Belthangady Assembly constituency
Belthangady | |
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Constituency No. 200 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Dakshina Kannada |
LS constituency | Dakshina Kannada |
Established | 1956 |
Total electors | 213,244[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | K. Vasantha Bangera |
Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka state in southwestern India.[2]
Overview
[edit]Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk.[3][4]
Belthangady is part of the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207.Sullia (SC).[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Bangera family, as well as one between the two Bangera brothers, Vasantha and Prabhakara.[5][6][7][8]
Mysore State
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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Before 1956: Constituency did not exist | |||
1957 | Ratnavarma Hegde | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | ||
1967 | |||
1972 | K. Subramanya Gowda |
Karnataka State
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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1978 | K. Gangadhar Gowda | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
1983 | K. Vasantha Bangera | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1985 | |||
1989 | K. Gangadhar Gowda | Indian National Congress | |
1994 | K. Vasantha Bangera | Janata Dal | |
1999 | K. Prabhakar Bangera | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2004 | |||
2008 | K. Vasantha Bangera | Indian National Congress | |
2013 | |||
2018 | Harish Poonja | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2023 |
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Harish Poonja | 101,004 | 53.44 | −1.37 | |
INC | Rakshith Shivaram | 82,788 | 43.8 | +1.78 | |
SDPI | Akbar Belthangady | 2,513 | 1.33 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 892 | 0.47 | −0.22 | |
Majority | 18,216 | 9.64 | −3.15 | ||
Turnout | 189,007 | 82.56 | +0.55 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Harish Poonja | 98,417 | 54.81 | ||
INC | K. Vasantha Bangera | 75,443 | 42.02 | ||
AIMEP | M. Jagannatha | 1,806 | 1.01 | ||
JD(S) | Sumathi S. Hegde | 1,612 | 0.90 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,245 | 0.69 | ||
Majority | 22,974 | 12.79 | |||
Turnout | 1,79,550 | 82.01 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "New Dakshina Kannada Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Dakshina Kannada District. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2009.
- ^ "Map of Belthangady Taluk". Dakshina Kannada District. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Karnataka: Final Notification & Order with Table A & B, No.282/KT/2007-V" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 July 2007.
- ^ Akshatha M. (27 April 2013). "It's veteran vs political novice in Belthangady". The Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
- ^ Special Correspondent (17 April 2013). "BJP revives 30-year-old rivalry in Belthangady". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Phadnis, Renuka (30 April 2013). "Veteran faces debutant's challenge in Belthangady". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Belthangady Election and Results 2023, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.