Puttur Assembly constituency

Puttur
Puttur
Constituency No. 206 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
LS constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Ashok Kumar Rai
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Sanjeev Matandoor

Last updated September 16, 2024

Puttur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. It is one of the 8 constituencies in the Dakshina Kannada.

Overview

The constituency was previously part of Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency, but it is now a part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Madras State

Year	Member	Party
1952	K. Venkatramana Gowda		Indian National Congress
1952	K. Iswara^[2]		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member
1957	K. Venkatramana Gowda	Indian National Congress
1962	K. Venkatramana Gowda
1967	B. Vittaldas Shetty
1972	A. Shanker Alva

Karnataka

Year	Member
1978	K. Rama Bhat	Janata Party
1983	K. Rama Bhat	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Vinay Kumar Sorake	Indian National Congress
1989	Vinay Kumar Sorake	Indian National Congress
1994	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
2004	Shakunthala T. Shetty
2008	Mallika Prasad
2013	Shakunthala T. Shetty	Indian National Congress
2018	Sanjeev Matandoor	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Ashok Kumar Rai	Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Puttur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ashok Kumar Rai	66,607	38.55	−3.91
	Independent	Arun Kumar Puthila	62,458	36.15	New
	BJP	Asha Thimmappa	37,558	21.74	−32.43
	SDPI	Shaffi Bellare	2,788	1.61
	NOTA	None of the Above	866	0.5	−0.24
Majority			4,149	2.4	−9.31
Turnout			172,762	81.17	−1.16
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Puttur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sanjeeva Matandoor	90,073	54.17
	INC	Shakunthala T. Shetty	70,596	42.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,227	0.74
Majority			19,477	11.71
Turnout			166,271	82.33
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Puttur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shakunthala T. Shetty	66,345	46.46
	BJP	Sanjeeva Matandoor	62,056	43.45
	JD(S)	Dinesh B. N.	6,625	4.64
	SDPI	Abubakkar Siddik	4,442	3.11
	Independent	Shekar Madavu	1,834	1.28
	KJP	Jayaram Bhat A. Madavu	1,508	1.05
Majority			4,289
Turnout			1,42,808	79.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Puttur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gowda Venkataramanna	42,735	87.52%	87.52%
	INC	K. Iswara	42,299	86.62%	86.62%
	KMPP	K. Karanth	27,947	57.23%
	KMPP	M. Naiker Ramanna	22,339	45.75%
	Socialist	Beran	6,763	13.85%
	RPI	S. G. Salenna	2,811	5.76%
Margin of victory			436	0.89%
Turnout			48,831	58.56%
Registered electors			83,392
	INC win (new seat)

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References

↑ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results (constituency Wise)". traceall.in. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADRAS". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013". Election Commission of India.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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[1] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results (constituency Wise)". traceall.in. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[2] "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADRAS". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[3] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013". Election Commission of India.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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