# Kota South Assembly constituency

Kota South is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.
It is part of Kota district.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 2008 | Om Birla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2013 | Om Birla | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014^ | Sandeep Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2018 | Sandeep Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023 | Sandeep Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^By poll

## Election results
### 2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sandeep Sharma | 95,393 | 52.07% | +3.50% |
| | INC | Rakhi Gautam | 83,431 | 45.54% | +1.39% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,727 | 0.94% | −0.18% |
| | BSP | Dr. Krishnanand Sharma | 1,085 | 0.59% | +0.17% |
| | Independent | Irshad Ahmed | 381 | 0.21% | N/A |
| | Independent | Habibulla | 357 | 0.19% | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,962 | 6.53% | +2.11% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,83,199 | 74.79% | +2.52% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 2.11 | |

### 2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sandeep Sharma | 82,739 | 48.57% | −14.43% |
| | INC | Rakhi Gautam | 75,205 | 44.15% | +11.28% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,915 | 1.12% | −0.02% |
| | AAP | Kunj Bihari Singhal | 1,639 | 0.96% | N/A |
| | SDPI | Naved Akhtar | 983 | 0.58% | N/A |
| | BSP | Ram Charan | 718 | 0.42% | −0.05% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,537 | 4.42% | −25.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,70,540 | 72.27% | −1.94% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 25.71 | |

### 2014

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly by-election 2014: Kota South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Sandeep Sharma | 84,233 | 58.38% | −4.62% |
| | INC | Shivkant Nandwana | 58,526 | 40.56% | +7.69% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,331 | 1.58% | −0.26% |
| | Independent | Shailendra Rishi | 384 | 0.27% | N/A |
| | Independent | E.N. Kishore Mehta | 273 | 0.19% | N/A |
| | Independent | Ram Kishan Soni | 145 | 0.10% | N/A |
| | Independent | Ravi Prakash | 112 | 0.08% | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,707 | 17.82% | −12.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,46,626 | 60.75% | −13.46% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 12.31 | |

### 2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Om Birla | 103,369 | 63.00% | +12.61% |
| | INC | Pankaj Mehta | 53,930 | 32.87% | −3.79% |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,018 | 1.84% | +1.84% |
| | BSP | Mohammad Kadir | 763 | 0.47% | −0.47% |
| | WPOI | Safiullah | 636 | 0.39% | N/A |
| | NPP | Sanjay Shukla | 380 | 0.23% | N/A |
| | IJP | Rajesh Gupta | 85 | 0.05% | N/A |
| | RJVP | Mohammad Salim | 81 | 0.05% | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49,439 | 30.13% | +16.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,073 | 74.21% | +13.26% |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 16.40 | |

### 2008

2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kota South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Om Birla | 74,381 | 50.39 | |
| | INC | Ram Kishan | 50,126 | 36.66 | |
| | Jago Party | Vinay Sharma | 1,723 | 1.26 | |
| | BSP | Dr. S Bharadwaj | 1,292 | 0.94 | |
| | CPI | Harilal | 1,207 | 0.88 | |
| | IJP | Kewal Kishan | 159 | 0.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,452 | 13.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 136,750 | 60.95 | |
| | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |