Dharwad Assembly constituency

Dharwad
Constituency No. 71 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharwad
Established	1951
Total electors	214,132 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vinay Kulkarni
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Amrut Desai

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

It is part of Dharwad district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasanakop		Indian National Congress
1952 By-election	D. B. Ayyappa		Independent politician
1957	Inamati Mallappa Basappa		Indian National Congress
1962	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasankop
1963 By-election [a]	S. V. P. Agnihotri
1967	D. K. Mahaboobsab
1972	D. K. Naikar
1978	Bhavurao Deshpande		Janata Party
1983	Morey. S. R		Indian National Congress
1985	Chandrakant Bellad		Independent politician
1989	Morey. S. R		Indian National Congress
1994	Chandrakant Bellad		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	Morey. S. R		Indian National Congress
2008	Seema Ashok Masuti		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Vinay Kulkarni		Indian National Congress
2018	Amrut Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Vinay Kulkarni		Indian National Congress

1. Died on 17/09/1963

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	89,333	53.92%	12.29
	BJP	Amrut Desai	71,296	43.04%	11.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,521	0.92%	0.34
Margin of victory			18,037	10.89%	2.18
Turnout			165,786	77.42%	2.23
Total valid votes			165,663
Registered electors			214,132		3.43
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.78

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amrut Desai	85,123	54.70%	39.21
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	64,783	41.63%	7.37
	NOTA	None of the above	1,967	1.26%	New
	JD(S)	Tirakappa Sadeppa Jamanal (Shrikant)	1,263	0.81%	31.39
Margin of victory			20,340	13.07%	3.72
Turnout			155,654	75.19%	2.51
Total valid votes			155,630
Registered electors			207,025		12.78
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.70

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	53,453	49.00%	17.90
	JD(S)	Amrut Desai	35,133	32.20%	13.10
	KJP	Ashtagi Tavanappa Payappa	21,589	19.79%	New
	BJP	Seema Ashok Masuti	16,896	15.49%	16.26
	Independent	Somappa Basappa Benakatti	2,162	1.98%	New
	NCP	Basavaraj Budihal	811	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			18,320	16.79%	16.14
Turnout			133,415	72.68%	5.36
Total valid votes			109,094
Registered electors			183,561		10.76
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	17.25

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Seema Ashok Masuti	35,417	31.75%	1.38
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	34,694	31.10%	7.09
	JD(S)	Amrut Desai	21,302	19.10%	15.26
	Independent	Ashtagi Tavanappa Payappa	6,113	5.48%	New
	Independent	Ramanagoudar Sangangouda Rudragouda	2,789	2.50%	New
	Independent	Ishwar Sanikoppa	2,178	1.95%	New
	Independent	Bellad Shivanna	2,075	1.86%	New
	Independent	Desai Subhas Ningappa	1,710	1.53%	New
	Independent	Ambadgatti Shivanand Rudrappa	1,422	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			723	0.65%	4.42
Turnout			111,562	67.32%	7.41
Total valid votes			111,549
Registered electors			165,725		12.57
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	6.44

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morey. S. R	43,334	38.19%	8.00
	BJP	Chandrakant Bellad	37,584	33.13%	14.04
	Independent	Agadi Basaveshwar (Babanna) Murasavirappa	13,490	11.89%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Adiveppa Basavaraj Masur	6,774	5.97%	New
	JD(S)	Gururaj Hunasimarad	4,359	3.84%	2.15
	JP	Kiran Basanna Sambrani	2,341	2.06%	New
	SP	Sunkad. S. T	1,378	1.21%	New
	Independent	Pandurang Bhimarao Laxmeshwar	1,065	0.94%	New
	Independent	Hajaratabi Anwarsab Mirji	1,015	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			5,750	5.07%	4.09
Turnout			113,566	59.91%	1.21
Total valid votes			113,461
Registered electors			189,559		12.02
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.98

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandrakant Bellad	47,638	47.17%	14.17
	INC	Morey. S. R	46,650	46.19%	24.98
	JD(S)	Javali Iqbal Anjum Magdum Husein	6,051	5.99%	New
Margin of victory			988	0.98%	10.81
Turnout			103,420	61.12%	7.22
Total valid votes			100,995
Rejected ballots			2,369	2.29%	0.31
Registered electors			169,217		10.61
	BJP hold		Swing	14.17

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandrakant Bellad	26,630	33.00%	13.86
	INC	Mahadev Horatti	17,114	21.21%	26.86
	JD	Ravi Siriyannavar	15,533	19.25%	0.09
	INC	Dambal. H. V	10,715	13.28%	New
	Independent	R. K. Shankar	3,489	4.32%	New
	Independent	Javali Iqbal Anjum Magdum Husein	3,317	4.11%	New
	KRRS	Topangouda Rudragouda Patil	1,082	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			9,516	11.79%	16.94
Turnout			82,463	53.90%	5.11
Total valid votes			80,694
Rejected ballots			1,635	1.98%	3.16
Registered electors			152,984		12.38
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	15.07

