| Bhalki | |
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| Constituency No. 51 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bidar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bidar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 230,959 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Prakash Khandre |
Bhalki Assembly constituency is one of the 224 seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bidar Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 [3] | Kamtikar Murlidhar Rao Srinivas Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 [4] [5] | Balwant Rao | Independent politician | |
| B. Sham Sunder | |||
| 1962 [6] | Bhimanna Shivlingappa | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 [7] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 [8] | Subhash Asture | ||
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 [9] [10] [11] | Bheemanna Khandre | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 [12] [13] | |||
| 1985 [14] [15] | Kalyanrao Sangappa Molakere | Janata Party | |
| 1989 [16] [17] [18] | Vijaykumar Bheemanna Khandre | Independent politician | |
| 1994 [19] [20] [21] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1999 [22] [23] | Prakash Khandre | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 [24] [25] | |||
| 2008 [26] [27] | Eshwara Khandre | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 [28] [29] [30] | |||
| 2018 [31] | |||
| 2023 [1] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Eshwara Khandre | 99,451 | 56.90 | +6.22 | |
| BJP | Prakash Khandre | 71,745 | 41.05 | +3.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 851 | 0.49 | −0.13 | |
| Majority | 27,706 | 15.85 | +3.02 | ||
| Turnout | 174,778 | 75.67 | +1.33 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Eshwar Khandre | 84,673 | 50.68 | ||
| BJP | D. K. Sidram | 63,235 | 37.85 | ||
| JD(S) | Khandre Prakash | 15,142 | 9.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,042 | 0.62 | ||
| Majority | 21,438 | 12.83 | |||
| Turnout | 167,058 | 74.34 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||