3.54
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Aurad^[43][44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhu Chauhan	75,061	50.92
	INC	Vijaykumar	64,469	43.73
	JD(S)	Dhanaji	2,605	1.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,233	0.84
Majority			10,592	7.19
Turnout			1,47,409	68.73
	BJP hold		Swing

1985

• Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli (JNP): 30,972 votes^[45]
• Bapurao Vithalrao Patil (IND): 26,504 votes

See also

• Aurad
• Bidar district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly