Karnataka Election: Davanagere South Assembly constituency result 2023

In Karnataka Assembly Election 2023, Davanagere South constituency (AC No. 107) in Davanagere district voted on May 10. Over 5 crore registered voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in Karnataka polls this year.

The term of the 224-member Legislative Assembly of Karnataka is scheduled to end on May 24, 2023.

Davanagere South is one of 78 Assembly seats won by the INC in 2018 elections.

Use the map below to check the winner and the winning party of the Davanagere South constituency in the Karnataka election 2023. You can also check the winning margin and details of the runner-up party and candidate.

In Karnataka election 2018, INC candidate Shamanur Shivashankarappa won the Davanagere South Assembly seat after securing 71369 votes. The INC candidate defeated BJP candidate Yashavantha Rao Jadhav by a margin of 15884 votes.

In 2018, Davanagere South constituency had 206760 electors, including 104277 males and 102447 females.

The constituency had 36 third gender voters in 2018.

After the 2018 polls, JD(S) and Congress formed a coalition government with H D Kumaraswamy as the Chief Minister.

However, the coalition government collapsed in 2019 following resignations of 13 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs. The BJP subsequently formed a government with B S Yediyurappa becoming the Chief Minister.

In 2021, the BJP strongman resigned from the CM's post after which Basavaraj Bommai became the CM.