Kagwad Assembly constituency

Kagwad
Constituency No. 4 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
Lok Sabha constituency	Chikkodi
Established	1961
Total electors	195,985 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raju Kage
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Shrimant Patil

Kagwad is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Kagwad is also part of Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Shankaragaud Veeranagoud Patil		Indian National Congress
1967	B. C. Peeraji
1972	Ragunath Dhulappa Kittur

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Annarao Balappa Jakanur		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	V. L. Patil		Janata Party
1985
1989	Annarao Balappa Jakanur		Indian National Congress
1994	Mohan Hirachand Shah		Janata Dal
1999	Pasagouda Appagoda Patil		Indian National Congress
2000^ [4]	Raju Kage		Janata Dal
2004			Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013
2018	Shrimant Patil		Indian National Congress
2019^			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [1]	Raju Kage		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kagwad ^{[1] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage	83,387	51.45	+10.34
	BJP	Shrimant Balasaheb Patil	74,560	46.00	−8.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	985	0.61	−0.26
Majority			8,827	5.45	−7.62
Turnout			162,078	82.70	+6.78
	INC gain from Bharatiya Janata party		Swing

2019 by-election

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Kagwad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shrimant Patil	76,952	54.18	+19.79
	INC	Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage	58,395	41.11	−15.88
	JD(S)	Kallappa Paris Magennavar	2,448	1.72	−3.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,238	0.87	+0.35
Majority			18,557	13.07	−9.53
Turnout			142,030	75.92	−4.08
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kagwad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shrimant Patil	83,060	56.99
	BJP	Bharamgouda Alagouda Kage	50,118	34.39
	JD(S)	Kallappa Paris Magennavar	7,337	5.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	754	0.52
Majority			32,942	22.6
Turnout			145,735	80.0
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Athani Taluk
• Belagavi district
• Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. Sitting and previous MLAs from Kagwad Assembly Constituency
3. DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008
4. BYE - ELECTION, September-2000 Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Assembly Constituency - 208-Khagwad
5. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Kagwad". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

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