Kumta
Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictUttara Kannada
LS constituencyUttara Kannada
Total electors188,894[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dinakar Keshav Shetty
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Kumta Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.[2]

It is part of Uttara Kannada district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1972 Sitaram Vasudev Naik Indian National Congress
1978
1983 M. P. Karki Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 N. H. Gouda Janata Party
1989 Krishna Hanuma Gowda Indian National Congress
1994 M. P. Karki Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Mohan Krishna Shetty Indian National Congress
2004
2008 Dinakar Keshav Shetty Janata Dal
2013 Sharada Mohan Shetty Indian National Congress
2018 Dinakar Keshav Shetty Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kumta[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dinakar Keshav Shetty 59,392 40.63
INC Sharada Mohan Shetty 26,642 18.23
Independent Suraj Naik Soni 20,474 14.01
Janata Dal (Secular) Nayak Pradeep Dayanand 16,561 11.33
Independent Yashodhar G. Naik 11,512 7.88
Independent Krishna Jatti Gouda 5,089 3.48
NOTA None of the Above 2,192 1.50
Majority 32,750
Turnout 1,46,177 81.03
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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