Devadurga Assembly constituency

Devadurga Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2] It is part of Raichur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023, it is represented by Karemma Nayak of the Janata Dal (Secular).^[3]

Devadurga
Constituency No. 56 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Raichur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raichur
Established	1951
Total electors	233,492[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kariyamma Nayak
Party	Janata Dal (Secular)
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Shivanagouda Nayak

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Hyderabad State

Year	Member	Party
1951[4]	Karibasappa Guru Basappa		Independent politician

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957[5][6][7]	Sivanna		Indian National Congress
1962[8][9][10]	Sharanappa
1967[11][12]	S. P. B. Patil		Swatantra Party
1972[13][14]	Sharanappa		Indian National Congress (Organisation)

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978[15][16][17]	B. Shivanna		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983[18][19]			Indian National Congress
1985[20][21]	A. Purshpavathi		Janata Party
1989[22][23][24]	B. Shivanna		Indian National Congress
1994[25][26][27]	B. T. Lalitha Naik		Janata Dal
1999[28][29]	Akkaraki Yellappa Bangappa		Indian National Congress
2004	Alkod Hanumanthappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008[30]	K. Shivanagouda Naik
2009^			Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[31]	A. Venkatesh Naik		Indian National Congress
2016^[32]	K. Shivanagouda Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018[30]
2023[3]	Karemma Nayak		Janata Dal (Secular)

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Devadurga^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Karemma Nayak	99,544	56.75	+52.21
	BJP	K. Shivanagouda Naik	65,288	37.22	−5.36
	INC	A. Shridevi	3,909	2.23	−26.97
	Independent	Roopa	2,784	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,751	1.57	+0.34
Majority			34,256	19.53	+6.15
Turnout			175,406	75.12	+6.05
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Devadurga^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Shivanagouda Naik	67,003	42.58
	INC	A Rajashekar Nayak	45,958	29.20
	Independent	Karemma Nayak	25,226	16.03
	JD(S)	Arkera Venkatesh Pujari	7,137	4.54
	Independent	Mamitha Siddayyatata Guruvina	6,391	4.06
	AIMEP	Shivaraj Dore	2,179	1.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,932	1.23
Majority			21,045	13.38
Turnout			1,57,369	69.07
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 Bye Election

2016: Devadurga^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Shivanagouda Naik	72,647
	INC	A Rajashekar Nayak	55,776
	JD(S)	Karemma Nayak	9,156
	Independent	Shivaraj Dore	1837
	NOTA	None of the Above	1708
Majority			16,871
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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