Belthangady Assembly constituency

Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk.^[3][4]

Belthangady is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207. Sullia (SC).^[4]

The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Bangera family, as well as one between the two Bangera brothers, Vasantha and Prabhakara.^[5][6][7][8]

Assembly Election 2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	101,004	53.44	1.37
	INC	Rakshith Shivaram	82,788	43.80	1.78
	SDPI	Akbar Belthangady	2,513	1.33	New
	NOTA	None of the above	892	0.47	0.22
Margin of victory			18,216	9.64	3.16
Turnout			189,348	82.71	0.64
Total valid votes			189,007
Registered electors			228,941		4.57
	BJP hold		Swing	1.37

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Assembly Election 2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	98,417	54.81	9.17
	INC	K. Vasantha Bangera	75,443	42.02	15.84
	AIMEP	Jagannatha. M	1,806	1.01	New
	JD(S)	Sumathi S. Hegde	1,612	0.90	1.18
	NOTA	None of the above	1,245	0.69	New
Margin of victory			22,974	12.80	0.58
Turnout			179,689	82.07	6.59
Total valid votes			179,550
Registered electors			218,935		12.93
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	3.05

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Assembly Election 2013

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vasantha Bangera	74,530	50.93	4.80
	BJP	Ranjan. G. Gowda	58,789	45.64	11.99
	CPI(M)	B. M. Bhat	4,532	3.52	New
	JD(S)	Rajashree. S. Hegde	2,682	2.08	10.89
	KJP	Sukhesha Kumar	2,673	2.08	New
	BSP	Chennakeshava	1,747	1.36	0.24
	JD(U)	Venkatesha Bende	1,276	0.99	New
Margin of victory			15,741	12.22	0.26
Turnout			146,325	75.48	0.85
Total valid votes			128,808
Registered electors			193,864		12.04
	INC hold		Swing	11.73

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Assembly Election 2008

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Vasantha Bangera	59,528	46.13	18.80
	BJP	K. Prabhakara Bangera	43,425	33.65	3.61
	JD(S)	K. Gangadhara Gowda	16,738	12.97	14.28
	Independent	Thimarodi Mahesh Shetty	7,284	5.65	New
	BSP	Raghu Dharma Sen	2,059	1.60	2.14
Margin of victory			16,103	12.48	2.55
Turnout			129,135	74.63	2.95
Total valid votes			129,034
Registered electors			173,028		3.88
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	8.87

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Assembly Election 2004

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2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Prabhakara Bangera	48,102	37.26	4.20
	INC	Harish Kumar. K	35,281	27.33	9.29
	JD(S)	K. Vasantha Bangera	35,178	27.25	5.34
	BSP	Chandu. L	4,823	3.74	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Janardhana Gowda	2,571	1.99	New
	Independent	Venkappa Naik. I. N	2,012	1.56	New
	Independent	Krishnappa Kotian. K	1,129	0.87	New
Margin of victory			12,821	9.93	5.09
Turnout			129,226	77.58	0.70
Total valid votes			129,096
Registered electors			166,566		14.68
	BJP hold		Swing	4.20

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Assembly Election 1999

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1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Prabhakara Bangera	45,042	41.46	10.13
	INC	K. Gangadhara Gowda	39,781	36.62	7.72
	JD(S)	K. Vasantha Bangera	23,805	21.91	New
Margin of victory			5,261	4.84	2.34
Turnout			111,658	76.88	0.13
Total valid votes			108,628
Rejected ballots			2,996	2.68	1.67
Registered electors			145,239		6.93
	BJP gain from JD		Swing	2.95

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Assembly Election 1994

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1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	K. Vasantha Bangera	39,871	38.51	New
	BJP	K. Prabhakara Bangera	32,433	31.33	22.31
	INC	K. Gangadhara Gowda	29,918	28.90	16.05
	INC	Chandra Shekara Poojary	1,068	1.03	New
Margin of victory			7,438	7.18	5.85
Turnout			104,600	77.01	2.87
Total valid votes			103,535
Rejected ballots			1,059	1.01	3.17
Registered electors			135,824		5.87
	JD gain from INC		Swing	6.44

