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Honnavar
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMysore State
DivisionBelagavi
DistrictUttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituencyUttara Kannada
Established1951
Abolished1967
ReservationNone

Honnavar Assembly constituency was one of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. It was part of Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1952 Kamat Ramkrishna Narsinh Indian National Congress
1957 Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku
1962
1963 By-election [lower-alpha 1] R. Hegde Independent politician
  1. Death of Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku [26 March 1964]

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly By-election 1964[edit | edit source]

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1963 Mysore State Legislative Assembly by-election : Honawar [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R. Hegde 12,940 60.01% New
PSP S. V. Naik 8,624 39.99% Increase5.28
Margin of victory 4,316 20.01% Decrease3.75
Independent gain from INC Swing Increase1.54

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

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1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Honawar [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku 18,506 58.47% Increase6.77
PSP Honna Goydappa Naik 10,986 34.71% Increase1.83
CPI Deepanna Manjayya Shetti 1,676 5.30% New
Independent Ganesh Mahabal Hegde 484 1.53% New
Margin of victory 7,520 23.76% Increase4.95
Turnout 34,164 58.30% Decrease0.73
Registered electors 58,598 Increase10.57
INC hold Swing Increase6.77

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

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1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Honawar [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku 16,172 51.70% Increase16.09
PSP Naik Devendra Kalinga 10,287 32.88% New
Independent Kamat Vasudeo Rama 4,824 15.42% New
Margin of victory 5,885 18.81% Increase11.88
Turnout 31,283 59.03% Increase3.66
Registered electors 52,998 Decrease4.03
INC hold Swing Increase16.09

Assembly Election 1952[edit | edit source]

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1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Honawar [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamat Ramkrishna Narsinh 10,888 35.61% New
Socialist Naik Devendra Kalinga 8,770 28.68% New
Independent Shamsuddin Bin Hussain Saheb Jukaku 8,659 28.32% New
CPI Singh. D. V 2,260 7.39% New
Margin of victory 2,118 6.93%
Turnout 30,577 55.37%
Registered electors 55,225
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 11 January 2012.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.

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