Karkala Assembly constituency

Karkala
Karkala
Constituency No. 122 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Lok Sabha constituency	Udupi Chikmagalur
Established	1951
Total electors	190,611
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. Sunil Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	H. Gopal Bhandary

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

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It is part of Udupi district.

Year	Member
1978	Veerappa Moily	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983		Indian National Congress
1985
1989
1994
1999	H. Gopal Bhandary
2004	V. Sunil Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	H. Gopal Bhandary	Indian National Congress
2013	V. Sunil Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	77,028	49.11	−13.41
	INC	Udaya Shetty Muniyal	72,426	46.18	+12.82
	Independent	Pramod Muthalik	4,508	2.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	921	0.59	−0.33
Majority			4,602	2.93	−26.23
Turnout			156,843	82.28	+1.67
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	91,245	62.52
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	48,679	33.36
	AIMEP	Maksood Ahamed	1,817	1.25
	BSP	Uday Kumar	1,348	0.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,340	0.92
Majority			42,273	29.16
Turnout			1,45,935	80.61
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	65,039	49.9
	INC	H. Gopal Bhandary	60785	46.6
	JD(S)	Water D Souza	1302	1
Majority			4254
Turnout			130474

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karkal^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. B. Shetty	18,370	46.60%	46.60%
	KMPP	Dharmasamarajaya	14,404	36.54%
	Independent	R. Shenoi Devaraya	6,649	16.87%
Margin of victory			3,966	10.06%
Turnout			39,423	59.32%
Registered electors			66,461
	INC win (new seat)