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Hubli-Dharwad East
Constituency No. 72 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDharwad
Lok Sabha constituencyDharwad
Established2008
Total electors209,530[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byVeerabhadrappa Halaharavi

Hubli-Dharwad East Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.[2]

It is part of Dharwad district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. As of 2023, its representative is Abbayya Prasad of the Indian National Congress party.[1] Muslims are the largest community, making up a near-majority, with Dalits the second-largest group.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
2008 Halaharavi Veerabadrappa Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Abbayya Prasad Indian National Congress
2018
2023

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Hubli-Dharwad East [1][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abbayya Prasad 85,426 57.47% Increase0.83
BJP Dr. Kranthi Kiran 53,056 35.69% Decrease5.17
AIMIM Durgappa Kashappa Bijawad 5,644 3.80% New
SDPI Guntral Vijay Mahadevappa 1,360 0.91% New
JD(S) Halaharavi Veerabadrappa 900 0.61% New
NOTA None of the above 798 0.54% Decrease0.39
Margin of victory 32,370 21.78% Increase6.01
Turnout 148,812 71.02% Increase0.89
Registered electors 209,530 Increase7.89
INC hold Swing Increase0.83

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Hubli-Dharwad East [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abbayya Prasad 77,080 56.64% Increase20.54
BJP Chandrashekar Gokak 55,613 40.86% Increase16.28
NOTA None of the above 1,260 0.93% New
Margin of victory 21,467 15.77% Increase4.24
Turnout 136,192 70.13% Increase7.55
Registered electors 194,209 Increase11.39
INC hold Swing Increase20.54

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Hubli-Dharwad East [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Abbayya Prasad 42,353 36.10% Increase4.90
BJP Halaharavi Veerabadrappa 28,831 24.58% Decrease19.78
KJP Bijawad Shankarappa Kashappa 26,312 22.43% New
JD(S) Alkod Hanumanthappa. Y 8,431 7.19% Decrease6.51
Independent Venkappa F. Siddanath 850 0.72% New
Margin of victory 13,522 11.53% Decrease1.63
Turnout 109,103 62.58% Increase6.35
Registered electors 174,349 Increase5.99
INC gain from BJP Swing Decrease8.26

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Hubli-Dharwad East [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Halaharavi Veerabadrappa 41,029 44.36% New
INC F. H. Jakkappanavar 28,861 31.20% New
JD(S) Hirekerur Shivu Yallappa 12,667 13.70% New
Independent Durgappa Kashappa Bijawad 5,410 5.85% New
Independent Ramachandra Kalingappa Mahar 1,551 1.68% New
BSP Shobha Vasudev Ballari (Hukkeri) 799 0.86% New
Rashtriya Hindustan Sena Karnataka Sreenivas M. Harapanahalli 688 0.74% New
SP Govindraj Allappa Hariwan 599 0.65% New
Margin of victory 12,168 13.16%
Turnout 92,492 56.23%
Registered electors 164,492
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. Bomnalli, DHNS, Manjunath Hegde. "AIMIM, JD(S) likely to change equations in H-D East constituency". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Hubli-Dharwad East". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.

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