Kota North
Constituency for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateRajasthan
DistrictKota
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023

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 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 is represented by Indian National Congress candidate Shanti Dhariwal who won in last Assembly election of 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of 2,486 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

Year Name Party
1957 Rameshwar Dayal Indian National Congress
1962 Krishan Kumar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi Indian National Congress
1977 Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janta Party
1985
1990
1993
1998 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress
2003 Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress
2013 Prahlad Gunjal Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 Shanti Dhariwal Indian National Congress
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shanti Dhariwal 94,899 49.5
BJP Prahlad Gunjal 92413 48.21
NOTA None Of The Above 1,594 0.83
Majority 2,486
Turnout 191704
INC hold Swing {{{swing}}}

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shanti Dhariwal 94,728 53.36 Increase14.18
BJP Prahlad Gunjal 76,783 43.25 Decrease4.96
WPOI Naeem Azad 771 0.43 Increase0.43
Independent Raj Surya Kumar Bhatt 761 0.43 Increase0.43
BSP Rajendra Suman 732 0.41 Decrease0.27
AAP Mohammad Hussain 568 0.32 Increase0.32
Remaining 5 Candidates 835 0.47 Steady
NOTA None Of The Above 2,363 1.33 Increase0.11
Majority 17,945 10.11 Increase1.08
Turnout 1,77,541 74.39 Decrease1.61
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase5.15

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Prahlad Gunjal 79,295 48.21 Steady
INC Shanti Dhariwal 64105 39.18 Steady
SDPI Mohammad Shafi 13,544 8.24 Steady
BSP Nathu Lal Sharma 1,115 0.68 Steady
Jago Party Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar 1,041 0.63 Steady
Remaining 5 Candidates 3,041 1.86 Steady
NOTA None Of The Above 2,002 1.22 Steady
Majority 14,861 9.03 Steady
Turnout 1,64,473 76 Steady
BJP gain from INC Swing Steady

References

  1. "Kota north (Rajasthan) Assembly Constituency Elections". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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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