Kumta Assembly constituency

Kumta
Kumta
Constituency No. 78 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
LS constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	188,894
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Dinakar Keshav Shetty
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Sharada Mohan Shetty

Last updated September 12, 2024

Kumta Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member
1957	Vasantalata V. Mirjankar	Indian National Congress
1962	Vasantalata V. Mirjankar
1967	H. R. Manjanath
1972	Sitaram Vasudev Naik

Karnataka

Year	Member
1978	Sitaram Vasudev Naik	Indian National Congress (I)
1983	M. P. Karki	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	N. H. Gouda	Janata Party
1989	Krishna Hanuma Gowda	Indian National Congress
1994	M. P. Karki	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Mohan Krishna Shetty	Indian National Congress
2004	Mohan Krishna Shetty	Indian National Congress
2008	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	Janata Dal (Secular)
2013	Sharada Mohan Shetty	Indian National Congress
2018	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kumta^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	59,965	40.37	−0.26
	JD(S)	Suraj Naik Soni	59,289	39.92	+28.59
	INC	Nivedith Alva	19,270	12.97	−5.26
	Independent	Ishwar Gouda	3,588	2.42
	AAP	Roopa Gajanan Naik	1,960	1.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,085	1.4	−0.10
Majority			676	0.45	−21.95
Turnout			148,530	78.63	−2.40
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kumta^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	59,392	40.63
	INC	Sharada Mohan Shetty	26,642	18.23
	Independent	Suraj Naik Soni	20,474	14.01
	JD(S)	Nayak Pradeep Dayanand	16,561	11.33
	Independent	Yashodhar G. Naik	11,512	7.88
	Independent	Krishna Jatti Gouda	5,089	3.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,192	1.50
Majority			32,750	22.40
Turnout			1,46,177	81.03
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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References

1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
↑ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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[election2023-1] 1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[electors2019-2] "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[election2018-3] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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