Shorapur Assembly constituency

Shorapur
Shorapur
Constituency No. 36 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Kalaburagi
District	Yadgir
Lok Sabha constituency	Raichur
Established	1951
Total electors	281,869
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Raja Venugopal Nayak
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Raja Venkatappa Nayak

Shorapur Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

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Year	Member
1957	Kumar Naik Venkatappa Naik	Indian National Congress
1962	Raja Pidnaik Raja Krishtappa Naik	Swatantra Party
1967		Indian National Congress
1972		Independent

Year	Member
1978	Raja Kumar Naik	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Raja Madan Gopal Naiyak	Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994	Raja Venkatappa Naik	Karnataka Congress Party
1999	Raja Venkatappa Naik	Indian National Congress
2004	Narasimha Nayak	Kannada Nadu Party
2008	Narasimha Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Raja Venkatappa Naik	Indian National Congress
2018^[3]	Narasimha Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023^[4]	Raja Venkatappa Naik	Indian National Congress
2024^	Raja Venugopal Naik	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja Venugopal Nayak	114,886	53.36	−1.36
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak	96,566	44.85	+2.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	848	0.39	−0.22
Majority			18,320	8.51	−3.64
Turnout			2,15,299	76.38	+1.05
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raja Venkatappa Naik	113,559	54.72	+13.21
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gouda)	88,336	42.57	−10.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,259	0.61	−0.26
Majority			25,223	12.15	+0.70
Turnout			207,530	75.33	+3.80
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Narasimha Nayak (Raju Gouda)	104,426	52.96
	INC	Raja Venkatappa Naik	81,858	41.51
	JD(S)	Raja Krishnappa Nayak	4,796	2.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,720	0.87
Majority			22,568	11.45
Turnout			1,97,196	71.53
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly