Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India

Khanapur
Constituency No. 14 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
LS constituency	Uttara Kannada
Total electors	Total : 2,12,664 Males : 1,09,732 Females : 1,02,922 Others : 10
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vithal Somanna Halagekar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Anjali Nimbalkar

Khanapur Assembly seat is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in the state of Karnataka in India. It is one of the 8 constituencies which make up Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency). It has been a stronghold of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) whose candidates tend to contest as independents because it is not officially recognized as a party. In 1962, MES did contest the election under its own official name.

Members of Assembly

Year	Member^[1]
1957	Laxman Balaji Birje	Independent
1962	Laxman Balaji Birje	Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti
1967	Nilkanth Sardesai	Independent
1972
1978
1983	Vasantrao Patil
1985	Vasantrao Patil
1989	Vithalrao Chavan
1994	Ashok Narayan Patil
1999	Ashok Narayan Patil
2004	Digambar Patil
2008	Pralhad Remani	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	Independent
2018	Anjali Nimbalkar	Indian National Congress
2023	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	91,834	57.04
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	37,205	23.11
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,236	0.77
Majority			54,629
Turnout			1,61,013
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	36,649	23.76
	BJP	Vithal Halagekar	31,516	20.44
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	27,272	17.68
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	26,613	17.26
	Independent	Vilas Krishna Belgaonkar	17,851	11.58
	Independent	Jothiba Pralhad Remani	5,898	3.82
	Independent	Krishnaji Pundalik Patil	2,153	1.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,561	1.01
Majority			5,133
Turnout			1,54,219	74.65
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2013 Election

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	37,055	27.47
	INC	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri	20,903	15.50
	Independent	Anjali Nimbalkar	17,686	13.11
	BJP	Pralhad Kallappa Remani	16,021	11.88
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	15,052	11.16
	KJP	Baburao Govind Desai	14,502	10.75
	Independent	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	3,087	2.29
Majority			16,152
Turnout			1,34,890	72.76
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1978 Election

Sirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao (IND / MES) : 16,610 votes
Babshet Krishna Ji Ramchandra JNP 13595

1972 Election

Sardesai N B (IND/MES) : 23,081 votes ^[4]
B. B. Veerabhadrappa (NCO) : 10,674

1967 Election

Sardesai, Nilkanth Bhagwantrao (IND) : 21,281 votes ^[5]
T. K. Ningappa (INC) : 14,490

1962 Election

Laxman Balaji Birje (MES) : 25,162 ^[6]
Rohinibai Pandurang Wagale (INC) : 14,614

References

^ "Khanapur Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency".
^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.