Kanakagiri Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Kanakagiri is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Karnataka in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).Areas after delimitation order of 2008
3 Gangawati Taluk (Part) 3 Marali, 4 Siddapur, 5 Karatagi, 6 Kanakagiri, 7 Navali and 8. Hulihyder Circles.
General Election 2023
TOTAL ELECTORS: 224068, TURN OUT TOTAL: 176553 (78.79%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa | M | 53 | SC | INC | 106164 | 60.13 |
| 2 Basavaraj Dadesugur | M | 43 | SC | BJP | 63532 | 35.98 |
| 3 Nota | NOTA | NOTA | 1600 | 0.91 | ||
| 4 Charul Venkantramana Dasari | M | 33 | SC | KRPP | 1319 | 0.75 |
| 5 Kenchappa Lingappa Hirekhed | M | 39 | SC | CPI(ML)(L) | 747 | 0.42 |
| 6 P V Rajagopal | M | 63 | SC | JD(S) | 709 | 0.4 |
| 7 Sandeep Sanjeevappa Budagumpa | M | 35 | SC | IND | 678 | 0.38 |
| 8 Yariswamy Nageshappa Kuntoji | M | 34 | SC | AAAP | 515 | 0.29 |
| 9 Ramesh | M | 34 | SC | IND | 422 | 0.24 |
| 10 B Jnanasundar | M | 61 | SC | IND | 396 | 0.22 |
| 11 H Hulugappa | M | 46 | SC | IND | 191 | 0.11 |
| 12 Ganesh | M | 30 | SC | KRS | 144 | 0.08 |
| 13 K Balappa | M | 68 | SC | BHRTPRJAIK | 136 | 0.08 |
General Election 2018
TOTAL ELECTORS : 211567, TURNOUT TOTAL: 167506 (79.17%)| CANDIDATE NAME | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 BASAVARAJ DADESUGUR | M | 38 | SC | BJP | 87735 | 52.38 |
| 2 SHIVARAJ SANGAPPA TANGADAGI | M | 48 | SC | INC | 73510 | 43.88 |
| 3 None of the Above | NOTA | 1677 | 1.00 | |||
| 4 MANJULA RAVIKUMAR | F | 39 | SC | JD(S) | 1464 | 0.87 |
| 5 KENCHAPPA HIREKHEDA | M | 34 | SC | CPI(ML)(L) | 843 | 0.50 |
| 6 DR. M P DARKESWARAIAH | M | 59 | SC | IND | 686 | 0.41 |
| 7 RAMESH CHANNADASAR | M | 29 | SC | IND | 572 | 0.34 |
| 8 MUKKANNA RAMACHANDRAPPA NAIK | M | 56 | SC | AIMEP | 443 | 0.26 |
| 9 K ERANNA | M | 62 | SC | IND | 273 | 0.16 |
| 10 KOTI RAMESH | M | 46 | SC | JAHP | 160 | 0.10 |
| 11 K H HULAGANNA | M | 41 | SC | SJPA | 143 | 0.09 |
2013 general election results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 SHIVARAJ SANGAPPA TANGADAGI | M | 42 | SC | INC | 49451 | 36.51 |
| 2 BASAVARAJ DADHESUGURU | M | 33 | SC | KJP | 44399 | 32.78 |
| 3 BHAVANIMATHA MUKUNDARAO | M | 44 | SC | BSRCP | 28117 | 20.76 |
| 4 RAMANAYAK LACHAMAPPPA NAYAK LAMANI | M | 48 | SC | BJP | 2948 | 2.18 |
| 5 RAMESH KOTI | M | 42 | SC | IND | 1524 | 1.13 |
| 6 VITHOBA BALADASAPPA DASAR | M | 35 | SC | IND | 1418 | 1.05 |
| 7 PRAKASHA. L. RATHOD | M | 45 | SC | JD(S) | 1166 | 0.86 |
| 8 PALAKSHAYYA SHIVAMURTHAYYA HIREMATH | M | 60 | SC | IND | 1080 | 0.80 |
| 9 TIPPANNA V | M | 69 | SC | IND | 1062 | 0.78 |
