Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency

Khanapur
Khanapur
Constituency No. 14 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
LS constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	Total : 2,12,664; Males : 1,09,732; Females : 1,02,922; Others : 10;
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vithal Somanna Halagekar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Anjali Nimbalkar

Last updated September 11, 2024

Khanapur Assembly seat is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in the state of Karnataka in India. It is one of the eight constituencies which make up Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. It has been a stronghold of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) whose candidates tend to contest as independents because it is not officially recognized as a party. In 1962, MES contested the election under its own official name.

Members of Assembly

Year	Member^[1]
1957	Laxman Balaji Birje	Independent
1962	Laxman Balaji Birje	Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti
1967	Nilkanthrao Sardesai	Independent
1972
1978
1983	Vasantrao Patil
1985	Vasantrao Patil
1989	Vithalrao Chavan
1994	Ashok Narayan Patil
1999	Ashok Narayan Patil
2004	Digambar Patil
2008	Pralhad Remani	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	Independent
2018	Anjali Nimbalkar	Indian National Congress
2023	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	91,834	57.04	+36.60
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	37,205	23.11	−0.65
	JD(S)	Nasir Papulsab Bagawan	15,600	9.69	−7.99
	Independent	Muralidhar Ganapati Patil	9,671	6.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,236	0.77	−0.24
Majority			54,629	33.93	+30.61
Turnout			161,013	75.08	+0.43
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur ^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	36,649	23.76
	BJP	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	31,516	20.44
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	27,272	17.68
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	26,613	17.26
	Independent	Vilas Krishna Belgaonkar	17,851	11.58
	Independent	Jothiba Pralhad Remani	5,898	3.82
	Independent	Krishnaji Pundalik Patil	2,153	1.4
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,561	1.01
Majority			5,133	3.32
Turnout			154,219	74.65
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	37,055	27.47
	INC	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri	20,903	15.50
	Independent	Anjali Nimbalkar	17,686	13.11
	BJP	Pralhad Kallappa Remani	16,021	11.88
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	15,052	11.16
	KJP	Baburao Govind Desai	14,502	10.75
	Independent	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	3,087	2.29
Majority			16,152
Turnout			1,34,890	72.76
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1978

Sirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao (IND/MES): 16,610 votes
Babshet Krishna Ji Ramchandra (JNP) 13,595 votes

1972

Sardesai N B (IND/MES): 23,081 votes^[4]
B. B. Veerabhadrappa (NCO): 10,674 votes

1967

Sardesai, Nilkanth Bhagwantrao (IND): 21,281 votes ^[5]
T. K. Ningappa (INC): 14,490 votes

1962

Laxman Balaji Birje (MES): 25,162 votes^[6]
Rohinibai Pandurang Wagale (INC): 14,614 votes

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References

↑ "Khanapur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency".
↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
↑ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
↑ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
↑ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in.
↑ "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.

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[1] "Khanapur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency".

[election2018-2] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[karCeoResults2018-3] "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[4] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.

[5] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in.

[6] "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.

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