Belur Assembly constituency

Belur
Constituency No. 195 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Map of Belur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Lok Sabha constituency	Hassan
Established	1951
Total electors	197,840 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent H. K. Suresh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. S. Lingesha

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

It is part of Hassan district. H. K. Suresh is the current MLA from Belur.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source: ^[3]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	B. N. Boranna Gowda		Indian National Congress
	H. K. Siddaiah
1957	B. N. Boranna Gowda
	H. K. Siddaiah
1962	B. H. Lakshmanaiah
1967	S. H. Puttarangnath		Swatantra Party
1972			Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	B. H. Lakshmanaiah		Janata Party
1983	D. Mallesh
1985	H. K. Kumaraswamy
1989	B. H. Lakshmanaiah		Indian National Congress
1994	H. K. Kumaraswamy		Janata Dal
1999	S. H. Puttarangnath		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	H. K. Kumaraswamy		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	Rudresh Gowda		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	K. S. Lingesha		Janata Dal (Secular)
2023	H. K. Suresh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	H. K. Suresh	63,571	38.76	+9.49
	INC	B. Shivaramu	55,835	34.04	+8.09
	JD(S)	K. S. Lingesha	38,893	23.71	−18.49
	BSP	Gangadhar Bahujan	1,520	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	767	0.47	−0.26
Majority			7,736	4.72	−8.21
Turnout			164,021	82.91	+2.99
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. S. Lingesha	64,268	42.20
	BJP	H. K. Suresh	44,578	29.27
	INC	Keerthana Rudreshagowda	39,519	25.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,106	0.73
Majority			19,690	12.93
Turnout			152,279	79.92
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rudresh Gowda	48,802	36.71
	JD(S)	K. S. Lingesha	41,273	31.05
	KJP	H. M. Vishwanath	22,203	16.70
	BJP	Eshwarahally Lakshman	10,281	7.73
Margin of victory			7,529	5.66
Turnout			1,32,940	76.03
	INC hold		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rudresh Gowda	46,451	39.02
	BJP	B. Shivarudrappa	28,630	24.05
	JD(S)	H. B. Appanaiah	25,747	21.63
	BSP	N. Yogesh	11,947	10.04
Margin of victory			17,821	14.97
Turnout			1,19,033	74.6
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	H. K. Kumaraswamy	31,438	33.28
	INC	D. Mallesh	26,489	28.04
	BJP	Gangadhara	25,884	27.40
	BSP	N. Yogesh	6,027	6.38
Margin of victory			4,949	5.23
Turnout			94,460
	JD(S) gain from BJP		Swing

1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. H. Puttarangnath	32,770	37.88
	INC	D. Mallesh	31,724	36.67
	JD(S)	H. K. Kumaraswamy	22,024	25.46
Margin of victory			1,046	1.21
Turnout			86,518	69.52
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Hassan 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. "Belur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
4. "2023 Karnataka Election Results - Belur". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
5. "Belur Constituency Election Results 2023". The Times of India. 6 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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