Honnavar Assembly constituency

Honnavar
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Mysore State
Division	Belagavi
District	Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1951
Abolished	1967
Reservation	None

Honnavar Assembly constituency was one of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. It was part of Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1952	Kamat Ramkrishna Narsinh		Indian National Congress
1957	Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku
1962
1963 By-election [a]	R. Hegde		Independent politician

1. Death of Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku

Election results

Assembly By-election 1964

1963 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election  : Honawar ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Hegde	12,940	60.01%	New
	PSP	S. V. Naik	8,624	39.99%	5.28
Margin of victory			4,316	20.01%	3.75
Total valid votes			21,564
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	1.54

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Honawar ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku	18,506	58.47%	6.77
	PSP	Honna Goydappa Naik	10,986	34.71%	1.83
	CPI	Deepanna Manjayya Shetti	1,676	5.30%	New
	Independent	Ganesh Mahabal Hegde	484	1.53%	New
Margin of victory			7,520	23.76%	4.95
Turnout			34,164	58.30%	0.73
Total valid votes			31,652
Registered electors			58,598		10.57
	INC hold		Swing	6.77

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Honawar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku	16,172	51.70%	16.09
	PSP	Naik Devendra Kalinga	10,287	32.88%	New
	Independent	Kamat Vasudeo Rama	4,824	15.42%	New
Margin of victory			5,885	18.81%	11.88
Turnout			31,283	59.03%	3.66
Total valid votes			31,283
Registered electors			52,998		4.03
	INC hold		Swing	16.09

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election  : Honawar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamat Ramkrishna Narsinh	10,888	35.61%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	Naik Devendra Kalinga	8,770	28.68%	New
	Independent	Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku	8,659	28.32%	New
	CPI	Singh. D. V	2,260	7.39%	New
Margin of victory			2,118	6.93%
Turnout			30,577	55.37%
Total valid votes			30,577
Registered electors			55,225
	INC win (new seat)

References

1. "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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