Hubli Rural Assembly constituency was one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly that used to come under Dharwad district and it came into existence in 1972 and was abolished after the 2008 delimitation exercise. This seat was once held by 2 Chief Ministers S. R. Bommai and Jagadish Shettar and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai contested in this constituency once in 1994 but lost to Jagadish Shettar.