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Belgaum
Belgaum
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
LS constituency	Belgaum
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Belgaum Vidhana Sabha seat was part of the Karnataka state assembly in India, and part of Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency. The seat ceased to exist after the assembly seats' boundary was redrawn in 2008. Now the city's constituencies are Belgaum Dakshin and Belgaum Uttar.^[1]

Members of Assembly

Bombay State

As Belgaum Urban

1952: Dalvi Bhujang Keshav (Independent)

Mysore State

As Belgaum City

1957: Balakrishna Sunthankar (Independent)

1962: Balkrishna Sunthankar (MES)^[2]

As Belgaum

1967: Balwant Bhimarao Sayanak (Independent)^[3]
1972: Sw. B. Annappa (Independent)^[4]

Karnataka State

1978: Balwant Bhimarao Sayanak (Independent)^[5]
1983: Rajabhau Mane (Independent)
1985: Rajabhau Mane (Independent)
1989: Bapusaheb Raosaheb Mahagaonkar (Independent)
1992: Arjunrao Laxmanrao Hisobkar (Independent)
1994: Narayan Tarale (Independent)
1999: Ramesh Kudachi (Congress)
2004: Ramesh Kudachi (Congress)^[6]
2009 onwards : Seat does not exist: See Belgaum Dakshin and Belgaum Uttar

Election results

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kudachi Ramesh Laxman	32,198	32.58%	8.35
	BJP	Vilas Ramachandra Pawar	31,181	31.55%	6.12
	Independent	Dalvi Deepak Arjun Rao	29,051	29.40%	New
	JD(S)	Madiwale. F. M	2,213	2.24%	New
	SS	Prakash Ramachandra Shirolkar	1,197	1.21%	New
	Kannada Nadu Party	Girish Parasharam Balekundri	1,098	1.11%	New
	Independent	Satish Neminath Gouragonda	925	0.94%	New
	AIML	Sayyed Bande Nawaz Mohammed Hanif	693	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			1,017	1.03%	7.30
Turnout			98,820	53.26%	4.51
Registered electors			1,85,703		16.51
	INC hold		Swing	8.35

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kudachi Ramesh Laxman	37,664	40.93%	29.11
	Independent	Ashtekar Malojirao Shantaram	30,004	32.61%	New
	BJP	Rajpurohit Babulal Achalsingh	23,405	25.44%	14.67
	SP	Farook Hannan	617	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			7,660	8.33%	5.33
Turnout			92,010	59.75%	2.04
Registered electors			1,59,386		11.93
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	3.85

Assembly Election 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Narayan Rao Tarale	35,515	44.79%	*New*
	Independent	Potdar Anil Mohanrao	24,689	31.13%	New
	INC	Chandshawale Sayed Anwarsha Syeed Peer	9,375	11.82%	2.55
	BJP	Patil Shankarrao Irappa	8,535	10.76%	New
	Independent	Doddawani Narayan Krishnayya	478	0.60%	New
	Independent	Bagewadi Vishwanath	406	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			10,826	13.65%	7.69
Turnout			79,297	56.47%	9.22
Registered electors			1,42,404
	Independent hold		Swing	5.83

Assembly Election 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bapusaheb Raosaheb Mahagaonkar	35,196	38.96%	*New*
	JP	Potdar Anil Mohanrao	29,809	32.99%	24.21
	Independent	Dalvi Deepak Arjun	10,037	11.11%	New
	INC	Shobha Anil Herwadkar	8,382	9.28%	23.41
	JD	Potadar Asha Vasantrao	3,973	4.40%	New
	Independent	Mushtaq Hussain Faroqui	831	0.92%	New
	Independent	Krishna Shankarrao Mandekar	703	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			5,387	5.96%	10.66
Turnout			90,350	67.27%	6.20
Registered electors			1,39,206
	Independent hold		Swing	10.36

Assembly Election 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mane Rajabhau Shankar Rao	32,401	49.31%	*New*
	INC	Kakatkar Shivajirao Yallappa	21,477	32.69%	5.44
	JP	Chindak Rajendra Goverdhan	5,770	8.78%	3.49
	Independent	Kamble Tukaram Krishnappa	362	0.55%	New
Margin of victory			10,924	16.63%	0.69
Turnout			65,704	59.31%	20.73
Registered electors			1,11,931		12.39
	Independent hold		Swing	4.74

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mane Rajabhau Shankar Rao	42,763	54.06%	*New*
	INC	Doddannavar Surendra Alias Komalanna Ramachandra	30,159	38.12%	New
	JP	Sirur Chandrashekhar Neelakantappa	4,183	5.29%	New
	Independent	Moulvi Farook Ahmed A. Hannan	1,412	1.78%	New
Margin of victory			12,604	15.93%	1.29
Turnout			79,109	80.30%	0.83
Registered electors			99,592		14.60
	Independent hold		Swing	2.91

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sayanak Balwant Bhimrao	39,736	56.97%	*New*
	Independent	Naghnoor M. N.	27,720	39.74%	New
	Independent	Mokashi Abdulsattar Mohamad Ghouse	942	1.35%	New
	Independent	K. Vidyasagar	865	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			12,016	17.23%	2.83
Turnout			69,753	81.31%	4.40
Registered electors			86,901		19.87
	Independent hold		Swing	11.85

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sw. B. Annappa	24,814	45.11%	*New*
	INC(O)	P. R. Bhimarao	13,783	25.06%	New
	CPI	M. K. Rarashuram	12,646	22.99%	New
	Independent	K. G. Shankarrao	1,995	3.63%	New
	Independent	G. M. Abdulmajid	1,409	2.56%	New
	SWA	A. Tatyasahab Mirji	356	0.65%	New
Margin of victory			11,031	20.06%	13.25
Turnout			55,003	76.95%	5.67
Registered electors			72,495		11.86
	Independent hold		Swing	7.53

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sayanak Balwant Bhimrao	27,818	52.64%	*New*
	INC	P. B. Bharmagauda	24,224	45.84%	12.84
	Independent	M. K. Parasharam	582	1.10%	New
Margin of victory			3,594	6.80%	27.20
Turnout			52,843	84.24%	9.60
Registered electors			64,808		13.00
	Independent gain from MES		Swing

Assembly Election 1962

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MES	Sunthankar Balakrishna Rangrao	27,643	67.00%	*New*
	INC	Sidaram Basappa Kanabargi	13,614	33.00%	8.78
Margin of victory			14,029	34.00%	17.56
Turnout			41,257	74.39%	0.76
Registered electors			57,351		7.16
	MES gain from Independent		Swing	8.78

Assembly Election 1957

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Belagavi City
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sunthankar Balakrishna Rangrao	22,179	58.22%	*New*
	INC	Qazi Mohamed Husain Mohamed Saheb	15,915	41.78%	New
Margin of victory			6,264	16.44%
Turnout			38,094	71.18%
Registered electors			53,520
	Independent win (new seat)

References

^ Naveen Menezes (2 May 2018). "maharashtra ekikaran samiti: Marathi belt: Divided Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti could help BJP and Congress". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in.
^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in.

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[1] Naveen Menezes (2 May 2018). "maharashtra ekikaran samiti: Marathi belt: Divided Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti could help BJP and Congress". The Economic Times. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[2] "Karnataka Election Results 1962, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 1962". www.elections.in.

[3] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in.

[4] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1972". www.elections.in.

[5] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in.

[6] "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in.

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