Bhatkal (Karnataka Assembly Constituency)
Bhatkal Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.
It is part of Uttara Kannada district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Source:
Mysore State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1966: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1967 | J. M. Manjunath | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | S. M. Yahya Siddika Umar | Indian National Congress | |
Karnataka State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Siddiq Mohamed Yahya Bin Umer | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1983 | Rama Narayan Naik | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1994 | Dr. U. Chittaranjan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996^ | Shivanand Naik | ||
| 1999 | J. D. Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Shivanand Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | J. D. Naik | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | M. S. Vaidya | Independent politician | |
| 2018 | Sunil Biliya Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | M. S. Vaidya | Indian National Congress | |
^ by-election
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. S. Vaidya | 100,442 | 57.45 | +10.89 | |
| BJP | Sunil Biliya Naik | 67,771 | 38.76 | -11.38 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,223 | 0.7 | -0.50 | |
| Majority | 32,671 | 18.69 | +15.11 | ||
| Turnout | 174,848 | 78.48 | +1.23 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Biliya Naik | 83,172 | 50.14 | ||
| INC | M. S. Vaidya | 77,242 | 46.56 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,986 | 1.20 | ||
| Majority | 5,930 | 3.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,65,886 | 77.25 | |||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||