Bijapur City Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Chhattisgarh, see Bijapur Assembly constituency. For the defunct constituency in Karnataka, see Bijapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.

Bijapur City Assembly constituency is one of 224 assembly constituencies of the Indian state of Karnataka.^[1] The constituency was previously known as Bijapur constituency which was readjusted in 2008 on the implementation of the Delimitation Commission of 2002.^[2] The constituency was a part of Bombay State before the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.^[3] It is part of Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency.

Bijapur City
Constituency No. 30 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bijapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bijapur
Established	2008
Total electors	2,81,726
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Basangouda Patil Yatnal
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2018

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
Until 2008: See Bijapur
2008	Appu Pattanshetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Makbul S Bagawan		Indian National Congress
2018	Basangouda Patil Yatnal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basangouda Patil Yatnal	94,211	51.47	1.17
	INC	Abdul Hameed Mushrif	85,978	46.97	0.90
	NOTA	None of the above	994	0.54	0.38
Majority			8,233	4.50	0.23
Turnout			1,83,057	64.97	3.62
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Basangouda Patil Yatnal	76,308	50.30	+28.26
	INC	Abdul Hameed Mushrif	69,895	46.07	+5.22
	JD(S)	S. K. Bellubbi	2,083	1.37	−31.59
	NOTA	None of the above	1,399	0.92
Majority			6,413	4.23
Turnout			151,703	61.35
Registered electors			247,287
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Makbul S Bagawan	48,615	40.85	+20.68
	JD(S)	Basangouda Patil Yatnal	39,235	32.96	+13.95
	BJP	Appu Pattanshetty	26,235	22.04	−19.14
	KJP	Karibasavaraj Nagur	1,054	0.89
Turnout			118,587	56.21
Registered electors			211,756
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Appu Pattanshetty	34,217	41.45
	INC	Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman	16,653	20.17
	JD(S)	Mahabari Bandenawaj Hussainsab	15,696	19.01
	Independent	I. R. Patil Yatnal	6,873	8.33
Turnout			82,558	48.6
Registered electors			169,652
	BJP win (new seat)