Bhalki Assembly constituency

Bhalki
Constituency No. 51 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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 Eshwara Khandre
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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Kamtikar Murlidhar Rao Srinivas Rao		Indian National Congress
1957	Balwantrao		Independent politician
	B. Sham Sunder
1962	Bhimanna Shivlingappa		Praja Socialist Party
1967	B. Shivalingappa		Indian National Congress
1972	Subhash Asture
1978	Bheemanna Khandre
1983
1985	Kalyan Rao Sangappa Molkheri		Janata Party
1989	Vijaykumar Khandre		Independent politician
1994			Indian National Congress
1999	Prakash Khandre		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008	Eshwara Khandre		Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^{[1] [3]}

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
Margin of victory			27,706	15.85%	3.02
Turnout			175,009	75.77%	1.37
Total valid votes			174,778
Registered electors			230,959		2.78
	INC hold		Swing	6.22

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eshwara Khandre	84,673	50.68%	5.74
	BJP	D. K. Sidram	63,235	37.85%	14.85
	JD(S)	Prakash Khandre	15,142	9.06%	7.31
	NOTA	None of the above	1,042	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			21,438	12.83%	5.34
Turnout			167,172	74.40%	0.90
Total valid votes			167,058
Registered electors			224,708		12.09
	INC hold		Swing	5.74

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eshwara Khandre	58,012	44.94%	5.07
	KJP	D. K. Sidram	48,343	37.45%	New
	BJP	Prakash Khandre	29,694	23.00%	10.75
	Independent	D. K. Sonphule	2,414	1.87%	New
	JD(S)	Janardhan	2,255	1.75%	8.25
	Independent	Bhalkeshwar	1,561	1.21%	New
	BSP	Ismalasha	1,102	0.85%	1.30
	BSRCP	Jagannath Jamadar	1,024	0.79%	New
	Independent	Ashok	1,012	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			9,669	7.49%	8.77
Turnout			147,350	73.50%	7.08
Total valid votes			129,101
Registered electors			200,478		3.09
	INC hold		Swing	5.07

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Eshwara Khandre	64,492	50.01%	7.82
	BJP	Prakash Khandre	43,521	33.75%	18.26
	JD(S)	Anil P. Bhusare	12,893	10.00%	8.20
	BSP	Yadavarao Kanse	2,772	2.15%	0.37
	Independent	Venkatrao S/o Kishanrao	1,605	1.24%	New
	Independent	Rajkumar Shivalingayya	1,009	0.78%	New
	Independent	Veeranna Basavanappa	926	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			20,971	16.26%	6.44
Turnout			129,161	66.42%	0.12
Total valid votes			128,947
Registered electors			194,461		27.35
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.00

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Khandre	52,652	52.01%	2.90
	INC	Eshwara Khandre	42,711	42.19%	0.69
	JD(S)	Babu Rao	1,821	1.80%	0.57
	BSP	Kundan	1,804	1.78%	1.01
Margin of victory			9,941	9.82%	2.21
Turnout			101,241	66.30%	0.49
Total valid votes			101,230
Registered electors			152,700		15.53
	BJP hold		Swing	2.90

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prakash Khandre	47,132	54.91%	32.06
	INC	Dr. Vijayakumar Bhimanna Khandre	36,805	42.88%	2.23
	JD(S)	Shivajraj Patil Malchapur	1,054	1.23%	New
	BSP	Bhimanna Kolle	660	0.77%	9.06
Margin of victory			10,327	12.03%	10.23
Turnout			88,279	66.79%	1.81
Total valid votes			85,828
Rejected ballots			2,451	2.78%	0.82
Registered electors			132,171		6.28
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.80

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaykumar Khandre	35,739	45.11%	30.44
	BJP	Baburao Madkatti	18,100	22.85%	New
	JD	Eshwar Chakote	15,480	19.54%	10.50
	BSP	Shobha Vijay	7,789	9.83%	New
	INC	Hamshetty Sangappa	1,074	1.36%	New
	Independent	John Chandrappa	686	0.87%	New
Margin of victory			17,639	22.26%	4.61
Turnout			80,812	64.98%	0.25
Total valid votes			79,225
Rejected ballots			1,587	1.96%	5.22
Registered electors			124,356		9.82
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	2.58

