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Jamkhandi Assembly constituency

Jamkhandi Assembly constituency is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka in India. It is part of Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency.

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Jamkhandi
Constituency No. 21 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBagalkot
Lok Sabha constituencyBagalkot
Established1951
Total electors214,7971
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byAnand Nyamagouda

Jamkhandi Assembly constituency is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka in India.23 It is part of Bagalkot Lok Sabha constituency.

Jagadish Gudagunti is the current MLA from Jamkhandi.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
1952 Basappa Danappa Jatti Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967
1972 Bangi Pavadeppa Mallappa
1972^ A. S. Malappa Indian National Congress
1978 Pattar Venkappa Veerappa Indian National Congress
1983 Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa Janata Party
1985
1989 Kaluti Ramappa Maleppa Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004 Siddu Savadi Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao
2013 Siddu Nyamagouda Indian National Congress
2018
2018^ a Anand Nyamagouda
2023 Jagadish Gudagunti Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. Due to death of sitting MLA

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 14
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagadish Gudagunti 81,937 48.86 Increase12.05
INC Anand Siddu Nyamagouda 77,221 46.05 Decrease16.02
Independent Belagali Sushilkumar 5,975 3.56 New
NOTA None of the above 984 0.59 Increase0.13
Margin of victory 4,716 2.81 Decrease22.45
Turnout 168,002 78.21 Increase1.10
Total valid votes 167,688
Registered electors 214,797 Increase5.44
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease13.21

Assembly By-election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : Jamkhandi 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Anand Nyamagouda 97,017 62.07 Increase30.01
BJP Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao 57,537 36.81 Increase6.57
NOTA None of the above 724 0.46 Increase0.21
Margin of victory 39,480 25.26 Increase23.44
Turnout 157,089 77.11 Increase1.60
Total valid votes 156,292
Registered electors 203,709 Decrease0.05
INC hold Swing Increase30.01

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 67
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Siddu Nyamagouda 49,245 32.06 Decrease5.24
BJP Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao 46,450 30.24 Increase14.31
Independent Nirani Sangmesh Rudrappa 24,461 15.92 New
Independent Dalawai Shrishail Murari 19,753 12.86 New
PPP Parashuram Maharajanavar 5,167 3.36 New
JSP(K) Komar Muttappa Hanamappa 1,524 0.99 New
Independent Parathanahalli Toufiq 1,200 0.78 New
NOTA None of the above 379 0.25 New
Margin of victory 2,795 1.82 Decrease14.23
Turnout 153,898 75.51 Increase0.87
Total valid votes 153,608
Registered electors 203,821 Increase15.34
INC hold Swing Decrease5.24

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Siddu Nyamagouda 49,145 37.30 Increase0.47
Independent Jagadish Gudagunti 27,993 21.25 New
BJP Shrikant Kulkarni 20,982 15.93 Decrease38.93
KJP Umesh Mahabalashetti 18,211 13.82 New
JD(S) Basagond Shivagond Sindhur 10,326 7.84 Increase5.76
Independent Ravindra Dhanavant Halingali 1,415 1.07 New
BSP Sangamesh. Kamble 1,076 0.82 Decrease1.60
Independent Makabul Rajesab Sayyad 994 0.75 New
Independent Basappa Siddappa Kokatanur 950 0.72 New
Margin of victory 21,152 16.05 Decrease1.97
Turnout 131,899 74.64 Increase6.94
Total valid votes 131,750
Registered electors 176,718 Increase9.39
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease17.56

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kulkarni Shrikant Subrao 59,930 54.86 Increase2.44
INC Siddu Nyamagouda 40,240 36.83 Increase8.26
BSP Upaddya Parshwanath Tavanappa 2,642 2.42 Decrease0.47
JD(S) Ramesh Kallappa Naik 2,274 2.08 Decrease9.66
Independent Bodali Pandit Shivappa 1,988 1.82 New
Rashtriya Hindustan Sena Karnataka Shiraguppi Sadashiv Gurappa 1,122 1.03 New
SP Nanajagi Suresh Satyappa 1,049 0.96 New
Margin of victory 19,690 18.02 Decrease5.84
Turnout 109,365 67.70 Increase1.12
Total valid votes 109,245
Registered electors 161,554 Decrease22.99
BJP hold Swing Increase2.44

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Siddu Savadi 73,223 52.42 New
INC Kaluti Ramappa Maleppa 39,902 28.57 Decrease25.96
JD(S) Dalawai Shrishail Murari 16,402 11.74 Increase10.56
BSP Ravi Babaleshwar 4,036 2.89 New
JP Madannavar Shrishail Nagappa 2,557 1.83 New
Independent Bhadranavar Shankareppa Kadappa 1,733 1.24 New
Kannada Nadu Party Hugar Shankar Manohar 1,134 0.81 New
Margin of victory 33,321 23.86 Increase11.43
Turnout 139,690 66.58 Decrease5.42
Total valid votes 139,679
Registered electors 209,794 Increase20.77
BJP gain from INC Swing Decrease2.11

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kaluti Ramappa Maleppa 66,018 54.53 Increase13.49
JD(U) Shah Arunkumar Manikchand 50,964 42.09 New
JD(S) Sayyad Altaf Tajuddin Airani 1,423 1.18 New
Independent Chalawadi Chandrakant Basappa 988 0.82 New
Margin of victory 15,054 12.43 Increase10.99
Turnout 125,077 72.00 Increase4.00
Total valid votes 121,074
Rejected ballots 3,793 3.03 Decrease0.02
Registered electors 173,709 Increase10.55
INC hold Swing Increase13.49

