Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency

Uttara Kannada (formerly known as Canara), sometimes called Karwar, is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed.

Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Khanapur Kittur Haliyal Karwar Kumta Bhatkal Sirsi Yellapur
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

There are 8 assembly segments under the Uttar Kannada (North Kannada) Lok Sabha seat ^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
14	Khanapur	Belagavi	Vitthal Halagekar		BJP		BJP
15	Kittur		Babasaheb Patil		INC		BJP
76	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	R. V. Deshpande		INC		BJP
77	Karwar		Satish Krishna Sail		INC		BJP
78	Kumta		Dinakar Keshav Shetty		BJP		BJP
79	Bhatkal		M. S. Vaidya		INC		BJP
80	Sirsi		Bhimanna T. Naik		INC		BJP
81	Yellapur		Shivaram Hebbar		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member[2][3]	Party
1952	Joachim Alva		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Dinakara Desai		Independent
1971	B. V. Naik		Indian National Congress
1977	Balsu Pursu Kadam
1980	G. Devaraya Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Anantkumar Hegde		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999	Margaret Alva		Indian National Congress
2004	Anantkumar Hegde		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri	782,495	61.97	−6.18
	INC	Anjali Nimbalkar	4,45,067	35.25	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	10,176	0.81	−0.58
Majority			3,37,428	26.72	−14.86
Turnout			12,63,871	76.80	+2.64
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Hegde	786,042	68.15	+13.51
	JD(S)	Anand Asnotikar	3,06,393	26.56	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,017	1.39	−0.24
Margin of victory			4,79,649	41.59	+27.53
Turnout			11,54,390	74.16	+5.12
	BJP hold		Swing	+13.51

2014 Lok Sabha election

2014 Indian general election: Uttara Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Hegde	546,939	54.64
	INC	Prashant R. Deshpande	4,06,239	40.58
	NOTA	None of the Above	16,277	1.63
Margin of victory			1,40,700	14.06
Turnout			10,01,470	69.04
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha