Bhadravati Assembly constituency

Bhadravati
Constituency No. 112 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
LS constituency	Shimoga
Established	1951
Total electors	212,359[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent B. K. Sangameshwara
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	M. J. Appaji Gowda

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

It is part of Shimoga district. B. K. Sangameshwara is the current MLA from Bhadravati.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source^[3]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1952	B. Madavachar		Indian National Congress
1957	D. T. Seetarama Rao
1962	T. D. Devendrappa
1967	Abdul Khuddas Anwar		Praja Socialist Party
1972			Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	G. Rajasekhar		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Salera S Siddappa		Janata Party
1985			Independent
1989	S. Isamia		Indian National Congress
1994	M. J. Appaji Gowda		Independent
1999
2004	B. K. Sangameshwara
2008			Indian National Congress
2013	M. J. Appaji Gowda		Janata Dal
2018	B. K. Sangameshwara		Indian National Congress
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bhadravati^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. K. Sangameshwara	66,208	42.63	−6.90
	JD(S)	Sharada Appaji	63,503	40.89	−1.08
	BJP	Mangote Rudresh	21,279	13.7	+7.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	803	0.52	−0.41
Majority			2,705	1.74	−5.82
Turnout			155,311	73.14	−0.45
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bhadravati^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. K. Sangameshwara	75,722	49.53
	JD(S)	M. J. Appaji	64,155	41.97
	BJP	G. R. Praveen Patel	8,974	5.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,427	0.93
Majority			11,567	7.56
Turnout			152,877	73.59
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Shimoga district

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. "Bhadravati Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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