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vijaykumar Khandre	32,445	47.69%	New
	JD	Vijay Kumar Keshavrao Kanji	20,438	30.04%	New
	INC	Subhash Asture	9,979	14.67%	31.66
	JP	Kalyan Rao Sangappa Molkheri	2,479	3.64%	New
	Independent	Prakash Tulshi Ram Bhavi Katti	1,822	2.68%	New
	Independent	Sravan Kumar Huplekar	505	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			12,007	17.65%	15.02
Turnout			73,300	64.73%	1.08
Total valid votes			68,039
Rejected ballots			5,261	7.18%	5.03
Registered electors			113,233		27.54
	Independent gain from JP		Swing	1.27

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kalyan Rao Sangappa Molkheri	27,994	48.96%	10.27
	INC	Bhimanna Shivalingappa Khandare	26,490	46.33%	14.98
	BJP	Pralhad Gangaram Sharma	1,179	2.06%	New
	Independent	Eshwar Khandre	734	1.28%	New
	Independent	Ganapati Shivarao Sangolgi	422	0.74%	New
	Independent	Ashok Pundalik Sagar	355	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			1,504	2.63%	20.00
Turnout			58,430	65.81%	1.75
Total valid votes			57,174
Rejected ballots			1,256	2.15%	0.37
Registered electors			88,783		11.20
	JP gain from INC		Swing	12.35

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bheemanna Khandre	32,239	61.31%	16.74
	JP	Baburao Gorchin Cholik	20,342	38.69%	21.65
Margin of victory			11,897	22.63%	13.24
Turnout			53,941	67.56%	3.04
Total valid votes			52,581
Rejected ballots			1,360	2.52%	0.52
Registered electors			79,839		6.80
	INC hold		Swing	16.74

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bheemanna Khandre	22,806	44.57%	28.54
	INC(I)	Bidu Rao Gorehinchollikar	17,999	35.17%	New
	JP	D. K. Sidram	8,720	17.04%	New
	Independent	Shivraj Narsappa Rampure	1,300	2.54%	New
Margin of victory			4,807	9.39%	39.00
Turnout			52,773	70.60%	26.08
Total valid votes			51,171
Rejected ballots			1,602	3.04%	3.04
Registered electors			74,754		5.67
	INC hold		Swing	28.54

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subhash Asture	22,561	73.11%	7.38
	SSP	Heerachand Waghmare	7,628	24.72%	New
	ABJS	Shivsharanappa Wali	669	2.17%	New
Margin of victory			14,933	48.39%	16.92
Turnout			31,497	44.52%	18.69
Total valid votes			30,858
Registered electors			70,746		19.70
	INC hold		Swing	7.38

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Shivalingappa	23,210	65.73%	40.31
	Independent	B. R. L. Rao	12,099	34.27%	New
Margin of victory			11,111	31.47%	9.38
Turnout			37,358	63.21%	8.31
Total valid votes			35,309
Registered electors			59,103		19.14
	INC gain from PSP		Swing	17.39

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Bhimanna Shivlingappa	12,114	48.34%	9.17
	Independent	Vijay Kumar Bheemanna Khandre	6,577	26.25%	New
	INC	Neelkanthayya Mahadayya	6,369	25.42%	9.19
Margin of victory			5,537	22.09%	19.85
Turnout			27,234	54.90%	9.97
Total valid votes			25,060
Registered electors			49,610		37.49
	PSP gain from Independent		Swing	25.78

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Balwantrao	16,087	22.56%	New
	Independent	B. Sham Sunder	15,718	22.04%	New
	PSP	Bheemanna	14,493	20.32%	New
	PSP	Sharanappa	13,444	18.85%	New
	INC	Srinivasarao	7,076	9.92%	43.31
	INC	Sidram Raikoda	4,499	6.31%	46.92
Margin of victory			1,594	2.24%	16.60
Turnout			71,317	44.93%	0.01
Total valid votes			71,317
Registered electors			79,367		63.96
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	30.67

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly election  : Bhalki ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamtikar Murlidhar Rao Srinivas Rao	11,581	53.23%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Shankarappa Bashetti Vakil	7,483	34.40%	New
	PDF	Babarao Eknath Rao	2,692	12.37%	New
Margin of victory			4,098	18.84%
Turnout			21,756	44.94%
Total valid votes			21,756
Registered electors			48,407
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

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