Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency

Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency
	Uttata Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Khanapur; Kittur; Haliyal; Karwar; Kumta; Bhatkal; Sirsi; Yellapur
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Canara), sometimes called Karwar, is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed.

Assembly segments

There are 8 assembly segments under the Uttar Kannada (North Kannada) Lok Sabha seat ^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
14	Khanapur	Belagavi	Vitthal Halagekar	BJP	BJP
15	Kittur	Belagavi	Babasaheb Patil	INC
76	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	R. V. Deshpande
77	Karwar		Satish Krishna Sail
78	Kumta		Dinakar Keshav Shetty	BJP
79	Bhatkal		M. S. Vaidya	INC
80	Sirsi		Bhimanna T. Naik	INC
81	Yellapur		Shivaram Hebbar	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member^[2]^[3]
1952	Joachim Alva	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Dinakara Desai	Independent
1971	B. V. Naik	Indian National Congress
1977	Balsu Pursu Kadam	Indian National Congress
1980	G. Devaraya Naik	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Margaret Alva	Indian National Congress
2004	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			61.97%
2019			68.15%
2014			54.64%
2009			44.63%
2004			51.94%
1999			47.85%
1998			50.74%
1996			42.92%
1991			35.53%
1989			38.02%
1984			50.25%
1980			57.97%
1977			51.71%
1971			67.84%
1967			51.17%
1962			46.72%
1957			48.81%
1952			60.54%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	782,495	61.97	6.18
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	445,067	35.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,176	0.81	0.58
	IND	8 Independent Candidates	17,722	1.40
	OTH	3 Other Party Candidates	7,301	0.58
Majority			337,428	26.72	14.87
Turnout			1,263,871	76.80	2.64
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	786,042	68.15	13.51
	JD(S)	Anand Asnotikar	306,393	26.56
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,017	1.39	0.24
	BSP	Sudhakar Kira Jogalekar	7,195	0.62	0.12
	IND	6 Independent Candidates	25,915	2.25
	OTH	4 Other Party Candidates	11,918	1.03
Majority			479,649	41.59	27.53
Turnout			1,154,390	74.16	5.12
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	546,939	54.64	10.01
	INC	Prashant R. Deshpande	406,239	40.58	1.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,277	1.63
	BSP	Naik Santhosh	7,404	0.74	0.49
	AAP	Raghavendra K. Thane	6,215	0.62
	IND	2 Independent Candidates	7,811	0.78
	OTH	3 Other Party Candidates	10,153	1.01
Majority			140,700	14.06	11.06
Turnout			1,001,470	69.04	9.95
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	339,300	44.63	7.31
	INC	Margaret Alva	316,531	41.63	10.34
	JD(S)	V. D. Hegade	48,850	6.43	1.90
	IND	Yashwant Timmanna Nippanikar	15,836	2.08
	BSP	Hadapad Basavaraj Dundappa	9,340	1.23
	SS	D. M. Gurav	8,095	1.06
	IND	Khazi Rahmatulla Abdul Wahab	7,280	0.96
	IND	L. P. M. Naik	5,895	0.78
	IND	Uday Babu Khalvadekar	3,283	0.43
	IND	Abdul Rasheed Shaikh	3,000	0.39
	JD(U)	Elish Kotiyal	2,865	0.38
Majority			22,769	3.00	17.65
Turnout			760,275	59.09
	BJP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	433,174	51.94	5.51
	INC	Margaret Alva	260,948	31.29	16.56
	JD(S)	G. Devaraya Naik	69,487	8.33	3.46
	JP	Neernalli Ramakrishn	24,213	2.90
	KNDP	Jayant Mukund Tinaikar	19,840	2.38
	IND	Mutaguppi Laxmesh Putta	17,513	2.10
	IND	Ajeya Madhav Shanbhag	8,757	1.05
Majority			172,226	20.65	19.23
Turnout			833,932
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Margaret Alva	356,246	47.85	9.28
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	345,655	46.43	4.31
	JD(S)	Gardikar Damodhar Narayana Naik	36,258	4.87
	NCP	Nayak Balakrishna Venkanna	3,301	0.44
	AJBP	M. K. S. Kalbagkar	3,074	0.41
Majority			10,591	1.42	10.75
Turnout			773,556	70.25	2.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	363,051	50.74	7.82
	INC	Margaret Alva	276,004	38.57	24.81
	JD	Bobati Udachappa Kheerappa	36,558	5.11	29.13
	KVP	Bhemanna Naik	27,022	3.78
	IND	I. M. Rizwan	7,163	1.00
	SP	Lalita G. Hegde	3,623	0.51
	IND	M. K. Shanbhag Kalbagkar	2,122	0.30
Majority			87,047	12.17	3.49
Turnout			730,812	67.27	5.27
