Karkala Assembly Constituency
Karkala Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.
It is part of Udupi district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Madras State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | A. B. Shetty | Indian National Congress | |
Mysore State
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Kedinje Kantappa Hegde | Indian National Congress | |
| Manjappa Ullal | |||
| 1962 | Dayanand Kalle | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | B. R. Shetty | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress | |
Karnataka State
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 77,028 | 49.11 | -13.41 | |
| INC | Udaya Shetty Muniyal | 72,426 | 46.18 | +12.82 | |
| Independent | Pramod Muthalik | 4,508 | 2.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 921 | 0.59 | -0.33 | |
| Majority | 4,602 | 2.93 | -26.23 | ||
| Turnout | 156,843 | 82.28 | +1.67 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 91,245 | 62.52 | ||
| INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 48,679 | 33.36 | ||
| AIMEP | Maksood Ahamed | 1,817 | 1.25 | ||
| BSP | Uday Kumar | 1,348 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,340 | 0.92 | ||
| Majority | 42,273 | 29.16 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,935 | 80.61 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 65,039 | 49.9 | ||
| INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 60785 | 46.6 | ||
| JD(S) | Water D Souza | 1302 | 1 | ||
| Majority | 4254 | ||||
| Turnout | 130474 | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 56529 | 50.7 | ||
| BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 54,992 | 49.3 | ||
| Majority | 1537 | ||||
| Turnout | 111521 | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 52,061 | 53.1 | ||
| INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 42266 | 43.1 | ||
| JD(S) | Pandarinatha Shenoy Y | 2205 | 2.3 | ||
| Majority | 9795 | 10.1% | 9795 | ||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | A. B. Shetty | 18,370 | 46.60% | 46.60% | |
| KMPP | Dharmasamarajaya | 14,404 | 36.54% | ||
| Independent | R. Shenoi Devaraya | 6,649 | 16.87% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,966 | 10.06% | |||
| Turnout | 39,423 | 59.32% | |||
| Registered electors | 66,461 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||