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Assembly Election 1989

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1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gangadhara Gowda	40,964	44.95	3.53
	Independent	K. Vasantha Bangera	39,754	43.62	New
	BJP	K. Prabhakara Bangera	8,225	9.02	42.09
	JP	J. B. Pereira	1,661	1.82	New
Margin of victory			1,210	1.33	8.36
Turnout			95,116	74.14	2.91
Total valid votes			91,138
Rejected ballots			3,978	4.18	3.25
Registered electors			128,299		38.64
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	6.16

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Assembly Election 1985

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1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Vasantha Bangera	33,378	51.11	11.05
	INC	Lokeshwari Vinayachandra	27,048	41.42	3.58
	JP	M. S. Prabhakara Sampigethaya	4,146	6.35	New
Margin of victory			6,330	9.69	14.63
Turnout			65,922	71.23	0.66
Total valid votes			65,306
Rejected ballots			616	0.93	0.41
Registered electors			92,543		14.67
	BJP hold		Swing	11.05

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Assembly Election 1983

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1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Vasantha Bangera	35,579	62.16	New
	INC	K. Gangadhara Gowda	21,660	37.84	34.37
Margin of victory			13,919	24.32	6.79
Turnout			58,018	71.89	4.50
Total valid votes			57,239
Rejected ballots			779	1.34	0.88
Registered electors			80,703		7.10
	BJP gain from INC(I)		Swing	6.63

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Assembly Election 1978

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1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	K. Gangadhara Gowda	31,255	55.53	New
	JP	K. Chidananda	21,388	38.00	New
	INC	G. N. Bhide	1,952	3.47	54.50
	Independent	M. S. Prabhakara Sampigethaya	1,463	2.60	New
Margin of victory			9,867	17.53	21.21
Turnout			57,563	76.39	7.54
Total valid votes			56,287
Rejected ballots			1,276	2.22	2.22
Registered electors			75,354		22.00
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	2.44

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Assembly Election 1972

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1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Subramanya Gowda	24,126	57.97	11.41
	INC(O)	K. Chidananda	8,004	19.23	New
	ABJS	Nemiraja Shetty	6,714	16.13	0.48
	CPI(M)	K. V. Yelachithaya	2,220	5.33	New
	SWA	Ishwara Bhat	552	1.33	20.37
Margin of victory			16,122	38.74	13.88
Turnout			42,526	68.85	2.01
Total valid votes			41,616
Registered electors			61,764		16.05
	INC hold		Swing	11.41

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Assembly Election 1967

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1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga	15,476	46.56	0.38
	SWA	J. B. Pereira	7,213	21.70	14.36
	Independent	K. R. Naika	5,345	16.08	New
	ABJS	K. V. Nayak	5,203	15.65	New
Margin of victory			8,263	24.86	14.74
Turnout			35,574	66.84	6.53
Total valid votes			33,237
Registered electors			53,223		10.69
	INC hold		Swing	0.38

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Assembly Election 1962

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1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga	15,991	46.18	23.57
	SWA	K. B. Jinaraja Hegde	12,486	36.06	New
	Independent	Rama Naik	4,730	13.66	New
	ABJS	Vishwanath Shenoy	1,418	4.10	New
Margin of victory			3,505	10.12	29.37
Turnout			35,940	60.31	8.33
Total valid votes			34,625
Registered electors			59,594		5.07
	INC hold		Swing	23.57

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Assembly Election 1957

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1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belthangady ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ratnavarma Heggade	20,563	69.75	New
	Independent	Shenoy Ramanath	8,920	30.25	New
Margin of victory			11,643	39.49
Turnout			29,483	51.98
Total valid votes			29,483
Registered electors			56,721
	INC win (new seat)

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