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morey. S. R	36,627	48.07%	25.05
	JD	Gangadhar Padaki	14,736	19.34%	New
	BJP	Aminagad Chandrashekhar Shivalingappa	14,584	19.14%	5.86
	Kranti Sabha	Mallanagouda Chanabasagouda Patil	3,210	4.21%	New
	AIML	Inamadar. M. S	2,648	3.48%	New
	JP	Suresh Kedareppa Gumaste	1,109	1.46%	New
	Independent	Veeranna Desai	640	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			21,891	28.73%	26.71
Turnout			80,328	59.01%	0.17
Total valid votes			76,196
Rejected ballots			4,132	5.14%	3.10
Registered electors			136,129		23.18
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	23.03

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chandrakant Bellad	15,949	25.04%	New
	INC	Charantimath Leelavati Rajashekharaiah	14,662	23.02%	8.19
	JP	Gangadhar Padaki	14,397	22.60%	8.38
	Independent	Abdulgani Ibrahimsaheb Maniyar	9,009	14.14%	New
	BJP	Gounkar Tukaram Laxaman	8,461	13.28%	3.83
Margin of victory			1,287	2.02%	1.79
Turnout			65,024	58.84%	8.89
Total valid votes			63,699
Rejected ballots			1,325	2.04%	0.64
Registered electors			110,510		26.37
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	6.17

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Morey. S. R	17,991	31.21%	29.75
	JP	Chandrakant Bellad	17,859	30.98%	20.91
	BJP	Bhavurao Deshpande	9,864	17.11%	New
	Independent	Maniyar Abdulgani Ir-brahimasaheb	8,513	14.77%	New
	LKD	Hedge. G. S. Vakilaru	1,064	1.85%	New
	Independent	B. V. Rama Rao	490	0.85%	New
	Independent	Palanakar Mahabaleshwar Ramachandra	416	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			132	0.23%	7.97
Turnout			59,230	67.73%	4.38
Total valid votes			57,641
Rejected ballots			1,589	2.68%	0.03
Registered electors			87,450		15.64
	INC gain from JP		Swing	20.68

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Bhavurao Deshpande	27,530	51.89%	New
	INC(I)	D. K. Naikar	23,182	43.70%	New
	Independent	Jamadar Abdulsattar Mohammadgous	1,246	2.35%	New
	INC	Shibargatti Gousmodin Rajesab	777	1.46%	50.16
Margin of victory			4,348	8.20%	15.42
Turnout			54,529	72.11%	6.29
Total valid votes			53,052
Rejected ballots			1,477	2.71%	2.71
Registered electors			75,621		33.43
	JP gain from INC		Swing	0.27

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Naikar	18,653	51.62%	2.36
	ABJS	P. Y. Shankaragouda	10,117	28.00%	13.52
	INC(O)	M. H. Channappa	6,685	18.50%	New
	SWA	T. C. Patil	677	1.87%	New
Margin of victory			8,536	23.62%	11.15
Turnout			37,301	65.82%	4.13
Total valid votes			36,132
Registered electors			56,674		17.78
	INC hold		Swing	2.36

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	D. K. Mahaboobsab	15,325	53.98%	2.20
	ABJS	S. B. Y. Laxman	11,786	41.52%	New
	Independent	V. K. Javali	1,277	4.50%	New
Margin of victory			3,539	12.47%	12.16
Turnout			29,684	61.69%
Total valid votes			28,388
Registered electors			48,117
	INC hold		Swing	2.20

Assembly By-election 1963

1963 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dharwad ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. P. Agnihotri	12,859	51.78%	16.87
	Independent	S. S. Shettar	6,742	27.15%	New
	Independent	A. A. Mangalgatti	3,480	14.01%	New
	Independent	N. B. Pujar	1,755	7.07%	New
Margin of victory			6,117	24.63%	23.20
Total valid votes			24,836
	INC hold		Swing	16.87

Assembly Election 1962

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasankop	17,092	68.65%	20.81
	ABJS	Yellappagouda Shankergouda Patil	5,185	20.83%	New
	Independent	Chandrashekhar Marigouda Shivangouder	2,208	8.87%	New
	Independent	Rayappa Channappa Alagwadi	412	1.65%	New
Margin of victory			11,907	47.83%	41.63
Turnout			26,317	55.16%	5.68
Total valid votes			24,897
Registered electors			47,714		4.29
	INC hold		Swing	20.81

Assembly Election 1957

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Inamati Mallappa Basappa	13,317	47.84%	10.50
	Independent	Desai Basavaraj Ayyappa	11,590	41.64%	New
	ABJS	Patil Yellappagouda Shankaragouda	2,388	8.58%	New
	Independent	Hurali Gadigeppa Shivappa	541	1.94%	New
Margin of victory			1,727	6.20%	18.09
Turnout			27,836	60.84%
Total valid votes			27,836
Registered electors			45,752
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	13.79

Assembly By-election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly by-election  : Dharwad ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. B. Ayyappa	13,462	61.63%	New
	INC	M. L. K. Vyankatesh	8,156	37.34%	14.59
	Independent	D. K. Mahabubsab	225	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			5,306	24.29%	16.98
Total valid votes			21,843
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	9.70

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election  : Dharwad ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasanakop	15,210	51.93%	New
	KMPP	Basawaraj Ayyappa Desai	13,068	44.61%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Kurtakoti Shankar Lingo	1,013	3.46%	New
Margin of victory			2,142	7.31%
Turnout			29,291	61.49%
Total valid votes			29,291
Registered electors			47,638
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Dharwad district

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