Kumta Assembly constituency

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

Kumta
Constituency No. 78 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Uttara Kannada
Established	1956
Total electors	188,894[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dinakar Keshav Shetty
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Sharada Mohan Shetty

It is part of Uttara Kannada district. Dinakar Keshav Shetty is the current MLA from Kumta.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Vasantalata V. Mirjankar		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	H. R. Manjanath
1972	Sitaram Vasudev Naik

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Sitaram Vasudev Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1983	M. P. Karki		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	N. H. Gouda		Janata Party
1989	Krishna Hanuma Gowda		Indian National Congress
1994	M. P. Karki		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Mohan Krishna Shetty		Indian National Congress
2004
2008	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		Janata Dal (Secular)
2013	Sharada Mohan Shetty[3]		Indian National Congress
2018	Dinakar Keshav Shetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kumta^[1][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	59,965	40.37	−0.26
	JD(S)	Suraj Naik Soni	59,289	39.92	+28.59
	INC	Nivedith Alva	19,270	12.97	−5.26
	Independent	Ishwar Gouda	3,588	2.42
	AAP	Roopa Gajanan Naik	1,960	1.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,085	1.4	−0.10
Majority			676	0.45	−21.95
Turnout			148,530	78.63	−2.40
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kumta^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	59,392	40.63
	INC	Sharada Mohan Shetty	26,642	18.23
	Independent	Suraj Naik Soni	20,474	14.01
	JD(S)	Nayak Pradeep Dayanand	16,561	11.33
	Independent	Yashodhar G. Naik	11,512	7.88
	Independent	Krishna Jatti Gouda	5,089	3.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,192	1.50
Majority			32,750	22.40
Turnout			1,46,177	81.03
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Uttara Kannada district