| 10 AKKIROTTI HULAGAPPA PAMAPPA | M | 51 | SC | CPM | 1028 | 0.76 |
| 11 SHREEDHAR | M | 26 | SC | BSP | 805 | 0.59 |
| 12 DYAMAMMA MANKALEPPA CHOUDKI | F | 29 | SC | CPIM | 751 | 0.55 |
| 13 MOTILAL NAYAK RATHOD | M | 68 | SC | IND | 579 | 0.43 |
| 14 M. YESAPPA | M | 33 | SC | CPI(ML)(L) | 560 | 0.41 |
| 15 NAGARAJA TIPPANNA WADDAR | M | 46 | SC | IND | 558 | 0.41 |
May 2008 general election result
| Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes polled | |||
| 1 SHIVARAJ S/O SANGAPPA TANGADAGI | M | IND | 32743 | |||
| 2 BHAVANIMATH MUKUNDARAO | M | INC | 30560 | |||
| 3 SHAMANNA HULAGAPPA NARINAL | M | BJP | 11068 | |||
| 4 MAREPPA JAMBANNA | M | CPI(ML)(L) | 6814 | |||
| 5 SHIVAPPA KRISHNAPPA | M | IND | 2365 | |||
| 6 YAMANURAPPA NADULAMANI | M | JD(S) | 2362 | |||
| 7 MARAPPA RAMACHANDRAPPA MOTI(VESHAGARA) | M | IND | 1751 | |||
| 8 F.SHANMUKAPPA | M | IND | 1513 | |||
| 9 B.HUSENAPPASWAMI S/O DURUGAPPA | M | IND | 1347 | |||
| 10 MUKAPPA NINGAPPA MESTRI | M | IND | 907 | |||
| 11 K.LAXMINARAYANA | M | BSP | 863 | |||
| 12 ERAPPA S/O DURAGAPPA CHIRCHANAGUDDA | M | SUP | 669 | |||
| 13 BALASWAMI MALLAPPA | M | IND | 616 | |||
| 14 K.PAMPAPATI S/O PAMAPPA CHALUVADI | M | LJP | 609 | |||
| 15 VIJAYAKUMAR | M | JD(U) | 576 | |||
| 16 R.PALANISWAMI RAMASWAMI | M | IND | 417 | |||
| 17 D.DASANNA | M | IND | 402 | |||
| 18 HANUMANTHAPPA S/O HULUGAPPA | M | IND | 380 | |||
| 19 V.NAGAPPA MASTAR NARASAPPA HUNAGUNDA | M | IND | 354 | |||
| 20 KANAKAPPA SULEKAL | M | SP | 334 | |||
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
It was a general seat.2004 assembly election results
1 . VEERAPPA DEVAPPA KESARAHATTI G was BJP candidate. He polled 46712 votes.2 . MALLIKARJUNA NAGAPPA M was INC candidate. He polled 41136 votes.
3 . BASAPPA ARALI was JD(S) candidate. He polled 8116 votes.
4 . HANUMESH NAIK was an independent candidate. He polled 7570 votes.
5 . ARATI TIPPANNA was BSP candidate. He polled 2098 votes.
6 . ANILKUMAR SHIVASHANKARAPPA BIJJAL was KNDP candidate. He polled 1238 votes.
7 . KARAKAPPA AMARANNA was an independent candidate. He polled 1007 votes.
8 . RAMESH PATIL HIRE BERAGI was an independent candidate. He polled 870 votes.
9 . RANGA SUBBIAH was USYP candidate. He polled 735 votes.
10 . BASAVARAJ GOWRIPURA was an independent candidate. He polled 538 votes.
11 . KARIYAPPA SINGNAL was an independent candidate. He polled 513 votes.
12 . CHANNAGOUDA VERUPAKSHA GOUDA MALI PATIL was an independent candidate. He polled 471 votes.
13 . HUSSAIN SAB IMAMSAB NAGANKAL was SP candidate. He polled 442 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 111446