Athani Assembly constituency

Athani Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Athani is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha seats under Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4] It is in Belgaum district.

Athani
Constituency No. 3 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Lok Sabha constituency	Chikkodi
Established	1951
Total electors	229,195[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Laxman Savadi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Mahesh Kumathalli

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source:^[5]

Year	Member	Party
1952	Narasgauda Yelagonda Patil		Indian National Congress
1957	Jayawantrao Pawar		Independent
1962	Dhairyashil Pawar		Indian National Congress
1967
1972	Anandrao Desai
1978	Dhairyashil Pawar
1983
1985	Leeladevi R. Prasad		Janata Party
1989	I. M. Shedshyal		Indian National Congress
1994	Leeladevi R. Prasad		Janata Dal
1999	Shahjahan Ismail Dongargaon		Indian National Congress
2004	Laxman Savadi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013
2018	Mahesh Kumathalli		Indian National Congress
2019^			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Laxman Savadi		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Athani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Laxman Savadi	131,404	68.34	+32.29
	BJP	Mahesh Kumathalli	55,282	28.75	−31.64
	NOTA	None of the above	1,037	0.54	−0.39
Majority			76,122	39.59	+15.25
Turnout			192,279	83.89	+9.49
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019 by-election

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Athani^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Kumathalli	99,203	60.39	+13.63
	INC	Gajanan Bhalachandra Mangasuli	59,214	36.05	−12.08
	Independent	Shrishail Tukkappa Halladamal	1,892	1.15
	Independent	Raju Parashuram Dawari	1,577	0.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,532	0.93	+0.44
Majority			39,989	24.34	+22.97
Turnout			1,64,264	74.40	−5.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Athani^[8][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahesh Kumathalli	82,094	48.13
	BJP	Laxman Sangappa Savadi	79,763	46.76
	JD(S)	Girish Kedareppa Butali	3,381	1.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	842	0.49
Majority			2,331	1.37
Turnout			1,70,565	79.45
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

• Laxman Sangappa Savadi (BJP): 74,299 votes
• Mahesh Kumathalli (INC): 50,528 votes

See also

• Athani
• Belagavi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly