Kalghatgi Assembly constituency

Kalghatgi
Kalghatgi
Constituency No. 75 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dharwad
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharwad
Established	1956
Total electors	194,742
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Santosh Lad
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	C. M. Nimbannavar

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

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It is part of Dharwad district. As of 2023, it is represented by Santosh Lad of the Indian National Congress party.^[1]

Year	Member
1957	Tambakada Basavannappa Ramappa	Indian National Congress
1962	Fakirappa Muddappa Hasbi	Indian National Congress
1967	P. P. Shivanagouda	Independent politician
1972	Kantha Rao Bhim Rao Desai	Indian National Congress

Year	Member
1978	Fakiragouda Shivangouda Patil	Janata Party
1983	Father Jacob Pallipurathu	Independent politician
1985	Shiddanagoudar Parvatagouda Chanaveragouda	Janata Party
1989		Janata Dal
1994		Janata Dal
1999	Chikkanagoudra Siddanagouda Ishwara Gouda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Chikkanagoudra Siddanagouda Ishwara Gouda	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008^[3]	Santosh Lad	Indian National Congress
2013^[4]	Santosh Lad	Indian National Congress
2018^[5]	C. M. Nimbannavar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023^[1]	Santosh Lad	Indian National Congress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Santosh Lad	85,761	52.86	+15.16
	BJP	Chabbi Nagaraj	71,404	44.01	−10.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,137	0.7	−0.25
Majority			14,357	8.85	−8.27
Turnout			162,253	83.32	+3.24
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	C. M. Nimbannavar	83,267	54.82
	INC	Santosh Lad	57,270	37.70
	Independent	Raju R. Kalaghatagi	4,898	3.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,440	0.95
Majority			25,997	17.12
Turnout			1,51,902	80.08
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly