Byndoor Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka State, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Byndoor

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 118

| map_image = 118-Byndoor constituency.svg

| established = 1956

| state = Karnataka

| district = Udupi

| loksabha_cons = Shimoga

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:235716}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/15163-karnataka-2023/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023 |publisher=Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in |access-date=24 July 2023}}{{update after|2028|7}}

| mla = Gururaj Gantihole

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2023

| preceded_by = B. M. Sukumar Shetty

}}

Byndoor Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka state in India.{{cite web |url=https://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PCELE2019/GE2019_VOTERS_COUNT.pdf |title=Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count |website=ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in |accessdate= 10 February 2021}}

It is part of Udupi district. It consists of parts of Byndoor Taluk and Kundapura Taluk.{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

= Mysore State =

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

colspan=4 |Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957

| rowspan="2"| Y Manjayya Shetty

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1962
1967

|S. R. Halsnad

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

1972

|Gopal Krishna Kodgi

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

= Karnataka =

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1978

|Gopal Krishna Kodgi

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}

1983

|Appanna Hegde

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1985

| rowspan="2" |G. S. Achar

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress| rowspan=2}}

1989
1994

|I. M. Jayarama Shetty

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1999

| rowspan="2" |K Gopala Poojary

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

2004
2008

|K. Laxminarayana

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2013

|K Gopala Poojary

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2018

| B. M. Sukumar Shetty

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}

2023

|Gururaj Gantihole

Election results

= 2023 =

{{Election box begin | title=2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Byndoor{{cite news |title=Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Byndoor |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10118.htm?ac=118 |access-date=6 May 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506091137/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10118.htm?ac=118 |archive-date=6 May 2025}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Gururaj Shetty Gantihole

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 98,628

|percentage = 53.12

|change = -1.22

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = K Gopala Poojary

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 82,475

|percentage = 44.42

|change = +3.88

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,208

|percentage = 0.65

|change = -0.28

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 16,153

|percentage = 8.7

|change = -5.10

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 185,683

|percentage = 78.77

|change = -0.67

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin | title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Byndoor{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6933-karnataka-2018/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 4 February 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = B. M. Sukumar Shetty

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 96,029

|percentage = 54.34

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = K Gopala Poojary

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 71,636

|percentage = 40.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Suresh Kallagar

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|votes = 2,415

|percentage = 1.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Ravi Shetty

|party = Janata Dal (Secular)

|votes = 1,911

|percentage = 1.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,647

|percentage = 0.93

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 24,393

|percentage = 13.80

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 176,726

|percentage = 79.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References