Bantval Assembly constituency

Bantval
Constituency No. 205 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	1957
Total electors	228,415 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent U. Rajesh Naik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ramanath Rai

Bantval Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. ^[2]

It is part of Dakshina Kannada district. ^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	K. Nagappa Alva		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	K. L. Rai
1972	B. V. Kakkilaya		Communist Party of India

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	B. A. Mohideen		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	N. Shiva Rao		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Ramanath Rai		Indian National Congress
1989
1994
1999
2004	B. Nagaraja Shetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [4]	Ramanath Rai		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	U. Rajesh Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bantval ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	U. Rajesh Naik	93,324	50.29	−3.28
	INC	Ramanath Rai	85,042	45.83	+1.00
	SDPI	Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe	5,436	2.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	821	0.44	−0.08
Majority			8,282	4.46	−4.28
Turnout			185,572	81.24	−1.08
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Bantval ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	U. Rajesh Naik	97,802	53.57
	INC	Ramanath Rai	81,831	44.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	946	0.52
Majority			15,971	8.74
Turnout			1,82,555	82.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Bantval ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramanath Rai
	BJP	Rajesh Naik
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Dakshina Kannada district

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. Bhardwaj, Amit (5 May 2018). "Bantwal, Karnataka's most brazenly communal constituency". Newslaundry. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. The Hindu (1 May 2023). "Bantwal — 6-time MLA B. Ramanath Rai versus first-time MLA Rajesh Naik". Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
5. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Bantval". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
7. "BJP wins 28 out of 33 seats in coastal Karnataka, Malnad". The Hindu. 15 May 2018.
8. Sastry, Anil Kumar (15 May 2018). "Mangaluru waits with bated breath as counting begins today" – via www.thehindu.com.

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