Sagar, Karnataka Assembly constituency

For constituency in other states, see Sagar, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency and Sagar, West Bengal Assembly constituency.

Sagar
Constituency No. 117 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Lok Sabha constituency	Shimoga
Established	1956
Total electors	205,262 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Belur Gopalkrishna
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Hartalu Halappa

Sagar Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source ^[2]

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	D. Mookappa		Indian National Congress
1962	V. S. Laxmikanthappa
1967	K. H. Sreenivasa
1972	Kagodu Thimmappa		Samyukta Socialist Party

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	L. T. Thimappa Hegade		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983			Indian National Congress
1985	B. Dharmappa		Janata Party
1989	Kagodu Thimmappa		Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004	Belur Gopalkrishna		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Kagodu Thimmappa		Indian National Congress
2018	Hartalu Halappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Belur Gopalkrishna		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Belur Gopalkrishna	88,988	53.46	+8.00
	BJP	Hartalu Halappa	72,966	43.83	−6.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,363	0.82	−0.16
Majority			16,022	9.63	+4.44
Turnout			166,465	81.1	+1.18
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Sagar ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hartalu Halappa	78,475	50.65
	INC	Kagodu Thimmappa	70,436	45.46
	JD(S)	M. B. Girishgowda	2,100	1.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,511	0.98
Majority			8,039	5.19
Turnout			1,54,944	79.92
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1967

• K. H. Sreenivasa (INC): 11,860 votes ^[5]
• Kagodu Thimmappa (SSP): 11,111 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Hosanagar Assembly constituency

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023" . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Sagar (karnataka) Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List". Elections in India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
3. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Sagar". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
5. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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