Bailhongal Assembly constituency

Bailhongal
Constituency No. 16 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
Lok Sabha constituency	Belagavi
Established	1967
Total electors	195,828[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mahantesh Koujalagi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vishwanath Patil

Bailhongal Assembly constituency is one of the 225 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Bailhongal is also part of Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Name	Party
Until 1967: Seat did not exist. See Sampagaon II
1967	B. B. Annappa		Indian National Congress
1972	P. B. Aravali Patel		Indian National Congress (O)

Karnataka State

Year	Name	Party
1978	Ramalingappa Balekundargi		Indian National Congress
1983
1985	Shivananda Koujalagi		Janata Party
1989			Janata Dal
1994
1996^	Mahantesh Koujalagi
1999			Janata Dal (United)
2004	Jagadish Metgud		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Vishwanath Patil		Karnataka Janata Paksha
2018	Mahantesh Koujalagi		Indian National Congress
2023

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bailhongal^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahantesh Shivanand Koujalagi	58,408	38.28	+5.79
	BJP	Jagdish Channappa Metgud	55,630	36.46	+10.56
	Independent	Vishwanath Patil	25,060	16.42
	JD(S)	Shankar Bharamappa Madalagi	9,427	6.18	−3.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,319	0.86	−0.07
Majority			2,778	1.82	−1.72
Turnout			152,596	77.92	−0.43
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bailhongal^[5]^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Koujalagi Mahantesh Shivanand	47,040	32.49
	Independent	Jagdish Channappa Metgud	41,918	28.95
	BJP	Vishwanath Patil	37,498	25.90
	JD(S)	Shankar Bharamappa Madalagi	13,548	9.36
	Independent	Sunil L Guddakayu	1,767	1.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,352	0.93
Majority			5,122	3.54
Turnout			1,44,800	78.35
	INC gain from KJP		Swing

See also

• Bailhongal
• Belagavi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Bailhongal Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
4. "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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