Hirekerur Assembly constituency

Hirekerur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

Hirekerur
Constituency No. 86 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Haveri
Lok Sabha constituency	Haveri
Established	1951
Total electors	185,982[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent U. B. Banakar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	B. C. Patil

It is part of Haveri district.

Most Successful parties from Hirekerur assembly constituency in General elections

1. INC (8 Times) (47.2%)
2. IND(3 times) (17.6%)
3. JD(S)(2 times) (11.8%)
4. BJP (2 times) (11.8%)
5. Janata Party (1 time) (5.88%)
6. KJP(1 time) (5.88%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source:^[3]

Bombay State

Year	Member	Party
1952	Veeranagouda Veerabasanagouda Patil		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Gubbi Basalingappagouda Shankarrao		Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1972	Basavanappa Gadlappa Bankar

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Gubbi Basalingappagouda Shankarrao		Independent politician
1983	Basavanappa Gadlappa Bankar
1985			Janata Party
1989	B. H. Bannikod		Janata Dal
1994	U. B. Banakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	B. H. Bannikod		Independent
2004	B. C. Patil		Janata Dal (Secular)
2008			Indian National Congress
2013	U. B. Banakar		Karnataka Janata Paksha
2018[4]	B. C. Patil		Indian National Congress
2019[a]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	U. B. Banakar		Indian National Congress

1. by-election

Since 2008,INC won 3 times and KJP won 1 time.

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hirekerur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	U. B. Banakar	85,378	53.53	+14.37
	BJP	B. C. Patil	70,358	44.11	−15.20
	JD(S)	Jayananda Javannanavar	1,847	1.16	+1.16
	NOTA	None of the Above	953	0.6	+0.05
Majority			15,020	9.42	−10.73
Turnout			159,497	85.76	+7.18
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2019 by-election

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Hirekerur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. C. Patil	85,562	59.31	+11.58
	INC	B. H. Bannikod	56495	39.16	−8.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	789	0.55	−0.10
Majority			29,067	20.15	+19.78
Turnout			144,268	78.58	−5.41
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hirekerur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. C. Patil	72,461	48.10	+10.49
	BJP	U. B. Banakar	71,906	47.73	+45.34
	JD(S)	Siddappa Gudadappanavar	3,597	2.39	+0.97
	NOTA	None of the Above	972	0.65	+0.65
Majority			555	0.37	−1.61
Turnout			150,646	83.99	+1.91
	INC gain from KJP		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hirekerur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KJP	U. B. Banakar	52,623	39.57	+39.57
	INC	B. C. Patil	50017	37.61	+6.64
	Independent	B. H. Bannikod	10579	7.95	+7.95
	BJP	Palakshagouda Patil	3177	2.39	−16.58
Majority			2606	1.95	−1.73
Turnout			132997		+6.96
	KJP gain from INC		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hirekerur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. C. Patil	31,132	30.97	+0.20
	Independent	U. B. Banakar	31132	27.29	+27.29
	BJP	Ashok Patil	21632	18.97	−16.53
	JD(S)	B. H. Bannikod	19678	17.25	−23.5
Majority			4190	3.68	−1.57
Turnout			114060	75.12	+4.76
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Haveri district