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

Source: ^[3]

Bombay State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasanakop		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Inamati Mallappa Basappa		Indian National Congress
1962	Hasansab Maktumsab Dasanakop
1967	D. K. Mahaboobsab
1972	D. K. Naikar

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Bhavurao Deshpande		Janata Party
1983	S. R. Morey		Indian National Congress
1985	Chandrakant Bellad		Independent
1989	S. R. Morey		Indian National Congress
1994	Chandrakant Bellad		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	S. R. Morey		Indian National Congress
2008	Seema Masuti		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Vinay Kulkarni		Indian National Congress
2018	Amrut Desai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [1]	Vinay Kulkarni		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Dharwad ^{[1] [4]}

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
Majority			18,037	10.88	−2.19
Turnout			165,663	77.36	+2.19
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Dharwad ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Amrut Desai	85,123	54.70
	INC	Vinay Kulkarni	64,783	41.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,967	1.26
Majority			20,340	13.07
Turnout			1,55,630	75.17
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Dharwad 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. "Dharwad Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
4. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Dharwad". Election Commission of India. 10 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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