Yellapur is assembly constituency number 81 in Karnataka, in Uttara Kannada district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Arabail Hebbar Shivaram of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.7% of the vote, 4,004 votes ahead of Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud Patil (INC).
- 01Arabail Hebbar ShivaramBJP74,69949.69%
- 02Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud PatilINC70,69547.02%
- 03Nagesh Honnayya NaikJD(S)1,6621.11%
- 04Bansode LaxmanIndependent6610.44%
- 05Santosh Manjunath Shet RaikarKRPP3020.20%
- 4 other candidates · 862 votesNOTA · 1,457 (0.97%)
Margin 4,004 votes · 2.66% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,50,338 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabail Hebbar ShivaramMale · 65 yrs | BJP | 74,699 | 49.69% |
| 2 | Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud PatilMale · 63 yrs | INC | 70,695 | 47.02% |
| 3 | Nagesh Honnayya NaikMale · 63 yrs | JD(S) | 1,662 | 1.11% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,457 | 0.97% |
| 4 | Bansode LaxmanMale · 40 yrs · SC | Independent | 661 | 0.44% |
| 5 | Santosh Manjunath Shet RaikarMale · 43 yrs | KRPP | 302 | 0.20% |
| 6 | Anand Ganapati BhatMale · 39 yrs | Independent | 295 | 0.20% |
| 7 | Chidanand H HarijanMale · 62 yrs · SC | Independent | 255 | 0.17% |
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| 8 | Manjunath Lava KulumkarMale · 35 yrs | AAP | 192 | 0.13% |
| 9 | Manjunath ShirahattiMale · 41 yrs | KRS | 120 | 0.08% |
The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Yellapur bye-election, 5 Dec 2019
Turnout 77.5% · 1,33,591 of 1,72,394 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabail Hebbar Shivaram | BJP | 80,442 | 60.22% |
| 2 | Bhimanna Naik | INC | 49,034 | 36.71% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,444 | 1.08% |
| 3 | A. Chaitra | JD(S) | 1,235 | 0.92% |
| 4 | Jaithunabi Jigalur | KRS | 433 | 0.32% |
| 5 | Chidanand Hanumanthappa Harijan | Independent | 413 | 0.31% |
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| 6 | Mahesh Hegde | Independent | 301 | 0.23% |
| 7 | Sunil Pawar | UPJP | 281 | 0.21% |
Yellapur result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabail Hebbar Shivaram | INC | 66,290 | 47.26% |
| 2 | Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagouda Patil | BJP | 64,807 | 46.20% |
| 3 | Naik Ravindra A. | JD(S) | 6,263 | 4.46% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,421 | 1.01% |
| 4 | Jamakhandi Mahaboobali | Independent | 524 | 0.37% |
| 5 | Nagesh Bhoviwddar | Independent | 348 | 0.25% |
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| 6 | Sachin Naik Bin Chintamani | Shiv Sena | 311 | 0.22% |
| 7 | Nilappa Kheerappa Lamani | BBKD | 307 | 0.22% |
Yellapur result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arbail Shivaram Hebbar | INC | 58,025 | 48.06% |
| 2 | Patil Veerabhadragouda Shivanagouda | BJP | 33,533 | 27.77% |
| 3 | Anil Kumar D. | JD(S) | 22,361 | 18.52% |
| 4 | Mahesh M Hoskoppa | KJP | 1,669 | 1.38% |
| 5 | Maruti Nagappa Karande | Independent | 1,637 | 1.36% |
| 6 | Bidari Sangamesh Mahadev | Independent | 710 | 0.59% |
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| 7 | Shakuntala Prabhakar Harikantra | BSP | 582 | 0.48% |
| 8 | Bhandarkar Ganesh Nagesh | Independent | 545 | 0.45% |
| 9 | Umakanth S Kshatriya | Independent | 489 | 0.40% |
| 10 | Bhagwat Venkatraman Ganapati | Independent | 437 | 0.36% |
| 11 | Patanakar Ganesh | Independent | 343 | 0.28% |
| 12 | Laxman Banasode | JD(U) | 227 | 0.19% |
| 13 | Vishwanath R Bhagwat | BSRCP | 187 | 0.15% |
Yellapur result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V S Patil | BJP | 39,109 | 37.46% |
| 2 | Arbail Hebbar Shivram | INC | 36,624 | 35.08% |
| 3 | Pramod Hegde | JD(S) | 16,019 | 15.34% |
| 4 | Umesh Hegde Unchalli | BSP | 3,278 | 3.14% |
| 5 | Jaivanth Premanand Subraya | SP | 2,760 | 2.64% |
| 6 | Hanamantappa Guddappa Guddannanavar | Independent | 2,759 | 2.64% |
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| 7 | Suresh Ningappa Pujar | Independent | 810 | 0.78% |
| 8 | G D Phakkirswamy | Independent | 799 | 0.77% |
| 9 | S. Phakkeerappa | Independent | 788 | 0.75% |
| 10 | Mangesh Shantaram Kaisare | RAHS | 564 | 0.54% |
| 11 | Chidanand Hanamanthppa Harijan | Independent | 367 | 0.35% |
| 12 | Shaikh Shafi Mahamad | LJP | 322 | 0.31% |
| 13 | Ghatakamble Maruti Janaba | Independent | 203 | 0.19% |
Yellapur 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.
Yellapur 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 KageriBJP82,453 55.6%
- Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC64,066 43.2%
- Ganapati HegdeSUCI440 0.3%
- Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent395 0.3%
- Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent166 0.1%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 18,387 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Yellapur.
Who won the Yellapur assembly seat in 2023?
Arabail Hebbar Shivaram of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Yellapur in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 74,699 votes, which was 49.69% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Yellapur?
The margin was 4,004 votes (2.66% of valid votes). The runner-up was Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud Patil of the Indian National Congress with 70,695 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Yellapur in 2023?
Turnout was 82.49%: 1,50,514 of 1,82,472 registered electors voted, across 231 polling stations. That is 0.1 points higher than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Yellapur part of?
Yellapur 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.
Has Yellapur had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 5 Dec 2019, Arabail Hebbar Shivaram (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 31,408 votes.
Is Yellapur a reserved constituency?
No. Yellapur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Yellapur?
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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