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Assembly constituency 112 · Karnataka

Bhadravati is assembly constituency number 112 in Karnataka, in Shimoga district, and one of the segments of the Shimoga Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election B. K. Sangameshwara of the Indian National Congress won with 42.6% of the vote, 2,705 votes ahead of Sharada Appaji (JD(S)).

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Bhadravati · 2023AC 112
  1. 01
    B. K. Sangameshwara
    INC
    66,208
    42.63%
  2. 02
    Sharada Appaji
    JD(S)
    63,503
    40.89%
  3. 03
    Mangote Rudresh
    BJP
    21,279
    13.70%
  4. 04
    Ananda Maruthi Medicals
    AAP
    1,387
    0.89%
  5. 05
    Basavaraja P.E.
    RPIK
    426
    0.27%
  6. 9 other candidates · 1,705 votesNOTA · 803 (0.52%)

Margin 2,705 votes · 1.74% of valid votes

2,12,359
Registered electors
2023 election
73.2%
Turnout
-0.5 pts vs 2018
2,705
Victory margin
1.7% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,55,311 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bhadravati 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1B. K. SangameshwaraMale · 60 yrsINC66,208
42.63%
2Sharada AppajiFemale · 60 yrsJD(S)63,503
40.89%
3Mangote RudreshMale · 48 yrsBJP21,279
13.70%
4Ananda Maruthi MedicalsMale · 58 yrsAAP1,387
0.89%
—NOTANOTA803
0.52%
5Basavaraja P.E.Male · 66 yrs · SCRPIK426
0.27%
6Shashikumar. YMale · 42 yrs · SCIndependent379
0.24%
7Rajashekar.sMale · 37 yrsIndependent289
0.19%
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8Sumithra BaiFemale · 55 yrsKRS239
0.15%
9John BennyMale · 54 yrsIndependent214
0.14%
10S.K. SudheendraMale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent145
0.09%
11Shashikumar GowdaMale · 41 yrsJD(U)135
0.09%
12Ahamad AliMale · 45 yrsIndependent107
0.07%
13Mohan Gowda M.techMale · 43 yrsIndependent104
0.07%
14B.n.rajuMale · 53 yrs · SCIndependent93
0.06%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023INC 42.6%JD(S) 40.9%BJP 13.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023B. K. SangameshwaraINC · 42.6% · margin 2,705Turnout73.2%
2018B.k.sangameshwara.INC · 49.5% · margin 11,567Turnout73.7%
2013Appaji. M.jJD(S) · 54.6% · margin 44,099Turnout72.0%
2008B.k.sangameshwaraINC · 42.5% · margin 487Turnout63.9%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Bhadravati result 2018

Bhadravati 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1B.k.sangameshwara.INC75,722
49.53%
2Appaji.m.j.JD(S)64,155
41.97%
3Praveen Patel.g.r.BJP8,974
5.87%
—NOTANOTA1,427
0.93%
4Shashikumar S.gowda.Independent572
0.37%
5Mumtaz BegumAIMEP450
0.29%
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6S.k.sudheendra.Independent348
0.23%
7John BennyIndependent252
0.16%
8Ravi Kumar.hAAP219
0.14%
9VenkateshaIndependent194
0.13%
10P.E. BasavarajIndependent172
0.11%
11B.n.nagraja (b.n.raju)Independent116
0.08%
12Om Vijay VamshiIndependent104
0.07%
13Ahamed AliIndependent98
0.06%
14Komala Kumari. RIndependent74
0.05%

Bhadravati result 2013

Bhadravati 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Appaji. M.jJD(S)78,370
54.59%
2B.k.sangameshwaraIndependent34,271
23.87%
3C.M. IbrahimINC22,329
15.55%
4HanumantharaoIndependent2,254
1.57%
5S.B. Shivaji Rao SindhyaBJP1,779
1.24%
6HanumanthappaIndependent1,282
0.89%
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7Ahamed AliIndependent1,084
0.76%
8Vasundara Devi. PIndependent440
0.31%
9Comrede P. MurthyCPI(M)381
0.27%
10Teepu SulthanIndependent255
0.18%
11SureshBSP223
0.16%
12Omvijaya VamshiIndependent189
0.13%
13S. VenkateshmurthyLSP158
0.11%
14Kalpana A Nadig SharmaJD(U)140
0.10%
15B.g.c.kumarIndependent135
0.09%
16Balakrishna. MBSRCP133
0.09%
17Akhil AhmedIndependent133
0.09%

Bhadravati result 2008

Bhadravati 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1B.k.sangameshwaraINC53,257
42.50%
2Appaji.m.jJD(S)52,770
42.11%
3Ayanur ManjunathaBJP13,374
10.67%
4C.maheshakumaraBSP2,532
2.02%
5Akhil AhmedIndependent1,721
1.37%
6BabajanSP829
0.66%
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7S.sathishaSUP817
0.65%
Map

Bhadravati outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Shimoga district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Bhadravati is one of the assembly segments of Shimoga. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Shimoga candidates.

  • B.y.raghavendraBJP84,208 54.2%
  • Geetha ShivarajkumarINC65,105 41.9%
  • K. S. EswarappaIndependent3,267 2.1%
  • BandiIndependent705 0.5%
  • Ravikumara N.Independent496 0.3%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 19,103 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bhadravati.

Who won the Bhadravati assembly seat in 2023?

B. K. Sangameshwara of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Bhadravati in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 66,208 votes, which was 42.63% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bhadravati?

The margin was 2,705 votes (1.74% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sharada Appaji of the Janata Dal (Secular) with 63,503 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bhadravati in 2023?

Turnout was 73.22%: 1,55,480 of 2,12,359 registered electors voted, across 253 polling stations. That is 0.5 points lower than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bhadravati part of?

Bhadravati is an assembly segment of the Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, B.y.raghavendra got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bhadravati a reserved constituency?

No. Bhadravati is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Bhadravati?

The Karnataka assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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