Shahabad, Karnataka Assembly constituency

Shahabad Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Karnataka state assembly in India until 2008 when it was made defunct. It was part of Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency.

Shahabad
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Gulbarga
District	Gulbarga
Lok Sabha constituency	Gulbarga
Established	1978
Abolished	2008
Reservation	SC

Members of Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1978[1]	Sharnappa Fakeerappa Bhairy		Communist Party of India
1983	K. B. Shanappa
1985
1989	Baburao Chavan[2]		Indian National Congress
1994[3]	Gurunath Chandram		Janata Dal
1999[4]	Baburao Chavan		Indian National Congress
2004[5]	Sunil Vallyapure		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 onwards: Seat does not exist

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Vallyapure	32,625	30.41%	2.46
	INC	Chavan R B	31,607	29.46%	11.97
	JD(S)	Gurunath Chandram	31,365	29.23%	25.49
	JP	Subhash S Pawar	3,704	3.45%	New
	BSP	Chandrashekhar Naik Siddu Naik	2,976	2.77%	3.50
	Independent	Mohan Huli	2,229	2.08%	New
	Independent	Diwakar H V	1,123	1.05%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Suresh Basanna Goure	908	0.85%	New
	Independent	Timmayya B Aramani	750	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,018	0.95%	7.61
Turnout			1,07,287	50.52%	0.86
Registered electors			2,12,365		18.72
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.02

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baburao Chavhan	38,072	41.43%	21.73
	BJP	Valmik Kamalu Naik	30,206	32.87%	14.73
	JD(U)	C. Gurunath	12,777	13.90%	New
	BSP	Dr. S.H. Katti	5,769	6.28%	2.06
	JD(S)	Ashok Lakhe	3,441	3.74%	New
	Independent	Mapanna Hadanur	1,636	1.78%	New
Margin of victory			7,866	8.56%	12.08
Turnout			91,901	54.41%	1.55
Registered electors			1,78,880		9.13
	INC gain from JD		Swing	1.10

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	C. Gurunath	32,937	40.33%	New
	INC	Baburao Chavhan	16,086	19.70%	18.98
	BJP	Arvind Guruji	14,811	18.14%	14.29
	INC	Jemsing Chavan	8,074	9.89%	New
	BSP	D.G. Sagar	3,447	4.22%	New
	CPI	Sharanappa Bhairi	3,117	3.82%	22.05
	Independent	Vadde Nagappa	2,010	2.46%	New
	Independent	Chandrakant Harsur	514	0.63%	New
	Independent	Dr. Aruna Sanjeevkumar	421	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			16,851	20.63%	10.17
Turnout			81,665	51.62%	1.70
Registered electors			1,63,910
	JD gain from INC		Swing	1.66

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baburao Chavhan	26,189	38.67%	12.36
	JP	Gurunath Chandram	19,104	28.21%	New
	CPI	Bhajentri Saibanna	17,518	25.87%	1.54
	BJP	Shanker Desai	2,602	3.84%	0.16
	Kranti Sabha	Devala	1,501	2.22%	New
	Independent	Annappa	435	0.64%	New
	Independent	Hanamanth Bhavimani Hagarga	367	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			7,085	10.46%	10.34
Turnout			67,716	52.91%	4.58
Registered electors			1,40,721
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	11.27

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. B. Shanappa	16,263	27.41%	17.24
	Independent	Gurunath Chandram	16,188	27.28%	New
	INC	Govind P. Vedyaraj	15,612	26.31%	17.55
	Independent	Ramu Bhimla Chavan	7,495	12.63%	New
	BJP	Shanker Iranna Desai	2,183	3.68%	1.74
	Independent	Devasunder Martur	905	1.53%	New
	LKD	Sangolgi Prabhu R.	691	1.16%	New
Margin of victory			75	0.13%	0.66
Turnout			59,337	54.65%	14.45
Registered electors			1,12,603		13.86
	CPI hold		Swing	17.24

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. B. Shanappa	16,888	44.65%	6.86
	INC	Narsing Rao Jadhav	16,590	43.86%	36.60
	BJP	Arjun Ramanna	2,048	5.41%	New
	Independent	Prabhu	854	2.26%	New
	Independent	Shivaram Moga Sambaji	734	1.94%	New
	Independent	Saibanna Sharanappa	711	1.88%	New
Margin of victory			298	0.79%	18.82
Turnout			37,825	39.79%	9.27
Registered electors			98,894		6.70
	CPI hold		Swing	6.86

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Shahabad^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Sharnappa Fakeerappa Bhairy	22,685	51.50%	New
	JP	S.M.Hagaragi	14,047	31.89%	New
	RPI(K)	Shivaram Mogha	4,114	9.34%	New
	INC	Hirasingh Rathod	3,199	7.26%	New
Margin of victory			8,638	19.61%
Turnout			44,045	49.84%
Registered electors			92,687
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly