Belthangady Assembly constituency

Belthangady
Constituency No. 200 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	213,244 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harish Poonja
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Vasantha Bangera

Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka in southwestern India. ^[2]

Overview

Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk. ^{[3] [4]}

Belthangady is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207. Sullia (SC). ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Bangera family, as well as one between the two Bangera brothers, Vasantha and Prabhakara. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	Ratnavarma Hegde		Indian National Congress
1962	Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga
1967
1972	K. Subramanya Gowda

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	K. Gangadhar Gowda		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	K. Vasantha Bangera		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1989	K. Gangadhar Gowda		Indian National Congress
1994	K. Vasantha Bangera		Janata Dal
1999	K. Prabhakar Bangera		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008	K. Vasantha Bangera		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	Harish Poonja		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belthangady ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	101,004	53.44	−1.37
	INC	Rakshith Shivaram	82,788	43.8	+1.78
	SDPI	Akbar Belthangady	2,513	1.33
	NOTA	None of the Above	892	0.47	−0.22
Majority			18,216	9.64	−3.15
Turnout			189,007	82.56	+0.55
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belthangady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	98,417	54.81
	INC	K. Vasantha Bangera	75,443	42.02
	AIMEP	M. Jagannatha	1,806	1.01
	JD(S)	Sumathi S. Hegde	1,612	0.90
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,245	0.69
Majority			22,974	12.79
Turnout			1,79,550	82.01
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Notes

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "New Dakshina Kannada Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Dakshina Kannada District. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2009.
3. "Map of Belthangady Taluk". Dakshina Kannada District. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
4. "Karnataka: Final Notification & Order with Table A & B, No.282/KT/2007-V" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 July 2007.
5. Akshatha M. (27 April 2013). "It's veteran vs political novice in Belthangady". The Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
6. Special Correspondent (17 April 2013). "BJP revives 30-year-old rivalry in Belthangady". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.{{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
7. Phadnis, Renuka (30 April 2013). "Veteran faces debutant's challenge in Belthangady". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
8. "Belthangady Election and Results 2023, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
9. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Belthangady". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.

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