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Kota North is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the Kota Municipal Corporation in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India.

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.

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.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal	94,899	49.50%	−3.46%
	BJP	Prahlad Gunjal	92,413	48.21%	+5.00%
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,594	0.83%	−0.50%
	WPOI	Saifullah	860	0.45%	+0.02%
	BSP	Bhim Singh Kuntal	1,594	0.83%	+0.01%
	RRP	Tarun	463	0.24%	N/A
	Independent	Yogesh Kumar Sharma	420	0.20%	N/A
	Independent	Sohan Lal	244	0.13%	N/A
Majority			2,486	1.29%	−8.86%
Turnout			1,91,704	74.96%	+0.57%
	INC hold		Swing	8.86

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal	94,728	53.36%	+14.18%
	BJP	Prahlad Gunjal	76,783	43.21%	−5.00%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,363	1.33%	+0.11%
	WPOI	Naeem Azad	0	-0.43%	N/A
	Independent	Raj Suryakumar Bhatt	761	0.43%	N/A
	BSP	Rajendra Suman	729	0.41%	−0.27%
	AAP	Mohammad Hussain	0	-0.00%	−0.1%
Majority			17,855	10.15%	+1.12%
Turnout			1,77,541	74.39%	−1.61%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	10.15

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prahlad Gunjal	79,295	48.21%	+10.40%
	INC	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal	64,434	39.18%	−16.38%
	SDPI	Mohammad Shafi	13,545	8.34%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,002	1.22%	+1.22%
	BSP	Nathu Lal Sharma	1,115	0.68%	−1.01%
	Jago Party	Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar	1,041	0.63%	N/A
	NPP	Atul Srivastava	967	0.59%	N/A
	RJVP	Mohammad Salim	328	0.20%	N/A
Majority			14,861	9.03%	−8.03%
Turnout			1,64,473	76.00%	+15.60%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.03

2008

References

1. "Kota north (Rajasthan) Assembly Constituency Elections". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
2. ^ "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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• Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan
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• Politics of Rajasthan
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