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Assembly constituency 79 · Karnataka

Bhatkal is assembly constituency number 79 in Karnataka, in Uttara Kannada district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Mankal Vaidya of the Indian National Congress won with 57.5% of the vote, 32,671 votes ahead of Sunil B. Naik (BJP).

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Bhatkal · 2023AC 79
  1. 01
    Mankal Vaidya
    INC
    1,00,442
    57.45%
  2. 02
    Sunil B. Naik
    BJP
    67,771
    38.76%
  3. 03
    Nagendra Naik
    JD(S)
    1,502
    0.86%
  4. 04
    Dr.naseem Khan
    AAP
    1,007
    0.58%
  5. 05
    Gafoor Sab
    Independent
    662
    0.38%
  6. 4 other candidates · 2,241 votesNOTA · 1,223 (0.70%)

Margin 32,671 votes · 18.69% of valid votes

2,22,794
Registered electors
2023 election
78.6%
Turnout
+1.2 pts vs 2018
32,671
Victory margin
18.7% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,74,848 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bhatkal 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mankal VaidyaMale · 51 yrsINC1,00,442
57.45%
2Sunil B. NaikMale · 44 yrsBJP67,771
38.76%
3Nagendra NaikMale · 53 yrsJD(S)1,502
0.86%
—NOTANOTA1,223
0.70%
4Dr.naseem KhanMale · 52 yrsAAP1,007
0.58%
5Gafoor SabMale · 44 yrsIndependent662
0.38%
6Yogesh NaikMale · 35 yrsUPJP646
0.37%
7Prakash PintoMale · 44 yrsBTBP627
0.36%
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8Gunavante Shankar GoudaMale · 43 yrsKRS558
0.32%
9Mohammed Zabrood KhateebMale · 48 yrsIndependent410
0.23%
Past results

The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2018, INC in 2023.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023INC 57.5%BJP 38.8%JD(S) 0.9%AIMEP 0.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Mankal VaidyaINC · 57.5% · margin 32,671Turnout78.6%
2018Sunil Biliya NaikBJP · 50.1% · margin 5,930Turnout77.3%
2013Mankala Subba VaidyaIndependent · 27.7% · margin 9,884Turnout71.0%
2008J D NaikINC · 44.7% · margin 12,166Turnout63.5%

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

Bhatkal result 2018

Bhatkal 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sunil Biliya NaikBJP83,172
50.14%
2Mankal VaidyaINC77,242
46.56%
—NOTANOTA1,986
1.20%
3Gaphur SabAIMEP1,446
0.87%
4Rajesh NaikIndependent944
0.57%
5Abdul RahimanIndependent569
0.34%
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6Prakash PintoIndependent527
0.32%

Bhatkal result 2013

Bhatkal 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mankala Subba VaidyaIndependent37,319
27.74%
2Enayathullah ShabandriJD(S)27,435
20.40%
3Shivanand N. NaikKJP26,657
19.82%
4J.D. NaikINC21,766
16.18%
5Govinda Jattappa NaikBJP14,791
11.00%
6Bhushan NaikIndependent2,571
1.91%
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7Mulla Nadeem AhmedIndependent1,285
0.96%
8Kumar Nagappa HebleIndependent1,047
0.78%
9Hosad Santosh Hanumant PrabhuBSP902
0.67%
10M.m.naikBSRCP744
0.55%

Bhatkal result 2008

Bhatkal 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1J D NaikINC49,079
44.72%
2Naik Shivananda NarayanaBJP36,913
33.64%
3Yashodhara Ganapa NaikSP12,538
11.43%
4Naik Parameshwar TippayyaJD(S)4,211
3.84%
5Bhushan NaikIndependent2,946
2.68%
6Santosha Hanumantha PrabhuBSP1,437
1.31%
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7S M ZakriyaIndependent1,437
1.31%
8Shetty Girish LokeshwarRAHS1,179
1.07%
Map

Bhatkal 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 Uttara Kannada 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

Bhatkal is one of the assembly segments of Uttara Kannada. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Uttara Kannada candidates.

  • Vishweshwar Hegde KageriBJP1,00,288 58.4%
  • Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC67,885 39.5%
  • Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent759 0.4%
  • Ganapati HegdeSUCI694 0.4%
  • Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent330 0.2%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 32,403 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Bhatkal assembly seat in 2023?

Mankal Vaidya of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Bhatkal in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 1,00,442 votes, which was 57.45% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bhatkal?

The margin was 32,671 votes (18.69% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sunil B. Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 67,771 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bhatkal in 2023?

Turnout was 78.59%: 1,75,090 of 2,22,794 registered electors voted, across 248 polling stations. That is 1.2 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bhatkal part of?

Bhatkal is an assembly segment of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bhatkal a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Bhatkal?

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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