Karkala Assembly constituency

Karkala
Constituency No. 122 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Lok Sabha constituency	Udupi Chikmagalur
Established	1951
Total electors	190,611[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. Sunil Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	H. Gopal Bhandary

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

It is part of Udupi district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Member	Party
1952	A. B. Shetty		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Kedinje Kantappa Hegde		Indian National Congress
	Manjappa Ullal
1962	Dayanand Kalle		Praja Socialist Party
1967	B. R. Shetty		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Veerappa Moily		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Veerappa Moily		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983			Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994
1999	H. Gopal Bhandary
2004	V. Sunil Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	H. Gopal Bhandary		Indian National Congress
2013	V. Sunil Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkal^[1]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	77,028	49.11	−13.41
	INC	Udaya Shetty Muniyal	72,426	46.18	+12.82
	Independent	Pramod Muthalik	4,508	2.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	921	0.59	−0.33
Majority			4,602	2.93	−26.23
Turnout			156,843	82.28	+1.67
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	91,245	62.52
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	48,679	33.36
	AIMEP	Maksood Ahamed	1,817	1.25
	BSP	Uday Kumar	1,348	0.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,340	0.92
Majority			42,273	29.16
Turnout			1,45,935	80.61
	BJP hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	65,039	49.9
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	60785	46.6
	JD(S)	Water D Souza	1302	1
Majority			4254
Turnout			130474

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	56529	50.7
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	54,992	49.3
Majority			1537
Turnout			111521

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	52,061	53.1
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	42266	43.1
	JD(S)	Pandarinatha Shenoy Y	2205	2.3
Majority			9795	10.1%	9795

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karkal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. B. Shetty	18,370	46.60%	46.60%
	KMPP	Dharmasamarajaya	14,404	36.54%
	Independent	R. Shenoi Devaraya	6,649	16.87%
Margin of victory			3,966	10.06%
Turnout			39,423	59.32%
Registered electors			66,461
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Udupi 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. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Karkala". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2008". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
7. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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