Kota North (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)

Kota North is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the Kota Municipal Corporation in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India.[1]

Kota North
Constituency
DistrictKota
StateRajasthan
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAShanti Dhariwal
ReservationNone
Ex MLAPrahlad Gunjal (BJP)
Most Successful PartyBharatiya Janata Party (6 Times)

Kota North is one of eight assembly constituencies in the Kota (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 189 amongst 200 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Indian National Congress candidate Shanti Dhariwal who won in last Assembly election of 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of 17,945 votes.[2]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Tehsil Ladpura (Partly), Kota Municipal Corporation (Partly)- Ward no. 1, 2, 12 to 32 and 49 to 52.[3]

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Year Member of Legislative Assembly Party Comment
2nd 1957 Rameshwar Dayal Indian National Congress
3rd 1962 Krishan Kumar Jana Sangh
4th 1967 Bharatiya Jana Sangh
5th 1972 Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi Indian National Congress
6th 1977 Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi Janata Party
7th 1980 Bhartiya Janata Party
8th 1985
9th 1990
10th 1993
11th 1998 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress
12th 2003 Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party
13th 2008 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress
14th 2013 Prahlad Gunjal Bharatiya Janata Party
15th 2018 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress

Election Results

2018 results

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shanti Dhariwal 94,728 53.36 14.18
BJP Prahlad Gunjal 76,783 43.25 4.96
WPOI Naeem Azad 771 0.43 0.43
Independent Raj Surya Kumar Bhatt 761 0.43 0.43
BSP Rajendra Suman 732 0.41 0.27
AAP Mohammad Hussain 568 0.32 0.32
Remaining 5 Candidates 835 0.47
NOTA None Of The Above 2,363 1.33 0.11
Majority 17,945 10.11 1.08
Turnout 1,77,541 74.39 1.61
INC gain from BJP Swing 5.15

2013 results

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prahlad Gunjal 79,295 48.21
INC Shanti Dhariwal 64,434 39.18
SDPI Mohammad Shafi 13,544 8.24
BSP Nathu Lal Sharma 1,115 0.68
Jago Party Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar 1,041 0.63
Remaining 5 Candidates 3,041 1.86
NOTA None Of The Above 2,002 1.22
Majority 14,861 9.03
Turnout 1,64,473 76
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. "Kota north (Rajasthan) Assembly Constituency Elections". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "Kota North Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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