Khanapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency

For seat by the same name in Maharashtra, see Khanapur, Maharashtra Assembly constituency.

Khanapur Assembly seat is one of the 224 assembly constituencies in the state of Karnataka in India. It is one of the eight constituencies which make up Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. It has been a stronghold of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) whose candidates tend to contest as independents because it is not officially recognized as a party. In 1962, MES contested the election under its own official name.

Khanapur
Constituency No. 14 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
Lok Sabha constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	Total : 2,12,664 Males : 1,09,732 Females : 1,02,922 Others : 10
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vithal Somanna Halagekar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Anjali Nimbalkar

Members of Assembly

Year	Member[1]	Party
Bombay state
1952	Argavi Basappa Shidlingappa		Indian National Congress
Mysore state
1957	Laxman Balaji Birje		Independent
1962			Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti
1967	Nilkanthrao Sardesai		Independent
1972
Karnataka
1978	Nilkanthrao Sardesai		Independent
1983	Vasantrao Patil
1985
1989	Vithalrao Chavan
1994	Ashok Narayan Patil
1999
2004	Digambar Patil
2008	Pralhad Remani		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Arvind Chandrakant Patil		Independent
2018	Anjali Nimbalkar		Indian National Congress
2023	Vithal Somanna Halagekar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	91,834	57.04	+36.60
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	37,205	23.11	−0.65
	JD(S)	Nasir Papulsab Bagawan	15,600	9.69	−7.99
	Independent	Muralidhar Ganapati Patil	9,671	6.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,236	0.77	−0.24
Majority			54,629	33.93	+30.61
Turnout			161,013	75.08	+0.43
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	36,649	23.76
	BJP	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	31,516	20.44
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	27,272	17.68
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	26,613	17.26
	Independent	Vilas Krishna Belgaonkar	17,851	11.58
	Independent	Jothiba Pralhad Remani	5,898	3.82
	Independent	Krishnaji Pundalik Patil	2,153	1.4
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,561	1.01
Majority			5,133	3.32
Turnout			154,219	74.65
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Khanapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arvind Chandrakant Patil	37,055	27.47
	INC	Rafique Khatalsab Khanapuri	20,903	15.50
	Independent	Anjali Nimbalkar	17,686	13.11
	BJP	Pralhad Kallappa Remani	16,021	11.88
	JD(S)	Bagwan Nasir Papulsab	15,052	11.16
	KJP	Baburao Govind Desai	14,502	10.75
	Independent	Vithal Somanna Halagekar	3,087	2.29
Majority			16,152
Turnout			1,34,890	72.76
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1978

• Sirdesai Nilkanthrao Bhagawantrao (IND/MES): 16,610 votes
• Babshet Krishna Ji Ramchandra (JNP) 13,595 votes

1972

• Sardesai N B (IND/MES): 23,081 votes^[4]
• B. B. Veerabhadrappa (NCO): 10,674 votes

1967

• Sardesai, Nilkanth Bhagwantrao (IND): 21,281 votes ^[5]
• T. K. Ningappa (INC): 14,490 votes

1962

• Laxman Balaji Birje (MES): 25,162 votes^[6]
• Rohinibai Pandurang Wagale (INC): 14,614 votes

See also

• Belagavi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly