Kundapura 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 = Kundapura

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 119

| map_image = 119-Kundapura constituency.svg

| established = 1951

| state = Karnataka

| district = Udupi

| loksabha_cons = Udupi Chikmagalur

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:209592}}{{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 |url-access=limited}}{{update after|2028|7}}

| mla = Kiran Kumar Kodgi

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2023

| preceded_by = Halady Srinivas Shetty

}}

Kundapura Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka 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. Kiran Kumar Kodgi is the current MLA from Kundapura.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

= Madras State =

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1952

|Y. Manjayya Shetty

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

= Mysore State =

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1957

|Srinivas V. Shetty

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

1962

|S. S. Kolkebail

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

1967

| rowspan="2"| Winnifred Fernandes

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

1972

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

= Karnataka =

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

1978

|Kaup Sanjiva Shetty

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

1983

| rowspan="4" |K. Prathapachandra Shetty

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1985
1989
1994
1999

|rowspan="5" |Halady Srinivas Shetty

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party| rowspan=3}}

2004
2008
2013

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

2018

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

2023

|Kiran Kumar Kodgi

Election results

= 2023 =

{{Election box begin | title=2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kundapura}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Kiran Kumar Kodgi

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 102,424

|percentage = 61.16

|change = -4.04

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Dinesh Hegde Molahalli|party=Indian National Congress|votes=60,868|percentage=36.35|change=+6.71}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=1,141|percentage=0.68|change=-0.46}}

{{Election box majority|votes=41,556|percentage=24.81|change=-10.75}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=167,471|percentage=79.9|change=+0.43}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin | title=2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Kundapura{{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 = Halady Srinivas Shetty

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 1,03,434

|percentage = 65.20

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Rakesh Malli

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 47,029

|percentage = 29.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Thekkatte Prakash Shetty

|party = Janata Dal (Secular)

|votes = 2,712

|percentage = 1.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Rajiv Kotian

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 2,628

|percentage = 1.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,813

|percentage = 1.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 56,405

|percentage = 35.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,58,644

|percentage = 79.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Independent politician

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=1952=

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coondapur{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Shetty Manjayya |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,847 |percentage=55.41% |change=New }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shetty Srinivasa |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=19,994 |percentage=44.59% |change= New }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,853 |percentage=10.82% |change=New }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=44,841 |percentage=62.55% |change=New }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 71,685 |change =New }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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