Sirsi is assembly constituency number 80 in Karnataka, in Uttara Kannada district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Bhimanna T. Naik of the Indian National Congress won with 47.9% of the vote, 8,712 votes ahead of Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde (BJP).
- 01Bhimanna T. NaikINC76,88747.89%
- 02Kageri Vishweshwar HegdeBJP68,17542.47%
- 03Upendra PaiJD(S)9,1385.69%
- 04Hitendra NaikAAP1,4490.90%
- 05Gopal DevadigaIndependent1,2660.79%
- 5 other candidates · 1,985 votesNOTA · 1,638 (1.02%)
Margin 8,712 votes · 5.43% of valid votes
All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,60,538 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhimanna T. NaikMale · 66 yrs | INC | 76,887 | 47.89% |
| 2 | Kageri Vishweshwar HegdeMale · 62 yrs | BJP | 68,175 | 42.47% |
| 3 | Upendra PaiMale · 55 yrs | JD(S) | 9,138 | 5.69% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,638 | 1.02% |
| 4 | Hitendra NaikMale · 39 yrs | AAP | 1,449 | 0.90% |
| 5 | Gopal DevadigaMale · 47 yrs | Independent | 1,266 | 0.79% |
| 6 | Abhiram Hegde HalallaMale · 31 yrs | Independent | 606 | 0.38% |
| 7 | Sunil PawarMale · 36 yrs · SC | UPJP | 483 | 0.30% |
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| 8 | Umesh Krishnappa DaivadnyaMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 384 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Dinesh NaikMale · 38 yrs | IMP | 361 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Vishwanath G NaikMale · 29 yrs | KJSP | 151 | 0.09% |
The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2018, INC in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Sirsi result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde | BJP | 70,595 | 45.52% |
| 2 | Bhimanna Naik | INC | 53,134 | 34.26% |
| 3 | Shashibhushan Hegde | JD(S) | 26,625 | 17.17% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,935 | 1.25% |
| 4 | Ajjibal Ramanand | Independent | 981 | 0.63% |
| 5 | Annappa Akash S.K. | Shiv Sena | 909 | 0.59% |
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| 6 | Abdul Razak Shaikh | AIMEP | 900 | 0.58% |
Sirsi result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anant Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde | BJP | 42,854 | 32.67% |
| 2 | Ayyappanagar Deepak Honnavar | INC | 39,795 | 30.33% |
| 3 | Shashibhushan Hegde | JD(S) | 39,761 | 30.31% |
| 4 | Huvinamane Ravi Hegde | KJP | 3,304 | 2.52% |
| 5 | Annappa Akash S. Madival | Independent | 2,246 | 1.71% |
| 6 | Sudhakar Kira Joglekar | BSP | 1,374 | 1.05% |
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| 7 | Nagaraj Venkatraman Hegde | BSRCP | 1,061 | 0.81% |
| 8 | Kanade Santosh Gopal | JD(U) | 796 | 0.61% |
Sirsi result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde | BJP | 53,438 | 45.40% |
| 2 | Naik Raveendranath Narayan | INC | 22,705 | 19.29% |
| 3 | Bheemanna Naik | SP | 18,648 | 15.84% |
| 4 | Gowda Shanmukh Basavaraj | Independent | 12,116 | 10.29% |
| 5 | Narvekar Nagaraj Gurunath | JD(S) | 6,363 | 5.41% |
| 6 | Anand H Gowda | Independent | 2,318 | 1.97% |
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| 7 | Ramanatha Hegde | BSP | 1,292 | 1.10% |
| 8 | Kanade Ramadas Venkappa | LJP | 822 | 0.70% |
Sirsi outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.
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Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Sirsi 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 KageriBJP1,00,052 61.4%
- Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC60,124 36.9%
- Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent570 0.3%
- Ganapati HegdeSUCI535 0.3%
- Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent211 0.1%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 39,928 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Sirsi.
Who won the Sirsi assembly seat in 2023?
Bhimanna T. Naik of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Sirsi in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 76,887 votes, which was 47.89% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Sirsi?
The margin was 8,712 votes (5.43% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kageri Vishweshwar Hegde of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 68,175 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Sirsi in 2023?
Turnout was 80.16%: 1,60,920 of 2,00,755 registered electors voted, across 264 polling stations. That is 1.2 points lower than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sirsi part of?
Sirsi 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 Sirsi a reserved constituency?
No. Sirsi is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Sirsi?
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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