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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{short description|Assembly constituency in Rajasthan}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox Indian constituency&lt;br /&gt;
| name         = Kota North&lt;br /&gt;
| map_image    = Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan-189-Kota North.svg&lt;br /&gt;
| type =  SLA&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency_no    =  189&lt;br /&gt;
| state        = [[Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| district     = [[Kota district|Kota]]&lt;br /&gt;
| established = 1957&lt;br /&gt;
| reservation  = None&lt;br /&gt;
| mla          = [[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal|Shanti Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| party        = [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| latest_election_year         = [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kota North Assembly constituency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a constituency of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] covering the Kota Municipal Corporation in the [[Kota district]] of Rajasthan, India.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;election2020&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/rajasthan/assembly-constituencies/kota-north.html|title=Kota north (Rajasthan) Assembly Constituency Elections|last=|first=|date=|work=www.elections.in|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=29 April 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Currently this seat is represented by [[Indian National Congress]] candidate &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Shanti Dhariwal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; who won in last Assembly election of [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] candidate &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Prahlad Gunjal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by a margin of 2,486 votes.&amp;lt;ref name=RU&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/kotanorth-rajasthan-assembly-constituency|title=Kota North Assembly Constituency Election Result|last=|first=|date=12 December 2018|website=resultuniversity.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 April 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Geographical scope==&lt;br /&gt;
The constituency comprises parts of Tehsil Ladpura (Partly), Kota Municipal Corporation (Partly)- Ward no. 1, 2, 12 to 32 and 49 to 52.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;election2008&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary &amp;amp; Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008|last=|first=|date=20 August 2018|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=29 April 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Member of the Legislative Assembly==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders sortable&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size: x-big;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!Year&lt;br /&gt;
!Name&lt;br /&gt;
!colspan=2|Party&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Rameshwar Dayal&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1962]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=2|Krishan Kumar&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1967]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1972]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Bhuwnesh Chaturvedi&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=5|[[Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party|rowspan=4}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1985]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1990 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1990]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1993 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1993]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1998]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shanti Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2003]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Om Birla]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2008]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shanti Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Prahlad Gunjal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2018]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=2|[[Shanti Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Election results ==&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2023 ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kota North&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;election2023&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan General Legislative Election 2023|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/rajasthan-legislative-election-2023-including-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:94899}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 49.5&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{decrease}}3.86&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Prahlad Gunjal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:92413}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 48.21&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{increase}}4.96&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1594}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.83&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.5&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2486}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.29&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{decrease}}8.82&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:191704}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 74.96&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = {{increase}}0.57&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner     = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing      = {{Decrease}}8.86&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 2018 ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kota North&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;RU&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:94728}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 53.36&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Prahlad Gunjal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:76783}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 43.25&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2363}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.33&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:17945}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 10.11&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = {{formatnum:177541}}&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 74.39&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner     = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing      = {{Increase}}10.15&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===2013===&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin |title=[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kota North&amp;lt;ref name=RU/&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Prahlad Gunjal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 79,295&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 48.21%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +10.40%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 64,434&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 39.18%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -16.38%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Social Democratic Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Mohammad Shafi&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 13,545&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 8.34%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = N/A&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,002&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.22%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +1.22%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Nathu Lal Sharma&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,115&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.68%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -1.01%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Jago Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Komal Swaroop Bhatnagar&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,041&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.63%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = N/A&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = National People&amp;#039;s Party (India)&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Atul Srivastava&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 967&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.59%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = N/A&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Rajasthan Vikas Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Mohammad Salim&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 328&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.20%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = N/A&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 14,861&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 9.03%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -8.03%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 1,64,473&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 76.00%&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +15.60%&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box gain with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |loser      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |swing      = {{Increase}}9.03&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===2008===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- This section is transcluded on Electoral history of the MLA --&amp;gt; &amp;lt;section begin=&amp;quot;Assembly Election 2008&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin |title=[[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kota North&amp;lt;ref name=RU/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;election2008&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box winning candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  | &lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Shanti Kumar Dhariwal]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 68,560&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 55.56&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Suman Shringi&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 46,829&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 37.81&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Mohammad Irshad&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 2,099&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 1.69&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Samajwadi Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Ashfaq Hussain&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 912&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.74&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian Justice Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = Abdul Wahid&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 511&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 0.41&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}} &lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 21,371&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 17.75&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 123,855&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 60.40&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box new seat win|&lt;br /&gt;
| winner = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
| swing  = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{coord|25.22|75.87|display=title}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kota district]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Politics of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:1957 establishments in Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Kota, Rajasthan]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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