Belthangady Assembly Constituency
Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka in southwestern India.
Overview
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.
Belthangady is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207. Sullia (SC).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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.
Mysore State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1956: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1957 | Ratnavarma Hegde | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | K. Subramanya Gowda | ||
Karnataka
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
{{cite news}}:|author=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.
