Athani Assembly constituency

Athani
Constituency No. 3 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
LS constituency	Chikkodi
Total electors	229,195 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Laxman Savadi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Athani (Vidhana Sabha constituency) is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. Athani is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha seats under Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It is in Belgaum district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source ^[5]

Year	Member	Party
1952	Narasgauda Yelagonda Patil		Indian National Congress
1957	Jayawantrao Pawar		Independent
1962	Dhairyashil Pawar		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Anandrao Desai
1978	Dhairyashil Pawar
1983
1985	Leeladevi R. Prasad		Janata Party
1989	I. M. Shedshyal		Indian National Congress
1994	Leeladevi R. Prasad		Janata Dal
1999	Shahjahan Ismail Dongargaon		Indian National Congress
2004	Laxman Savadi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013
2018	Mahesh Kumathalli		Indian National Congress
2019			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Laxman Savadi		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Athani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Laxman Savadi	131,404	68.34
	BJP	Mahesh Kumathalli	55,282	28.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,037	0.54
Majority			76,122
Turnout			1,92,279
			Swing

2019 by-election

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Athani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Kumathalli	99,203
	INC	Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli	59,214
Majority			39,989
Turnout			1,64,264

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Athani ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahesh Kumathalli	82,094	48.13
	BJP	Laxman Sangappa Savadi	79,763	46.76
	Janata Dal (Secular)	Girish Kedareppa Butali	3,381	1.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	842	0.49
Majority			2,331
Turnout			1,70,565	79.45
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

• Laxman Sangappa Savadi (BJP) : 74,299
• Mahesh Kumathalli (INC) : 50,528

See also

• Athani
• Belagavi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Athani Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
4. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Athani Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
7. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
8. "Karnataka Election Results 2018". www.elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018.

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