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Assembly constituency 78 · Karnataka

Kumta is assembly constituency number 78 in Karnataka, in Uttara Kannada district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Dinakar Keshav Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 40.4% of the vote, 676 votes ahead of Suraj Naik Soni (JD(S)).

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Kumta · 2023AC 78
  1. 01
    Dinakar Keshav Shetty
    BJP
    59,965
    40.37%
  2. 02
    Suraj Naik Soni
    JD(S)
    59,289
    39.92%
  3. 03
    Alva Nivedith
    INC
    19,270
    12.97%
  4. 04
    Ishwar Gouda
    Independent
    3,588
    2.42%
  5. 05
    Roopa Gajanan Naik
    AAP
    1,960
    1.32%
  6. 4 other candidates · 2,373 votesNOTA · 2,085 (1.40%)

Margin 676 votes · 0.46% of valid votes

1,88,894
Registered electors
2023 election
78.8%
Turnout
-2.4 pts vs 2018
676
Victory margin
0.5% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,48,530 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kumta 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinakar Keshav ShettyMale · 65 yrsBJP59,965
40.37%
2Suraj Naik SoniMale · 51 yrsJD(S)59,289
39.92%
3Alva NivedithMale · 43 yrsINC19,270
12.97%
4Ishwar GoudaMale · 34 yrsIndependent3,588
2.42%
—NOTANOTA2,085
1.40%
5Roopa Gajanan NaikFemale · 40 yrsAAP1,960
1.32%
6Dineshchandra N AngadikeriMale · 42 yrsLS707
0.48%
7Gani Imamsab JainuddinMale · 51 yrsIndependent686
0.46%
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8Subrahmanya Bhat MadguniMale · 49 yrsIndependent522
0.35%
9Nagaraj Sridhar ShetMale · 36 yrsRJBP458
0.31%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2008201320182023BJP 40.4%JD(S) 39.9%INC 13.0%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Dinakar Keshav ShettyBJP · 40.4% · margin 676Turnout78.8%
2018Dinakar Keshav ShettyBJP · 40.6% · margin 32,750Turnout81.2%
2013Sharda Mohan ShettyINC · 29.6% · margin 420Turnout74.2%
2008Dinakar Keshav ShettyJD(S) · 28.8% · margin 20Turnout69.1%

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

Kumta result 2018

Kumta 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinakar Keshav ShettyBJP59,392
40.63%
2Sharada Mohan ShettyINC26,642
18.23%
3Suraj Naik SoniIndependent20,474
14.01%
4Nayak Pradeep DayanandJD(S)16,561
11.33%
5Yashodhar G. NaikIndependent11,512
7.88%
6Krishna Jatti GoudaIndependent5,089
3.48%
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—NOTANOTA2,192
1.50%
7Mohan Baglu PatgarINCP1,274
0.87%
8Nagraj .n. NaikAIMEP984
0.67%
9Sumana HegdeIndependent758
0.52%
10Prashant Shankar NaikIndependent531
0.36%
11Ganesh Amkush GoudaIndependent412
0.28%
12Nagraj Shridhar ShetRJBP356
0.24%

Kumta result 2013

Kumta 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sharda Mohan ShettyINC36,756
29.58%
2Dinakar Keshav ShettyJD(S)36,336
29.24%
3Suraj Naik SoniBJP28,411
22.86%
4Gouda Gayatri ManjunathKJP14,286
11.50%
5Mohan Baglu PatgarIndependent3,070
2.47%
6Nagaraj Shridhar ShetHND1,534
1.23%
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7Vasant JogalekarBSP978
0.79%
8Mahabaleshwar Ramakrishna Bhat MadguniIndependent881
0.71%
9Ashok. R. Madival (jadugar) HonavarIndependent789
0.63%
10Dattaraya Hanumanth PatgarBSRCP644
0.52%
11Sadanand Annappa DeshbhandariJD(U)572
0.46%

Kumta result 2008

Kumta 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dinakar Keshav ShettyJD(S)30,792
28.76%
2Mohan Krishna ShettyINC30,772
28.74%
3Shashibhushan HegdeBJP30,201
28.21%
4Ganesh Ganapathi HegdeSP8,624
8.05%
5Shet Savitri ShridharIndependent2,854
2.67%
6G. Nathakumar GowdaBSP1,819
1.70%
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7Tippayya Nagappa NaikRAHS1,011
0.94%
8Bhandari Sadanand AnnappaIndependent992
0.93%
Map

Kumta 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

Kumta 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 KageriBJP97,928 67.3%
  • Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC44,435 30.5%
  • Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent844 0.6%
  • Ganapati HegdeSUCI572 0.4%
  • Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent287 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 53,493 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Kumta assembly seat in 2023?

Dinakar Keshav Shetty of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kumta in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 59,965 votes, which was 40.37% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kumta?

The margin was 676 votes (0.46% of valid votes). The runner-up was Suraj Naik Soni of the Janata Dal (Secular) with 59,289 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kumta in 2023?

Turnout was 78.80%: 1,48,849 of 1,88,894 registered electors voted, across 215 polling stations. That is 2.4 points lower than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kumta part of?

Kumta 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 Kumta a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kumta?

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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