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kaluti Ramappa Maleppa 42,505 41.04 Decrease14.50
JD Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa 41,011 39.59 Decrease0.79
BJP Savadi Siddu Kallappa 11,408 11.01 Increase10.32
INC Mallappa Parappa Nyamagoudar 3,173 3.06 New
KRRS Mali Shivappa Ningappa 2,268 2.19 New
CPI Ravindra Dhanavant Halingali 1,857 1.79 New
Margin of victory 1,494 1.44 Decrease13.72
Turnout 106,843 68.00 Decrease3.11
Total valid votes 103,577
Rejected ballots 3,261 3.05 Decrease1.24
Registered electors 157,131 Increase6.20
INC hold Swing Decrease14.50

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 13
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kaluti Ramappa Maleppa 55,927 55.54 Increase10.57
JD Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa 40,662 40.38 New
JP Devaravar Ningappa Sagreppa 2,547 2.53 New
BJP Renake Suresh Subhan 691 0.69 Decrease0.24
Margin of victory 15,265 15.16 Increase6.47
Turnout 105,211 71.11 Decrease0.77
Total valid votes 100,701
Rejected ballots 4,510 4.29 Increase2.57
Registered electors 147,964 Increase27.06
INC gain from JP Swing Increase1.87

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 14
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa 44,150 53.67 Decrease3.41
INC Nyamagouda Guralingappa Sangappa 36,998 44.97 Increase20.76
BJP Bagalkot Shakuntala Chandrashekhar 766 0.93 New
Margin of victory 7,152 8.69 Decrease24.18
Turnout 83,704 71.88 Decrease0.58
Total valid votes 82,267
Rejected ballots 1,437 1.72 Decrease0.50
Registered electors 116,452 Increase13.64
JP hold Swing Decrease3.41

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa 41,445 57.08 Increase14.60
INC Basappa Danappa Jatti 17,580 24.21 Increase19.86
Independent Airani Syed Altaf Tajuddin 11,168 15.38 New
Independent Kittur Bhimappa Shivalingappa 1,104 1.52 New
Independent Hugar Kallappa Murteppa 524 0.72 New
Independent Konnur Gurbasappa Kadappa 459 0.63 New
Margin of victory 23,865 32.87 Increase26.90
Turnout 74,258 72.46 Decrease1.49
Total valid votes 72,613
Rejected ballots 1,645 2.22 Decrease0.32
Registered electors 102,478 Increase10.25
JP gain from INC(I) Swing Increase8.62

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 16
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Pattar Venkappa Veerappa 32,461 48.46 New
JP Bagalkot Gurupadappa Shivappa 28,460 42.48 New
INC Hugar Kallappa Murteppa 2,914 4.35 Decrease42.18
Independent Awati Shamshoddin Sydusaheb 2,510 3.75 New
Independent Gondi Mahalingappa 647 0.97 New
Margin of victory 4,001 5.97 Increase2.63
Turnout 68,736 73.95
Total valid votes 66,992
Rejected ballots 1,744 2.54
Registered electors 92,953
INC(I) gain from INC(O) Swing Decrease1.41

Assembly By-election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election : Jamkhandi 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(O) Athani S. Malappa 22,393 49.87 Increase8.19
INC B. P. Mallappa 20,895 46.53 Decrease9.36
SSP T. B. Venkareddi 1,617 3.60 New
Margin of victory 1,498 3.34 Decrease10.87
Total valid votes 44,905
INC(O) gain from INC Swing Decrease6.02

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bangi Pavadeppa Mallappa 26,029 55.89 Increase2.27
INC(O) A. G. Desai 19,411 41.68 New
ABJS Y. C. Shindlingappa 1,128 2.42 New
Margin of victory 6,618 14.21 Increase6.97
Turnout 47,657 66.45 Decrease10.21
Total valid votes 46,568
Registered electors 71,718 Increase15.97
INC hold Swing Increase2.27

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 19
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Basappa Danappa Jatti 24,578 53.62 Decrease10.09
Independent M. M. Shivappa 21,261 46.38 New
Margin of victory 3,317 7.24 Decrease23.34
Turnout 47,411 76.66 Increase8.11
Total valid votes 45,839
Registered electors 61,843 Increase13.29
INC hold Swing Decrease10.09

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 20
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Basappa Danappa Jatti 22,776 63.71 Increase8.55
Lok Sewak Sangh Murgod Mahadevappa Shivappa 11,844 33.13 New
ABJS Gurusangappa Chandramappa Malagar 1,127 3.15 New
Margin of victory 10,932 30.58 Increase20.27
Turnout 37,421 68.55 Increase5.27
Total valid votes 35,747
Registered electors 54,586 Increase23.06
INC hold Swing Increase8.55

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 21
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Basappa Danappa Jatti 15,481 55.16 Decrease7.72
Independent Murgod Mahadevappa Shivappa 12,587 44.84 New
Margin of victory 2,894 10.31 Decrease35.24
Turnout 28,068 63.28 Increase2.66
Total valid votes 28,068
Registered electors 44,357 Decrease29.61
INC hold Swing Decrease7.72

Assembly Election 1952

1952 Bombay State Legislative Assembly election : Jamkhandi 22
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Basappa Danappa Jatti 24,020 62.88 New
Independent Murgod Mahadevappa Shivappa 6,618 17.32 New
KMPP Bangi Pawadayappa Mallappa 5,500 14.40 New
Socialist Party (India) Bokhare Anna Babaji 2,064 5.40 New
Margin of victory 17,402 45.55
Turnout 38,202 60.62
Total valid votes 38,202
Registered electors 63,020
INC win (new seat)
See also

See also

References

References

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