Belthangady Assembly constituency

Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka in southwestern India.^[2]

Belthangady
Constituency No. 200 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	213,244[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harish Poonja
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Vasantha Bangera

Overview

Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk.^[3][4]

Belthangady is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha constituencies, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207. Sullia (SC).^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Bangera family, as well as one between the two Bangera brothers, Vasantha and Prabhakara.^[5][6][7][8]

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	Ratnavarma Hegde		Indian National Congress
1962	Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga
1967
1972	K. Subramanya Gowda

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	K. Gangadhar Gowda		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	K. Vasantha Bangera		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1989	K. Gangadhar Gowda		Indian National Congress
1994	K. Vasantha Bangera		Janata Dal
1999	K. Prabhakar Bangera		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008	K. Vasantha Bangera		Indian National Congress
2013
2018	Harish Poonja		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belthangady^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	101,004	53.44	−1.37
	INC	Rakshith Shivaram	82,788	43.80	+1.78
	SDPI	Akbar Belthangady	2,513	1.33	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	892	0.47	−0.22
Majority			18,216	9.64	−3.15
Turnout			189,007	82.56	+0.55
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belthangady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Harish Poonja	98,417	54.81
	INC	K. Vasantha Bangera	75,443	42.02
	AIMEP	M. Jagannatha	1,806	1.01
	JD(S)	Sumathi S. Hegde	1,612	0.90
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,245	0.69
Majority			22,974	12.79
Turnout			1,79,550	82.01
	BJP gain from INC		Swing