Bidar South Assembly constituency

Bidar South Assembly seat is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bidar Lok Sabha constituency and is a part of Bidar district.^[2]

Bidar South
Constituency No. 49 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bidar
Established	2008
Total electors	205,201[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shailendra Beldale
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Bandeppa Kashempur

Shailendra Beldale is the current MLA from Bidar South.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Bandeppa Kashempur		Janata Dal (Secular)
2013	Ashok Kheny		Karnataka Makkala Paksha
2018	Bandeppa Kashempur		Janata Dal (Secular)
2023[1]	Shailendra Beldale		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bidar South^[1][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Shailendra Beldale	49,872	32.51	+2.01
	INC	Ashok Kheny	48,609	31.69	+6.40
	JD(S)	Bandeppa Kashempur	31,374	20.45	−10.05
	Independent	Chandra Singh	14,837	9.67	New
	AAP	M.Naseemuddin Patel	5,104	3.33
	NOTA	None of the Above	671	0.44
Majority			1,263	0.82	−0.25
Turnout			153,384	74.75	+5.04
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bidar South^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Bandeppa Kashempur	55,107	39.68
	BJP	Dr. Shailendra Beldale	42,365	30.5
	INC	Ashok Kheny	35,131	25.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	957	0.69
Majority			12,742	9.18
Turnout			138,887	69.71
	JD(S) gain from Karnataka Makkala Paksha		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly