Kundgol Assembly constituency

Kundgol
Constituency No. 70 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
LS constituency	Dharwad
Established	1956
Total electors	233,835 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. R. Patil
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Kusuma Shivalli

Kundgol Assembly constituency is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka in India. It is one of the eight constituencies which make up Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency.

M. R. Patil is the current MLA from Kundgol.

Members of Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Timmanna Kenchappa Kamble		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	B. S. Rayappa		Independent politician
1972	R. V. Rangangowda		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member [2]	Party
1978	Katagi Mahadevappa Shivappa		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Kubihal Veerappa Shekharappa		Indian National Congress
1985	Uppin Basappa Andaneppa		Janata Party
1989	Govindappa Hanumantappa Juttal		Indian National Congress
1994	Akki Mallikarjunappa Shahadevappa		Janata Dal (United)
1999	C. S. Shivalli		Independent
2004	Akki Mallikarjunappa Shahadevappa		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008	Chikkangoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	C. S. Shivalli		Indian National Congress
2018
2019^	Kusuma Shivalli
2023 [1]	M. R. Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kundgol ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M. R. Patil (politician)	76,105	49.07	+0.07
	INC	Kusuma Shivalli	40,764	26.28	−23.76
	Independent	Chikkanagoudra Siddanagouda Iswaragouda	30,425	19.62
	JD(S)	Hazratali Shaikh Jodamani	4,304	2.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,001	0.65	+0.05
Majority			35,341	22.79	+21.75
Turnout			155,086	83.01	+0.79
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019 by-election

By-election, 2019: Kundgol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kusuma Shivalli	77,640	50.04	+6.07
	BJP	Chikkanagoudra Siddangouda Ishwaragouda	76,039	49.00	+5.46
	NOTA	None of the above	939	0.60	−0.10
Margin of victory			1,604	1.04	+0.61
Turnout			155,167	82.22	+3.55
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kundgol

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. S. Shivalli	64,871	43.97
	BJP	Chikkanagoudra Siddanagoud Ishwaragod	64,237	43.54
	JD(U)	Hajaratali A Shekh Jodamani	7,318	4.96
	JD(S)	Akki Mallikarjuna Sahadevappa	6,280	4.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,032	0.70
Majority			634	0.43
Turnout			1,47,524	78.67
	INC hold		Swing

1972

• R. V. Rangangowda (INC): 25,694 votes ^[4]
• B. S. Rayappa (NCO): 16,659 votes

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
2. "Kundgol Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. Election Commission of India (13 May 2023). "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Kundgol". Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
4. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.

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