# Kota North Assembly constituency

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

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1957 | Rameshwar Dayal | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Krishan Kumar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1967 | Krishan Kumar | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1972 | Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| 1985 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| 1990 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| 1993 | Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi | Bharatiya Janta Party |
| 1998 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress |
| 2003 | Om Birla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2008 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress |
| 2013 | Prahlad Gunjal | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2018 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress |
| 2023 | Shanti Dhariwal | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,486 | 1.29% | −8.86% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,91,704 | 74.96% | +0.57% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 8.86 | |

### 2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17,855 | 10.15% | +1.12% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,541 | 74.39% | −1.61% |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | 10.15 | |

### 2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,861 | 9.03% | −8.03% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,473 | 76.00% | +15.60% |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 9.03 | |

### 2008

2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal | 68,560 | 55.56 | |
| | BJP | Suman Shringi | 46,829 | 37.81 | |
| | BSP | Mohammad Irshad | 2,099 | 1.69 | |
| | SP | Ashfaq Hussain | 912 | 0.74 | |
| | IJP | Abdul Wahid | 511 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,371 | 17.75 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,855 | 60.40 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |