Karnataka Election Result 2023: Elections for the 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly will take place on May 10 and the results will be announced on May 13. The ruling BJP is putting out an all-out effort to win as many seats from Karnataka as it can in order to secure a majority on its own as chief minister Basavaraj Bommai is a native of the area. Congress and the BJP are expected to square off directly in this region, as the JD(S) is still finding it difficult to gain traction.
Kapu (Kaup) is one of the 224 assembly segments across the 31 disctricts in Karnataka. Kapu Assembly constituency falls under the Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency.
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Kapu Assembly Elections 2023:
This year, BJP has fielded Gurme Suresh Shetty, who will be contesting for the first time from Kapu. On the other hand, Congress has fielded Vinaya Kumar Sorake, while Sabina Samad from JD(S) was named for Kaup.
The constituency has a total of 1,79,828 voters, including general voters, NRI voters, and service voters. There are 85,446 male voters, 94,347 female voters, and 1 others. In 2018, Kapu assembly constituency had total 183,004 electors.
Kapu Assembly Elections 2018:
In addition to its population, Kaup's parliamentary district is also very competitive due to its development. This group of voters served as Congress's stronghold. In 2018, the BJP won the seat, making history for the first time. In 2018, Lalaji .r. Mendon of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Vinay Kumar Sorake of the Indian National Congress with a margin of 11917 votes.
In 2013, Congress gave the ticket to Vinay Kumar Sorake. He won the elections by 1500 votes.