Hubli-Dharwad East Assembly constituency

Hubli-Dharwad East
Constituency No. 72 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharwad
Established	2008
Total electors	209,530 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abbayya Prasad
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi

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

It is part of Dharwad district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. As of 2023, its representative is Abbayya Prasad of the Indian National Congress party. ^[1] Muslims are the largest community, making up a near-majority, with Dalits the second-largest group. ^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008 [4]	Veerabhadrappa Halaharavi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [5]	Abbayya Prasad		Indian National Congress
2018
2023 [1]

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli-Dharwad-East ^{[1] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abbayya Prasad	85,426	57.47	+0.83
	BJP	Dr. Kranthi Kiran	53,056	35.69	−5.17
	AIMIM	Durgappa Kashappa Bijawad	5,644	3.80
	SDPI	Guntral Vijay Mahadevappa	1,360	0.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	798	0.54	−0.39
Majority			32,370	21.78	+6.00
Turnout			148,640	70.94	+0.86
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli-Dharwad East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abbayya Prasad	77,080	56.64
	BJP	Chandrashekar Gokak	55,613	40.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,260	0.93
Majority			21,467	15.78
Turnout			1,36,097	70.08
	INC hold		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. Bomnalli, DHNS, Manjunath Hegde. "AIMIM, JD(S) likely to change equations in H-D East constituency". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Hubli-Dharwad East". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
7. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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