Vidhan Sabha · Assembly constituency 107 of Karnataka

Davanagere South

GeneralKarnatakaAC 107Lok Sabha: Davanagere

—Electors · 2026

—Turnout

25Candidates

24Villages placed

MLA · elected in a 2026 by-election

Samarth Shamanur Mallikarjuna

INC · Indian National Congress

69,578

Votes

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Vote share

5,708

Margin

Source: Election Commission of India, assembly by-election results, May 2026 (archived copy, Wayback Machine).

Election history

Assembly results for Davanagere South

Contests since the 2008 delimitation, including by-elections where we have them.

Year

Winner & runner-up

Vote %

Margin

2026 by-election

Samarth Shamanur Mallikarjuna INC

def. Shrinivasa T. Dasakariyappa (BJP)

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5,708

2023

Shamanur Shivashankarappa INC

def. Ajay Kumar. B.G (BJP)

57.6%

27,888

2018

Shamanur Shivashankarappa INC

def. Yashavantha Rao Jadhav (BJP)

52.5%

15,884

2013

Shamanur Shivashankarappa INC

def. Karekatte Syed Saifulla (JD(S))

55.1%

40,158

2008

Shamanuru Shivashankarappa INC

def. Yashwanth Rao Jadav (BJP)

41.5%

6,358

2023 vote share

INC Shamanur Shivashankarappa57.6%

BJP Ajay Kumar. B.G38.5%

SDPI Ismail Zabiulla0.9%

Others (12 candidates)2.5%

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, assembly by-election results, May 2026 (archived copy, Wayback Machine); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

15 candidates

Every candidate, 2023

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Shamanur Shivashankarappa	Indian National Congress	84,298	57.59%
2	Ajay Kumar. B.G	Bharatiya Janata Party	56,410	38.54%
3	Ismail Zabiulla	SDPI	1,311	0.90%
4	Amanulla Khan. J.	Janata Dal (Secular)	1,296	0.89%
6	Sajid.	Aam Aadmi Party	562	0.38%
7	Eshwara	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party	522	0.36%
8	Mohammad Kaleem	Bahujan Samaj Party	293	0.20%
9	B. Rajashekar	Independent	233	0.16%
10	Gouse Peer	Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha	221	0.15%
11	Shek Ahamad	Independent	164	0.11%
12	Bharathi. K	SUCI	121	0.08%
13	Nowshin. Taj.	Independent	101	0.07%
14	G. R. Shivakumar Swamy	Independent	72	0.05%
15	Eranna.	Independent	66	0.05%
16	H K Daval Sab	Karnataka Rashtra Samithi	57	0.04%

Source: TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. NOTA votes are not listed.

24 villages

Villages in Davanagere South

Placed by map location where we have it (✓), otherwise estimated from their mandal (≈). Boundaries are approximate — the voter list is the final word.

Boundaries: Assembly constituency boundaries, DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 IN).