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Assembly constituency 15 · Karnataka

Kittur is assembly constituency number 15 in Karnataka, in Belgaum district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Babasaheb Patil of the Indian National Congress won with 49.5% of the vote, 2,993 votes ahead of Doddagoudar Mahantesh Basavantaray (BJP).

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Kittur · 2023AC 15
  1. 01
    Babasaheb Patil
    INC
    77,536
    49.49%
  2. 02
    Doddagoudar Mahantesh Basavantaray
    BJP
    74,543
    47.58%
  3. 03
    Ashwini Singayya Pujer
    JD(S)
    775
    0.49%
  4. 04
    Chetan. R. Dematti
    KMP
    564
    0.36%
  5. 05
    Basappa (basavaraj) Y Kelagade
    Independent
    548
    0.35%
  6. 5 other candidates · 1,892 votesNOTA · 802 (0.51%)

Margin 2,993 votes · 1.91% of valid votes

1,95,886
Registered electors
2023 election
80.1%
Turnout
+1.4 pts vs 2018
2,993
Victory margin
1.9% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,56,660 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kittur 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Babasaheb PatilMale · 51 yrsINC77,536
49.49%
2Doddagoudar Mahantesh BasavantarayMale · 49 yrsBJP74,543
47.58%
—NOTANOTA802
0.51%
3Ashwini Singayya PujerFemale · 30 yrsJD(S)775
0.49%
4Chetan. R. DemattiMale · 32 yrs · SCKMP564
0.36%
5Basappa (basavaraj) Y KelagadeMale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent548
0.35%
6Praveen. Mahabaleshwar. DegalolliMale · 29 yrsUPJP483
0.31%
7Mahesh Fakirappa HosamaniMale · 41 yrsKRS462
0.29%
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8Anand HampannavarMale · 32 yrsAAP395
0.25%
9Bhimasheppa. Demappa. DurgannavarMale · 74 yrs · STIndependent288
0.18%
10Budayya PujeriMale · 51 yrsKAP264
0.17%
Past results

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

0%10%20%30%40%50%2008201320182023INC 49.5%BJP 47.6%JD(S) 0.5%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Babasaheb PatilINC · 49.5% · margin 2,993Turnout80.1%
2018Doddagoudar Mahantesh BasavantarayBJP · 49.3% · margin 32,862Turnout78.7%
2013Inamadar Danappagouda BasanagoudaINC · 42.8% · margin 18,290Turnout75.6%
2008Marihal Suresh ShivarudrappaBJP · 43.5% · margin 4,365Turnout74.6%

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

Kittur result 2018

Kittur 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Doddagoudar Mahantesh BasavantarayBJP73,155
49.26%
2Inamdar Danappagouda BasanagoudaINC40,293
27.13%
3Babasaheb Devanagouda PatilIndependent25,366
17.08%
4Suresh Shivarudrappa MarihalJD(S)3,755
2.53%
—NOTANOTA1,456
0.98%
5Raghavendra Vilas NaikIndependent1,137
0.77%
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6Babu Abdulsab HaajiIndependent723
0.49%
7Tangevva Adiveppa IragarAIMEP686
0.46%
8Siddappa Basavanneppa DollinNAC663
0.45%
9Mahantesh Krishna HotakarINCP457
0.31%
10Anand Irappa HampannavarAAP453
0.31%
11Ashok Bheemappa NaikIndependent368
0.25%

Kittur result 2013

Kittur 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Inamadar Danappagouda BasanagoudaINC53,924
42.81%
2Suresh Shivarudrappa MarihalBJP35,634
28.29%
3Anand Balakrishna AppugolJD(S)20,657
16.40%
4Babugouda Chintamanigouda PatilKJP6,850
5.44%
5Mahesh Ningappa HudaliIndependent1,735
1.38%
6Badiger Chandrashekar MadiwalappaIndependent1,274
1.01%
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7Yamanappa Gangappa TalawarBSP1,142
0.91%
8Basavaraj Rudrappa MokhashiSKP1,089
0.86%
9Annappa MaratheIndependent932
0.74%
10Mahantesh Krishna HotakarIndependent869
0.69%
11Ashok Gurushiddayya KambiBSRCP868
0.69%
12Kasturi Basanagouda BhaviIndependent557
0.44%
13Budayya B PujeriKAP439
0.35%

Kittur result 2008

Kittur 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Marihal Suresh ShivarudrappaBJP48,581
43.48%
2Inamdar Danappagouda BasanagoudaINC44,216
39.58%
3Veeranagouda Vasanagouda PatilJD(S)9,266
8.29%
4Dodagoudar Sanagoud FakeeragoudIndependent4,246
3.80%
5Hotakar Mahantesh KrishnaIndependent2,167
1.94%
6Prakash Rama Nayak (naik)BSP1,377
1.23%
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7Ashok Gurusdiiddappa HalakiSP969
0.87%
8Yallappa Balappa SatyanaikLJP903
0.81%
Map

Kittur 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 Belgaum 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

Kittur 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 KageriBJP92,445 60.9%
  • Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC56,203 37.0%
  • Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent842 0.6%
  • Ganapati HegdeSUCI505 0.3%
  • Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent318 0.2%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 36,242 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kittur assembly seat in 2023?

Babasaheb Patil of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kittur in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 77,536 votes, which was 49.49% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kittur?

The margin was 2,993 votes (1.91% of valid votes). The runner-up was Doddagoudar Mahantesh Basavantaray of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 74,543 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kittur in 2023?

Turnout was 80.06%: 1,56,824 of 1,95,886 registered electors voted, across 230 polling stations. That is 1.4 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kittur part of?

Kittur 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 Kittur a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kittur?

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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