Belgaum Rural (Vidhana Sabha Constituency)
Belgaum Rural Assembly Seat is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka state, in India. It is one of the 8 constituencies which make up Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence when the assembly map was redrawn in 2008. Prior to that most of its area was under the now defunct Uchagaon and Hire Bagewadi.
Members of Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
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| 1952 | Bhosale Alias Kutre Sadashivrao | Indian National Congress | |
1957-1967 : See Belgaum I, Belgaum II
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1967-1973 : See Uchagaon, Hire Bagewadi
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1973-2008 : See Uchagaon, Hire Bagewadi
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| 2008 | Sanjay Patil | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Lakshmi Hebbalkar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2008 Election
- Sanjay B Patil (BJP) : 42,208 votes
- Malagi Shivaputrappa Chanabasappa (INC) : 33,899
2013 Election
- Sanjay B Patil (BJP) : 38,322 votes
- Kinekar Manohar Kallappa (IND / MES) : 36,987 votes
- Laxmi Hebbalkar, Congress, in third position
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| INC | Lakshmi Hebbalkar | 102,040 | 54.74 | ||
| BJP | Sanjay B Patil | 50,316 | 26.99 | ||
| MES | Kinekar Manohar Kallappa | 23,776 | 12.75 | ||
| JD(S) | Patil Shivanagouda S | 3,794 | 2.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,958 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 51,724 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,86,419 | 77.55 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||