Hubli Rural Assembly constituency

Hubli Rural
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharwad
Established	1972
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Hubli Rural Assembly constituency was one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly that used to come under Dharwad district ^[1] and it came into existence in 1972 and was abolished after the 2008 delimitation exercise. This seat was once held by 2 Chief Ministers S. R. Bommai and Jagadish Shettar and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai contested in this constituency once in 1994 but lost to Jagadish Shettar.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source: ^[2]

Year	Member	Party
Until 1972: Constituency did not exist
1972 [3]	G. Rangaswamy Sandra		Indian National Congress
1978 [4]	S. R. Bommai		Janata Party
1983 [5]
1985 [6]
1989 [7]	G. Rangaswamy Sandra		Indian National Congress
1994 [8]	Jagadish Shettar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 [9]
2004 [10]
After 2008: Constituency abolished. See Hubli-Dharwad Central .

Election results

1994

Source: ^[8]

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagadish Shettar	47,568	39.86
	JD	Basavaraj Bommai	26,794	24.97
	INC	Raja N. Desai	18,433	17.18
	IND	Prafulchandra Rayangoudar	9,188	8.56
Majority			20,774	14.89
Turnout			1,07,304	62.13
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
2. "Hubli Rural Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
3. Karnataka 1972 eci.gov.in
4. "Karnataka 1978". eci.gov.in.
5. "Karnataka Election Results 1983". www.elections.in.
6. "Karnataka Election Results 1985". www.elections.in.
7. "Karnataka 1989". eci.gov.in.
8. "Karnataka 1994". eci.gov.in.
9. "Karnataka Election Results 1999". www.elections.in.
10. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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