Ankola Assembly constituency

Ankola
Ankola
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1972
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Last updated October 01, 2025

Ankola Assembly constituency was a constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly,^[1] which ceased to exist after 2008. It came under Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, Karnataka state, India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name^[2]
1957	Kamat Ramchandra Gopal	Indian National Congress
1962	Shakar Pundlik Shet Phayde	Indian National Congress
1967	N. D. Sarveshwar	Praja Socialist Party
1972	R. K. Mahabaleshwar	Indian National Congress
1978	Anasuya Gajanan Sharma	Janata Party
1983	Hegde Shripad Ramakrishna	Indian National Congress
1985	Ajjibal G. S. Hegde	Janata Party
1989	Umesh Bhat	Indian National Congress
1994	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004 ^[3]
2008 onwards: seat does not exist

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	46,787	48.52%	2.09
	INC	Shantaram Hegde Shigehalli	30,709	31.85%	8.72
	JD(S)	Venkatesh Hegde Hosbale	12,428	12.89%	4.64
	Kannada Nadu Party	Vasant Govind Nayak	2,760	2.86%	New
	JP	Hegde Ganesh Ganapati	2,539	2.63%	New
	Urs Samyuktha Paksha	Mere Rebello Urban	1,208	1.25%	New
Margin of victory			16,078	16.67%	6.62
Turnout			96,431	72.72%	4.70
Registered electors			1,32,845		9.99
	BJP hold		Swing	2.09

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	41,500	50.61%	16.48
	INC	Umesh Shankar Bhat	33,259	40.56%	25.05
	JD(S)	Naik Ravindra Narayan	6,767	8.25%	New
	Independent	Manjunath Mohan Harikant	471	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			8,241	10.05%	4.50
Turnout			81,997	70.81%	4.04
Registered electors			1,20,780		4.83
	BJP hold		Swing	16.48

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	28,285	34.13%	18.38
	JD	Pramod Hegde	23,683	28.58%	2.62
	INC	Naik Narayan. M	17,643	21.29%	New
	INC	Umesh Bhat	12,856	15.51%	21.30
Margin of victory			4,602	5.55%	0.07
Turnout			82,873	73.37%	8.66
Registered electors			1,15,216
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.69

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Umesh Bhat	25,122	36.82%	1.48
	JD	Bhat Ramchandra Gopal	21,287	31.20%	New
	BJP	Kadekodi Hegde Shankar	10,750	15.75%	9.76
	Independent	Laxman Chudya Naik	7,459	10.93%	New
	JP	Kenikar Garu Banu	3,523	5.16%	49.00
Margin of victory			3,835	5.62%	10.24
Turnout			68,236	68.99%	3.63
Registered electors			1,07,847
	INC gain from JP		Swing	17.35

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ajjibal G. S. Hegde	31,365	54.16%	26.09
	INC	Hegde Ramakrishna Narayan	22,179	38.30%	4.18
	BJP	Kadekodi Hegde Ganapati Shankar	3,470	5.99%	7.83
	Independent	Naik Balkrishna Venkanna	371	0.64%	New
	Independent	Keremanelaxmidhar Honnappa	363	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			9,186	15.86%	9.82
Turnout			57,910	68.01%	4.38
Registered electors			86,562		12.73
	JP gain from INC		Swing	20.04

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hegde Shripad Ramakrishna	16,379	34.12%	25.80
	JP	Anasuya Gajanan Sharma Kallal	13,479	28.08%	27.53
	Independent	Gouda Buddu Keera	11,514	23.98%	New
	BJP	Suresh Naik Honnappa	6,636	13.82%	New
Margin of victory			2,900	6.04%	13.49
Turnout			48,008	64.18%	7.59
Registered electors			76,790		7.31
	INC gain from JP		Swing	21.49

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Anasuya Gajanan Sharma	27,897	55.60%	*New*
	INC(I)	Naik Ramachandra Vasudev	18,100	36.08%	New
	INC	Shripad R. Hegde Kadve	4,173	8.32%	33.49
Margin of victory			9,797	19.53%	3.17
Turnout			50,170	71.79%	14.68
Registered electors			71,559		16.43
	JP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. K. Mahabaleshwar	14,241	41.80%	14.59
	INC(O)	V. K. Ramakant Narvekar	8,667	25.44%	New
	ABJS	S. V. Jathar	5,843	17.15%	New
	SSP	Shankar Keni	3,226	9.47%	New
	Independent	R. G. Naik	2,090	6.13%	New
Margin of victory			5,574	16.36%	2.82
Turnout			34,067	57.12%	0.51
Registered electors			61,460		11.13
	INC gain from PSP		Swing	4.59

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	N. D. Sarveshwar	14,352	46.39%	19.13
	INC	A. G. Venkatesh	8,418	27.21%	34.47
	Independent	N. R. Gopala	6,323	20.44%	New
	Independent	P. S. Venkatrao	1,843	5.96%	New
Margin of victory			5,934	19.18%	15.24
Turnout			30,936	60.87%	8.58
Registered electors			55,307		16.02
	PSP gain from INC		Swing	15.29

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shakar Pundlik Shet Phayde	19,235	61.68%	7.60
	PSP	Narashimha Tammayya Hebbar	8,502	27.26%	3.98
	CPI	Gopinath Vithoba Pawar	2,997	9.61%	New
	Independent	Pokka Devu Gouda	450	1.44%	New
Margin of victory			10,733	34.42%	11.58
Turnout			31,184	51.93%	6.09
Registered electors			65,856		13.88
	INC hold		Swing	7.60

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Ankola
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamat Ramchandra Gopal	16,715	54.08%	*New*
	PSP	Gunaga Shiva Bommu	9,657	31.25%	New
	Independent	Balgi Vasudev Venkatraman	4,534	14.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,058	22.84%
Turnout			30,906	53.45%
Registered electors			57,827
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
↑ "Ankola Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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[delimitation1976-1] "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[2] "Ankola Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.

[election2004-3] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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