Siruguppa Assembly constituency

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

Siruguppa
Constituency No. 92 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Ballari
Lok Sabha constituency	Koppal
Established	1951
Total electors	217,209[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B. M. Nagaraja
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	M. S. Somalingappa

It is part of Ballari district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. B. M. Nagaraja is the current MLA from Siruguppa.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Hyderabad State

Year	Member	Party
1952	S. Parameshwarappa		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	B. E. Ramiah		Indian National Congress
1962	C. M. Revana Siddhaiah		Swatantra Party
1967	M. D. Gowda		Indian National Congress
1972	B. E. Ramaiah

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	B. E. Ramaiah		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	M. Shankar Reddy		Indian National Congress
1985	C. M. Revana Siddaiah		Janata Party
1989	M. Shankar Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	T. N. Chandrashekaraiah		Janata Dal
1999	M. Shankar Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004	M. S. Somalingappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	B. M. Nagaraja		Indian National Congress
2018[3]	M. S. Somalingappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	B. M. Nagaraja		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Siruguppa^[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. M. Nagaraja	90,862	54.05	+13.78
	BJP	M. S. Somalingappa	53,830	32.02	−22.23
	KRPP	T. Darappa Naik	18,652	11.10	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,645	0.98	−0.33
Majority			37,032	22.03	+8.05
Turnout			168,106	77.39	+2.47
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Siruguppa^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M. S. Somalingappa	82,546	54.25
	INC	B. Murali Krishna	61,275	40.27
	JD(S)	Hosamane B. Maruthi	2,482	1.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,997	1.31
Majority			21,271	13.98
Turnout			152,151	74.92
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Siruguppa^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Parameswarappa	17,798	50.29%	50.29%
	Independent	S. Ranganna Gowd	14,370	40.60%
	Independent	Hanumantha Gowda	3,224	9.11%
Margin of victory			3,428	9.69%
Turnout			35,392	54.87%
Registered electors			64,496
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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