Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Sorab assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 116 | Sorab | GEN | S Kumara Bangarappa | M | BJP | 72091 | S Madhu Bangarappa | M | JD(S) | 58805 |
| 2013 | 116 | Sorab | GEN | S.Madhu Bangarappa | M | JD(S) | 58541 | H.Halappa | M | KJP | 37316 |
| 2008 | 116 | Sorab | GEN | H. Halappa | M | BJP | 53552 | S. Kumara Bangarappa | M | INC | 32499 |
| 2004 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | Kumar Bangarappa S | M | INC | 44677 | Madhu Bangarappa S | M | BJP | 32748 |
| 1999 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S Kumara Bangarappa | M | INC | 38773 | K B Prakash | M | IND | 26278 |
| 1996 | By Polls | Sorab | GEN | S. Kumar Bangarappa | M | KCP | 44689 | M.R. Patil | M | BJP | 12108 |
| 1994 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | KCP | 45641 | Basur Chandrappa Gowda | M | IND | 27171 |
| 1989 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | INC | 41648 | Edooru Parashuramappa | M | JD | 27107 |
| 1985 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | INC | 38102 | Prapulla Madhukar | F | JNP | 17491 |
| 1983 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | JNP | 37081 | Kagodu Thimmappa | M | INC | 20559 |
| 1978 | 166 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | INC(I) | 32426 | S. Nagappa | M | JNP | 10131 |
| 1972 | 158 | Sorab | GEN | S. Bangarappa | M | SOP | 22537 | R. C. Patil | M | INC | 15243 |
| 1967 | 158 | Sorab | GEN | S. Banagarappa | M | SSP | 25724 | M. P. Eswarappa | M | INC | 14990 |
