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Assembly constituency 121 · Karnataka

Kapu is assembly constituency number 121 in Karnataka, in Udupi * district, and one of the segments of the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Gurme Suresh Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 53.2% of the vote, 13,004 votes ahead of Vinay Kumar Sorake (INC).

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Kapu · 2023AC 121
  1. 01
    Gurme Suresh Shetty
    BJP
    80,559
    53.23%
  2. 02
    Vinay Kumar Sorake
    INC
    67,555
    44.63%
  3. 03
    Mohammed Haneef
    SDPI
    1,616
    1.07%
  4. 04
    Sabina Samad
    JD(S)
    568
    0.38%
  5. 05
    S.r.lobo
    AAP
    252
    0.17%
  6. NOTA · 805 (0.53%)

Margin 13,004 votes · 8.59% of valid votes

1,89,007
Registered electors
2023 election
80.2%
Turnout
+1.2 pts vs 2018
13,004
Victory margin
8.6% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 5 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,51,355 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kapu 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gurme Suresh ShettyMale · 60 yrsBJP80,559
53.23%
2Vinay Kumar SorakeMale · 68 yrsINC67,555
44.63%
3Mohammed HaneefMale · 45 yrsSDPI1,616
1.07%
—NOTANOTA805
0.53%
4Sabina SamadFemale · 40 yrsJD(S)568
0.38%
5S.r.loboMale · 60 yrsAAP252
0.17%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 53.2%INC 44.6%SDPI 1.1%BJC 1.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Gurme Suresh ShettyBJP · 53.2% · margin 13,004Turnout80.2%
2018Lalaji .r. MendonBJP · 52.5% · margin 11,917Turnout79.0%
2013Vinay Kumar SorakeINC · 46.4% · margin 1,855Turnout73.3%
2008Lalaji R. MendonBJP · 46.6% · margin 967Turnout71.5%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kapu result 2018

Kapu 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalaji .r. MendonBJP75,893
52.54%
2Vinay Kumar SorakeINC63,976
44.29%
3Anupama ShenoyBJC1,634
1.13%
4M.mansoor IbrahimJD(S)1,393
0.96%
—NOTANOTA839
0.58%
5Abdul RahimanAIMEP713
0.49%

Kapu result 2013

Kapu 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vinay Kumar SorakeINC52,782
46.36%
2Lalaji R.mendonBJP50,927
44.73%
3Vasanth V.salianJD(S)4,327
3.80%
4Abdul HakeemSDPI2,171
1.91%
5Srikantha B.acharyaIndependent1,174
1.03%
6HameedIndependent1,125
0.99%
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7Vijaya Kumar Hegde.bIndependent467
0.41%
8Ronald CastelinoIndependent269
0.24%
9Richard LoboIndependent249
0.22%
10KasimIndependent208
0.18%
11Praveen KumarIndependent162
0.14%

Kapu result 2008

Kapu 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalaji R. MendonBJP45,961
46.59%
2Vasantha V. SalianINC44,994
45.61%
3Leeladhara ShettyJD(S)3,341
3.39%
4Nagesh RaoIndependent2,030
2.06%
5Stevan John MenezesBSP1,109
1.12%
6Gururaj Bhat Alias SuryaIndependent680
0.69%
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7Karunakar PrabhuSP538
0.55%
Map

Kapu outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Udupi * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kapu is one of the assembly segments of Udupi Chikmagalur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Udupi Chikmagalur candidates.

  • Kota Srinivas PoojaryBJP91,077 60.3%
  • K. Jayaprakash HegdeINC58,947 39.0%
  • K.T. RadhakrishnaBSP329 0.2%
  • Sudheer Kanchan MarakalaIndependent212 0.1%
  • Sachin B.kUPJP101 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 32,130 EVM votes.

Open Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kapu.

Who won the Kapu assembly seat in 2023?

Gurme Suresh Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kapu in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 80,559 votes, which was 53.23% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kapu?

The margin was 13,004 votes (8.59% of valid votes). The runner-up was Vinay Kumar Sorake of the Indian National Congress with 67,555 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kapu in 2023?

Turnout was 80.17%: 1,51,519 of 1,89,007 registered electors voted, across 208 polling stations. That is 1.2 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kapu part of?

Kapu is an assembly segment of the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kota Srinivas Poojary got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kapu a reserved constituency?

No. Kapu is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kapu?

The Karnataka assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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