Shorapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Shorapur is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Karnataka in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST).Areas after delimitation order of 2008
8 Shorapur Taluk (Part) 3 Hunasgi, 4 Kakkera, 5 Kodekal and 1 Shorapur Circles.
General Election 2023
TOTAL ELECTORS: 275483, TURN OUT TOTAL: 207530 (75.33%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 Raja Venkatappa Naik | M | 66 | ST | INC | 113559 | 54.72 |
| 2 Narasimhanayak (rajugouda) | M | 44 | ST | BJP | 88336 | 42.57 |
| 3 Shravanakumar Nayak | M | 29 | ST | JD(S) | 1544 | 0.74 |
| 4 R. Manjunath Nayak | M | 40 | ST | AAAP | 1348 | 0.65 |
| 5 Nota | NOTA | NOTA | 1259 | 0.61 | ||
| 6 Venkatappa Nayak Chandrashekhar Nayak | M | 32 | ST | IND | 765 | 0.37 |
| 7 Shashikumar | M | 29 | ST | IND | 370 | 0.18 |
| 8 Ashok Laxman | M | 30 | ST | IND | 349 | 0.17 |
General Election 2018
TOTAL ELECTORS : 275668, TURNOUT TOTAL: 197196 (71.53%)| CANDIDATE NAME | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 NARASIMHANAYAK (RAJUGOUDA) | M | 39 | ST | BJP | 104426 | 52.96 |
| 2 RAJA VENKATAPPA NAIK | M | 61 | ST | INC | 81858 | 41.51 |
| 3 RAJA KRISHNAPPA NAYAK | M | 38 | ST | JD(S) | 4796 | 2.43 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | 1720 | 0.87 | |||
| 5 RAJA RAMAPPA NAYAK (JEJI) | M | 45 | ST | AIMEP | 1513 | 0.77 |
| 6 YAMANAPPA | M | 37 | ST | IND | 795 | 0.40 |
| 7 ANILKUMAR | M | 52 | ST | IND | 772 | 0.39 |
| 8 HANAMANTRAYA | M | 36 | ST | IND | 594 | 0.30 |
| 9 GOPAL | M | 52 | ST | IND | 387 | 0.20 |
| 10 CHANDRAKANTH | M | 42 | ST | IND | 335 | 0.17 |
2013 general election results
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 RAJA VENKATAPPA NAYAK | M | 56 | ST | INC | 65033 | 44.48 |
| 2 NARASIMHANAYAK (RAJUGOUDA) | M | 35 | ST | JD(S) | 60958 | 41.69 |
| 3 SHIVARAJ MALLESHI | M | 57 | ST | KJP | 8239 | 5.64 |
| 4 RAMANAGOUDA BHIMARAYAGOUDA | M | 42 | ST | IND | 3250 | 2.22 |
| 5 MADANGOPAL NAYAK | M | 62 | ST | BJP | 3249 | 2.22 |
| 6 NANDKUMAR MALIPATIL | M | 47 | ST | BSRCP | 2005 | 1.37 |
| 7 PRABHULINGA SIDDAPUR J | M | 25 | ST | IND | 993 | 0.68 |
| 8 BASAVARAJ | M | 38 | ST | IND | 985 | 0.67 |
| 9 RAMALINGAPPA (RAMUNAYAK) | M | 29 | ST | JD(U) | 771 | 0.53 |
| 10 CHANDRASHEKHAR NAYAK | M | 29 | ST | IND | 724 | 0.50 |
May 2008 general election result
| Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes polled | |||
| 1 NARASIMHA NAYAK (RAJU GOUDA) | M | BJP | 60542 | |||
| 2 RAJA VENKATAPPA NAIK | M | INC | 55961 | |||
| 3 GIRIJAMMA | F | JD(S) | 3601 | |||
| 4 SOMANNA BIRADAR | M | IND | 1929 | |||
| 5 LAXMAN RAO NAYAK | M | BSP | 1835 | |||
| 6 RAJA RAMAPPA NAYAK (J.J) | M | IND | 804 | |||
| 7 RAMAN GOUDA BOMNALLI | M | IND | 774 | |||
| 8 SUDARSHAN RAMANNA | M | IND | 713 | |||
| 9 ANILKUMAR RAMANNA | M | IND | 596 | |||
| 10 SHANTAPPA | M | IND | 572 | |||
| 11 GOPAL CHELIGAPPA | M | IND | 473 | |||
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
It was a general seat.2004 assembly election results
1 . NARASHIMA NAYAK (RAJA GOUDA) was KNDP candidate. He polled 43608 votes.2 . RAJA VENKATAPPA NAIK was INC candidate. He polled 40733 votes.
3 . SHIVANNA MANGIHAL was JD(S) candidate. He polled 20117 votes.
4 . VENUGOPAL NAIK SUGAPPA J was BJP candidate. He polled 5657 votes.
5 . GHANASHAMDAS was an independent candidate. He polled 2770 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 112885