| Kittur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 15 for theKarnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Belgaum |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Uttara Kannada |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 195,886[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Mahantesh Doddagoudar |
Kittur Assembly constituency is one of the 224Legislative Assembly constituencies ofKarnataka inIndia.[2] It is part ofBelgaum district.
| Year | Member[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Until 1967:Seat does not exist. SeeSampagaon I | |||
| 1967 | S. B. Mallappa | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | B. D. Inamdar | Indian National Congress (Organisation) | |
| 1978 | Parvatgouda Patil Arawalli | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Danappagouda Inamadar | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Babagouda Patil | Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha | |
| 1994 | Danappagouda Inamadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Suresh Marihal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Danappagouda Inamadar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | Mahantesh Doddagoudar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | Babasaheb Patil | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Babasaheb Patil | 77,536 | 49.49 | +22.36 | |
| BJP | Mahantesh Doddagoudar | 74,543 | 47.58 | −1.68 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 802 | 0.51 | −0.47 | |
| Majority | 2,993 | 1.91 | −20.22 | ||
| Turnout | 156,660 | 79.98 | +1.37 | ||
| INCgain fromBJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mahantesh Doddagoudar | 73,155 | 49.26 | ||
| INC | D. B. Inamdar | 40,293 | 27.13 | ||
| Independent | Babasaheb Patil | 25,366 | 17.08 | ||
| JD(S) | Suresh Shivarudrappa Marihal | 3,755 | 2.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,456 | 0.98 | ||
| Majority | 32,862 | 22.13 | |||
| Turnout | 1,48,512 | 78.61 | |||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||