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Assembly constituency 51 · Karnataka

Bhalki is assembly constituency number 51 in Karnataka, in Bidar district, and one of the segments of the Bidar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Eshwar Khandre of the Indian National Congress won with 56.9% of the vote, 27,706 votes ahead of Prakash Khandre (BJP).

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Bhalki · 2023AC 51
  1. 01
    Eshwar Khandre
    INC
    99,451
    56.90%
  2. 02
    Prakash Khandre
    BJP
    71,745
    41.05%
  3. 03
    Tukaram Hajare S/o Narayanrao
    AAP
    949
    0.54%
  4. 04
    Rouf Patel
    JD(S)
    636
    0.36%
  5. 05
    Vaijinath S/o Bajirao Tagare
    Independent
    376
    0.22%
  6. 8 other candidates · 770 votesNOTA · 851 (0.49%)

Margin 27,706 votes · 15.85% of valid votes

2,30,959
Registered electors
2023 election
75.8%
Turnout
+1.4 pts vs 2018
27,706
Victory margin
15.9% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,74,778 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bhalki 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Eshwar KhandreMale · 61 yrsINC99,451
56.90%
2Prakash KhandreMale · 65 yrsBJP71,745
41.05%
3Tukaram Hajare S/o NarayanraoMale · 32 yrsAAP949
0.54%
—NOTANOTA851
0.49%
4Rouf PatelMale · 41 yrsJD(S)636
0.36%
5Vaijinath S/o Bajirao TagareMale · 45 yrsIndependent376
0.22%
6S. Vaijaynath. G.Male · 47 yrsIndependent240
0.14%
7B. A. BoroleMale · 40 yrsIndependent202
0.12%
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8Pandurang SharnappaMale · 49 yrsIndependent75
0.04%
9Ambadas . J . SalankeMale · 33 yrsIndependent62
0.04%
10Sidram VaijinathMale · 37 yrsKRS59
0.03%
11Umesh Gunderao PandreMale · 51 yrsIndependent47
0.03%
12Ganesh S/o GovindMale · 32 yrs · STIndependent45
0.03%
13Abdul Jameel InamdarMale · 56 yrsIndependent40
0.02%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023INC 56.9%BJP 41.0%AAP 0.5%JD(S) 0.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Eshwar KhandreINC · 56.9% · margin 27,706Turnout75.8%
2018Eshwar KhandreINC · 50.7% · margin 21,438Turnout74.4%
2013Eshwara KhandreINC · 39.4% · margin 9,669Turnout73.5%
2008Eshwara Bhimanna KhandreINC · 50.0% · margin 20,971Turnout66.4%

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

Bhalki result 2018

Bhalki 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Eshwar KhandreINC84,673
50.68%
2D K SidramBJP63,235
37.85%
3Khandre PrakashJD(S)15,142
9.06%
—NOTANOTA1,042
0.62%
4Eshwarappa Chakote AdvocateJD(U)668
0.40%
5Vaijinath ShapureIndependent577
0.35%
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6BalajiraoIndependent468
0.28%
7SharadIndependent419
0.25%
8Venkat Rao BiradarShiv Sena280
0.17%
9PuttarajSP209
0.13%
10UmeshIndependent183
0.11%
11BansilalIndependent162
0.10%

Bhalki result 2013

Bhalki 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Eshwara KhandreINC58,012
39.44%
2Sidram D.K.KJP48,343
32.87%
3Prakash KhandreBJP29,694
20.19%
4D.K. SonphuleIndependent2,414
1.64%
5JanardhanJD(S)2,255
1.53%
6BhalkeshwarIndependent1,561
1.06%
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7IsmalashaBSP1,102
0.75%
8Jagannath JamadarBSRCP1,024
0.70%
9AshokIndependent1,012
0.69%
10PrakashIndependent717
0.49%
11Babu PashaIndependent489
0.33%
12NeelkanthIndependent468
0.32%

Bhalki result 2008

Bhalki 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Eshwara Bhimanna KhandreINC64,492
50.01%
2Prakash KhandreBJP43,521
33.75%
3Anil P BhusareJD(S)12,893
10.00%
4Yadavarao KanseBSP2,772
2.15%
5Venkatrao S/o KishanraoIndependent1,605
1.24%
6Rajkumar ShivalingayyaIndependent1,009
0.78%
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7Veeranna BasavanappaIndependent926
0.72%
8Rajkumar S/o ChandrappaIndependent449
0.35%
9Narsing S/o KishanraoSP372
0.29%
10Eshwar S/o RudrappaIndependent244
0.19%
11Bapurao NeelkanthraoIndependent241
0.19%
12Trimbak TukaramIndependent230
0.18%
13Baswaraj PatilIndependent193
0.15%
Map

Bhalki 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 Bidar district

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

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Sagar Eshwar KhandreINC89,180 53.7%
  • Bhagwanth KhubaBJP72,437 43.6%
  • PutarajBSP682 0.4%
  • Ambadas Sopanrao HulsureBUJNBHRTP678 0.4%
  • Dr. Dinkar MoreIndependent571 0.3%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 16,743 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Bhalki assembly seat in 2023?

Eshwar Khandre of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Bhalki in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 99,451 votes, which was 56.90% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bhalki?

The margin was 27,706 votes (15.85% of valid votes). The runner-up was Prakash Khandre of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 71,745 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bhalki in 2023?

Turnout was 75.77%: 1,75,009 of 2,30,959 registered electors voted, across 263 polling stations. That is 1.4 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bhalki part of?

Bhalki is an assembly segment of the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sagar Eshwar Khandre got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bhalki a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Bhalki?

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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