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde	276,311	42.92	13.60
	JD	Pramod Hegde	220,415	34.24	8.52
	INC	Rama Narayan Naik	88,609	13.76	21.77
	KCP	N. M. Naik	43,694	6.79
	IND	Naik Balakrishna Venkanna	7,466	1.16
	IND	K. Khargekar Annandrao	2,211	0.34
	IND	Goankar Rajmahendra	2,168	0.34
	IND	Naik Mallu Bhikaro	1,527	0.24
	IND	Ganapati Devanna Naik	1,420	0.22
Majority			55,896	8.68	2.47
Turnout			662,500	62.00	10.60
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Devaraya Naik	171,436	35.53	2.49
	BJP	Karki Manjunath	141,472	29.32
	JD	R. V. Deshpande	124,123	25.72	7.31
	KRRS	Bobati Udachappa Kheerappa	45,515	9.43	3.30
Majority			29,964	6.21	1.22
Turnout			497,775	51.40	17.50
	INC hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Devaraya Naik	240,571	38.02	12.23
	JD	Anant Nag	209,003	33.03
	KRRS	Pattekar Basanna Nagesh	80,566	12.73
	IND	Shivram Karanth	58,902	9.31
	JP	Naik Bhairav Das	23,616	3.73	36.09
	IND	Dharashwar Manjunath Shridhar	9,352	1.48
	IND	Naik Vasu Kanna	4,155	0.66
	IND	Krishna Vasu Naik	3,217	0.51
	IND	Naik Dakappa Nagappa	1,754	0.28
	IND	Keshav Durgappa Naik	1,577	0.25
Majority			31,568	4.99	5.44
Turnout			668,957	68.90	2.52
	INC hold		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	G. Devaraya Naik	237,064	50.25	7.72
	JP	G. S. Hegde Ajjibal	187,866	39.82	9.99
	IND	Yallurkar Kisanrao Sidary	23,428	4.97
	IND	Balchandra Shankareppa Badiger	9,932	2.11
	IND	M. G. Ramesh	7,331	1.55
	IND	Naik Balakrishna Venkappa	6,120	1.30
Majority			49,198	10.43	17.71
Turnout			486,027	66.38	4.63
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	G. Devaraya Naik	240,431	57.97	6.26
	JP	R. V. Deshpande	123,731	29.83	12.81
	INC(U)	Kadam Balsu Pursu	46,549	11.22
	IND	Sulebhavi Allisab Bawasab	4,058	0.98
Majority			116,700	28.14	19.07
Turnout			429,493	61.75	5.26
	INC(I) hold		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kadam Balsu Pursu	195,974	51.71	16.13
	JP	Ramakrishna Hegde	161,580	42.64
	IND	B. V. Naik	16,702	4.41
	IND	Shankargouda Chanabasappa Patil	4,700	1.24
Majority			34,394	9.07	31.64
Turnout			391,234	67.01	16.86
	INC hold		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. V. Naik	161,296	67.84	26.60
	IND	Dinkar Desai	64,517	27.13
	IND	Dhakappa Shriram Sheshgiri	9,518	4.00
	IND	Pawar Kamalakar Subbarao	2,440	1.03
Majority			96,779	40.71	30.78
Turnout			247,689	50.15	14.09
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	Dinakara Desai	143,287	51.17
	INC	N. G. Vaman	115,490	41.24	5.48
	IND	B. V. Venkataraman	13,035	4.65
	IND	B. S. Shambhu	8,220	2.94
Majority			27,797	9.93	2.95
Turnout			297,779	64.24	3.06
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joachim Alva	132,958	46.72	2.09
	IND	Manohar Dattatray Malgaonkar	113,089	39.74
	IND	Shambhu Prabhu Bhat	18,792	6.60
	CPI	Dhareshwar	13,132	4.61
	IND	Yeshvant Shripad Damle	6,598	2.32
Majority			19,869	6.98	15.98
Turnout			298,758	61.18	4.85
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joachim Alva	118,550	48.81	11.73
	PSP	Divekar Maha Baleshwar Rudra	62,783	25.85
	IND	Malgaonkar Manohar Dattatray	50,265	20.70
	IND	Bhat Shambhu Shambhu	11,269	4.64
Majority			55,767	22.96	1.88
Turnout			242,867	56.33	5.86
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Kanara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Joachim Alva	139,557	60.54
	Socialist	Dinakara Desai	90,955	39.46
Majority			48,602	21.08
Turnout			230,512	62.19
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 411–2. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
↑ "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
↑ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume I" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 89. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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[1] "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 411–2. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

[2] "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

[3] "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume I" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 89. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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