Kanakapura Assembly constituency

Kanakapura Assembly constituency is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka state in India. The constituency is one of the 8 seats which make up Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency. Ramakrishna Hegde contested a bypoll from this seat when he first became Chief Minister in 1983.

Kanakapura
Constituency No. 184 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Rural
Established	1951
Total electors	224,987 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent D. K. Shivakumar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	P. G. R. Sindhia

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source:^[2]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	K. G. Thimmegowda		Indian National Congress
1957	M. Linge Gowda		Praja Socialist Party
1962	S. Kariyappa		Independent
1967	K. G. Thimmegowda		Indian National Congress
1972	S. Kariyappa

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978[3][4][5]	C. Appaji		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983[6][7]	P. G. R. Sindhia		Janata Party
1983[a][8]	Ramakrishna Hegde
1985[9][10]	P. G. R. Sindhia
1989[11][12][13]			Janata Dal
1994[14][15][16]
1999[17][18]			Janata Dal (United)
2004[19][20]			Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	D. K. Shivakumar		Indian National Congress
2013
2018[21][22]
2023

1. by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakapura^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	143,023	75.03	+6.51
	JD(S)	B. Nagaraju	20,631	10.82	−14.77
	BJP	R. Ashoka	19,753	10.36	+6.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	762	0.40	−0.23
Majority			1,22,392	64.21	+21.28
Turnout			1,90,623	85.63	+2.00
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakapura^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	127,552	68.52
	JD(S)	Narayana Gowda	47,643	25.59
	BJP	Nandini Gowda	6,273	3.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,168	0.63
Majority			79,909	42.93
Turnout			1,86,152	83.63
	INC hold		Swing

2013

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakapura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	100,007	56.77
	JD(S)	P. G. R Sindhia	68,583	38.93
	BJP	B. Nagaraju	1,807	3.37
Majority			31,424	17.84
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

2008

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kanakapura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Shivakumar	68,096	48.34
	JD(S)	D. M. Vishwanath	60,917	43.24
	BJP	S. M. Hampaiah	3,340	2.37
Majority			7,179	5.10
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing