Hubli-Dharwad Central Assembly constituency

Hubli-Dharwad Central is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.^[2]

Hubli-Dharwad Central
Constituency No. 73 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharwad
Established	2008
Total electors	249,371[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mahesh Tenginakai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Jagadish Shettar

It is a part of Dharwad district and Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist. See Hubli Rural.
2008[4]	Jagadish Shettar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[5]
2018[6]
2023[1]	Mahesh Tenginakai

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli-Dharwad Central^[1][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Tenginakai	95,064	59.27	+7.96
	INC	Jagadish Shettar	60,775	37.89	+1.00
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,251	0.78	+0.08
Majority			34,289	21.38	+6.96
Turnout			160,401	64.32	+3.47
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli-Dharwad Central^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagadish Shettar	75,794	51.31
	INC	Dr. Mahesh Nalwad	54,488	36.89
	JD(S)	Rajanna M. Korav	10,754	7.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,028	0.70
Majority			21,306	14.42
Turnout			1,47,710	60.85
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

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