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Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency

Uttara Kannada (formerly known as Canara), sometimes called Karwar, is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed.

Assembly segments

There are 8 assembly segments under the Uttar Kannada (North Kannada) Lok Sabha seat

No Name District Member Party Party Leading
(in 2024)
14 Khanapur Belagavi Vitthal Halagekar BJP BJP
15 Kittur Babasaheb Patil INC BJP
76 Haliyal Uttara Kannada R. V. Deshpande INC BJP
77 Karwar Satish Krishna Sail INC BJP
78 Kumta Dinakar Keshav Shetty BJP BJP
79 Bhatkal M. S. Vaidya INC BJP
80 Sirsi Bhimanna T. Naik INC BJP
81 Yellapur Shivaram Hebbar BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1952 Joachim Alva Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Dinakara Desai Independent
1971 B. V. Naik Indian National Congress
1977 Balsu Pursu Kadam
1980 G. Devaraya Naik Indian National Congress
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 Anantkumar Hegde Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999 Margaret Alva Indian National Congress
2004 Anantkumar Hegde Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024 Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Uttar Kannada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 782,495 61.97 −6.18
INC Anjali Nimbalkar 4,45,067 35.25 N/A
NOTA None of the above 10,176 0.81 −0.58
Majority 3,37,428 26.72 −14.86
Turnout 12,62,761 76.53 +2.37
BJP hold Swing

2019

General Election, 2019: Uttara Kannada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anant Kumar Hegde 786,042 68.15 +13.51
JD(S) Anand Asnotikar 3,06,393 26.56 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 16,017 1.39 −0.24
Margin of victory 4,79,649 41.59 +27.53
Turnout 11,54,390 74.16 +5.12
BJP hold Swing +13.51

2014 Lok Sabha election

General Election, 2014: Uttara Kannada
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Anant Kumar Hegde 546,939 54.64
INC Prashant R. Deshpande 4,06,239 40.58
NOTA None of the Above 16,277 1.63
Margin of victory 1,40,700 14.06
Turnout 10,01,470 69.04
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 411–2. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. ^ "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume I" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 89. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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