Gadag Assembly constituency

Gadag Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, in India. It is also part of Haveri Lok Sabha constituency.

Gadag
Constituency No. 66 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Lok Sabha constituency	Haveri
Established	1951
Total electors	222,792[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent H. K. Patil
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Bidarur Srishailappa Veerupakshappa

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Bombay State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Gadaga Kuberappa Parappa		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957[2]	Gadaga Kuberappa Parappa		Indian National Congress
1962[3]
1967[4]	PK Hanamantha Gowda		Independent
1972[5]			Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978[6]	Muttinapendimath Chanaveeraiah Shantaiah		Janata Party
1983			Indian National Congress
1985	Patil Krishna Gowda Hanumantha Gowda
1989
1992^	D. R. Patil
1994
1999[7]
2004[8]
2008[9]	Bidarur Srishailappa Veerupakshappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[10]	H. K. Patil		Indian National Congress
2018
2023[1]

^by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gadag^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. K. Patil	89,958	52.84	+4.43
	BJP	Anil. P. Menasinakai	74,828	43.96	−3.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,543	0.91	−0.34
Majority			15,130	8.88	+7.72
Turnout			170,232	76.41	+3.32
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Gadag^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. K. Patil	77,699	48.41
	BJP	Anil Mensinakai	75,831	47.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,007	1.25
Majority			1,868	1.16
Turnout			1,60,490	73.09
	INC hold		Swing

1972

• P. K. Hanamantappa (INC): 29,638 votes^[13]
• M. V. Rudrappa (NCO): 22,709 votes