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Assembly constituency 77 · Karnataka

Karwar is assembly constituency number 77 in Karnataka, in Uttara Kannada district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Satish Krishna Sail of the Indian National Congress won with 47.1% of the vote, 2,138 votes ahead of Roopali Santosh Naik (BJP).

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Karwar · 2023AC 77
  1. 01
    Satish Krishna Sail
    INC
    77,445
    47.15%
  2. 02
    Roopali Santosh Naik
    BJP
    75,307
    45.84%
  3. 03
    Chaitra Chandrahas Kotharkar
    JD(S)
    2,918
    1.78%
  4. 04
    Bhat Gangadhar
    Independent
    2,235
    1.36%
  5. 05
    Ashish Prabhakar Gaonkar
    AAP
    1,382
    0.84%
  6. 6 other candidates · 3,207 votesNOTA · 1,773 (1.08%)

Margin 2,138 votes · 1.30% of valid votes

2,19,544
Registered electors
2023 election
74.8%
Turnout
+1.1 pts vs 2018
2,138
Victory margin
1.3% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,64,267 valid votes, NOTA included.

Karwar 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Satish Krishna SailMale · 57 yrsINC77,445
47.15%
2Roopali Santosh NaikFemale · 50 yrsBJP75,307
45.84%
3Chaitra Chandrahas KotharkarFemale · 40 yrsJD(S)2,918
1.78%
4Bhat GangadharMale · 63 yrsIndependent2,235
1.36%
—NOTANOTA1,773
1.08%
5Ashish Prabhakar GaonkarMale · 31 yrsAAP1,382
0.84%
6Vinayak Mangesh NaikMale · 38 yrsKRS695
0.42%
7Mukund Madhu HulswarMale · 50 yrs · SCIndependent650
0.40%
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8Hosbanna Krishna NayakMale · 72 yrsIndependent525
0.32%
9Nagaraj A. ShiraliMale · 57 yrsIndependent463
0.28%
10Kumar Somkant NaikMale · 33 yrsIndependent460
0.28%
11Kundabai ParulekarFemale · 66 yrsIndependent414
0.25%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2008201320182023INC 47.1%BJP 45.8%JD(S) 1.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Satish Krishna SailINC · 47.1% · margin 2,138Turnout74.8%
2018Roopali Santosh NaikBJP · 37.7% · margin 14,064Turnout73.8%
2013Santeesh Sail KrishnaIndependent · 55.5% · margin 35,880Turnout70.7%
2008Asnotikar Anand VasantINC · 40.9% · margin 19,709Turnout63.5%

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

Karwar result 2018

Karwar 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Roopali Santosh NaikBJP60,339
37.69%
2Anand Vasant AsnotikarJD(S)46,275
28.90%
3Satish Krishna SailINC45,071
28.15%
4Madhav Babu NayakNCP3,751
2.34%
—NOTANOTA2,359
1.47%
5Kundabai ParulekarRJBP1,617
1.01%
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6Kishore Jagannath SawantIndependent686
0.43%

Karwar result 2013

Karwar 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santeesh Sail KrishnaIndependent80,727
55.51%
2Asnotikar Anand VasantBJP44,847
30.84%
3Ramanand Bommayya NayakINC12,756
8.77%
4Dr|| Sanju NayakJD(S)1,568
1.08%
5Anthon V FernandesKJP1,108
0.76%
6Sail Shrikant GanapatiIndependent1,009
0.69%
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7Sanjay Baburao NaikIndependent880
0.61%
8Laxmeshwar Nagesh VinayakBSP680
0.47%
9Manjula Ramu NaikBSRCP540
0.37%
10Subhash Ganapati NaikIndependent409
0.28%
11Deepak Bhaskar KudalkarIndependent361
0.25%
12Satish Ganapati UlvekarIndependent341
0.23%
13Uday Babu KhalwadekarIndependent213
0.15%

Karwar result 2008

Karwar 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asnotikar Anand VasantINC47,477
40.86%
2Ganapati Dumma UlvekarIndependent27,768
23.90%
3Prasad KarwarkarBJP19,537
16.81%
4R G NaikSP11,689
10.06%
5Bhat Gangadhar NageshIndependent5,303
4.56%
6P N KuvalekarJD(S)1,862
1.60%
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7Leo Francis B LewisSUP964
0.83%
8Ramadas Giriya KudtarkarRAHS812
0.70%
9Sandhya Santosh AnavekarBSP787
0.68%
Map

Karwar 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.

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Karwar 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 KageriBJP1,13,317 69.0%
  • Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC47,889 29.2%
  • Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent647 0.4%
  • Ganapati HegdeSUCI591 0.4%
  • Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent273 0.2%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 65,428 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Karwar assembly seat in 2023?

Satish Krishna Sail of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Karwar in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 77,445 votes, which was 47.15% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Karwar?

The margin was 2,138 votes (1.30% of valid votes). The runner-up was Roopali Santosh Naik of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 75,307 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Karwar in 2023?

Turnout was 74.84%: 1,64,317 of 2,19,544 registered electors voted, across 262 polling stations. That is 1.1 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Karwar part of?

Karwar 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 Karwar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Karwar?

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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