Davanagere South Assembly constituency

Davanagere South Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.

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Davanagere South Assembly constituency

Davanagere South Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.

It is part of Davanagere district and Davangere Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Davanagere South Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Until 2008: Seat does not exist. See Davanagere Assembly constituency</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td></tr><tr><td>2026^</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

2026 by-election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Samarth Mallikarajun</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Srinivas T. Dasakariyappa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Afsar Kodlipete</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sadiq Pailwaan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>gain from</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Assembly Election 2023

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</td><td>84,298</td><td>57.59%</td><td>5.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Ajay Kumar. B. G</td><td>56,410</td><td>38.54%</td><td>2.24</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Ismail Zabiulla</td><td>1,311</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>Amanulla Khan. J</td><td>1,296</td><td>0.89%</td><td>3.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>655</td><td>0.45%</td><td>0.20</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>27,888</td><td>19.05%</td><td>7.38</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>146,406</td><td>69.48%</td><td>3.64</td></tr><tr><td>Total valid votes</td><td>146,382</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>210,708</td><td></td><td>1.91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.14</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Assembly Election 2018

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</td><td>71,369</td><td>52.45%</td><td>3.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yashavantha Rao Jadhav</td><td>55,485</td><td>40.78%</td><td>25.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>Amanulla Khan. J</td><td>6,020</td><td>4.42%</td><td>14.95</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>888</td><td>0.65%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIMEP</td><td>Nowshin Taj</td><td>869</td><td>0.64%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>15,884</td><td>11.67%</td><td>18.07</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>136,123</td><td>65.84%</td><td>0.21</td></tr><tr><td>Total valid votes</td><td>136,073</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>206,760</td><td></td><td>13.37</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.33</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Assembly Election 2013

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</td><td>66,320</td><td>49.12%</td><td>7.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>Karekatte Syed Saifulla</td><td>26,162</td><td>19.37%</td><td>0.29</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. Lokesh</td><td>21,282</td><td>15.76%</td><td>19.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KJP</td><td>B. M. Satish</td><td>3,200</td><td>2.37%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>40,158</td><td>29.74%</td><td>23.41</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>120,462</td><td>66.05%</td><td>3.85</td></tr><tr><td>Total valid votes</td><td>135,030</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>182,370</td><td></td><td>12.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.62</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Assembly Election 2008

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shamanuru Shivashankarappa</td><td>41,675</td><td>41.50%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Yashavantha Rao Jadhav</td><td>35,317</td><td>35.17%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(S)</td><td>H. S. Nagaraj</td><td>19,163</td><td>19.08%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. M. Ravishankar</td><td>1,301</td><td>1.30%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Narendra Rao Pawar</td><td>899</td><td>0.90%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>T. Athaulla</td><td>723</td><td>0.72%</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,358</td><td>6.33%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>100,418</td><td>62.20%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total valid votes</td><td>100,415</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>161,435</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>