Sirsi Assembly constituency

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Sirsi
Constituency No. 80 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictUttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituencyUttara Kannada
Established1956
Total electors200,755[2]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byVishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Sirsi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.[3]

It is part of Uttara Kannada district. Bhimanna T. Naik is the current MLA from Sirisi.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
1957 Ramakrishna Hegde Indian National Congress
1962
1967 M. H. Jayaprakashanarayan Praja Socialist Party
1972 Indian National Congress
1978 Borkar Umakant Buddu Janata Party
1983 Kanade Gopal Mukund
1985 Indian National Congress
1989
1994 Jaiwani Premanand Subray Janata Dal
1999 Viveknand Vaidya Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008 Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
2013
2018
2023 Bhimanna T. Naik Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhimanna T. Naik 76,887 47.89% Increase13.63
BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 68,175 42.47% Decrease3.05
JD(S) Upendra Pai 9,138 5.69% Decrease11.48
NOTA None of the above 1,638 1.02% Decrease0.23
AAP Hitendra Naik 1,449 0.90% New
Independent Gopal Devadiga 1,266 0.79% New
Margin of victory 8,712 5.43% Decrease5.83
Turnout 160,920 80.16% Decrease1.20
Total valid votes 160,538
Registered electors 200,755 Increase5.20
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.37

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 70,595 45.52% Increase10.03
INC Bhimanna T. Naik 53,134 34.26% Increase1.30
JD(S) Shashibhushan Hegde 26,625 17.17% Decrease15.76
NOTA None of the above 1,935 1.25% New
Independent Ajjibal Ramanand 981 0.63% New
Margin of victory 17,461 11.26% Increase8.73
Turnout 155,271 81.36% Increase6.02
Total valid votes 155,079
Registered electors 190,834 Increase9.51
BJP hold Swing Increase10.03

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 42,854 35.49% Decrease9.91
INC Ayyappanagar Deepak Honnavar 39,795 32.96% Increase13.67
JD(S) Shashibhushan Hegde 39,761 32.93% Increase27.52
KJP Huvinamane Ravi Hegde 3,304 2.74% New
Independent Annappa Akash. S. Madival 2,246 1.86% New
BSP Sudhakar Kira Joglekar 1,374 1.14% Increase0.04
Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress Nagaraj Venkatraman Hegde 1,061 0.88% New
JD(U) Kanade Santosh Gopal 796 0.66% New
Margin of victory 3,059 2.53% Decrease23.58
Turnout 131,285 75.34% Increase1.54
Total valid votes 120,745
Registered electors 174,259 Increase9.19
BJP hold Swing Decrease9.91

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 53,438 45.40% Increase2.55
INC Naik Raveendranath Narayan 22,705 19.29% Decrease10.87
SP Bheemanna Naik 18,648 15.84% New
Independent Gowda Shanmukh Basavaraj 12,116 10.29% New
JD(S) Narvekar Nagaraj Gurunath 6,363 5.41% Decrease16.44
Independent Anand H. Gowda 2,318 1.97% New
BSP Ramanatha Hegde 1,292 1.10% New
LJP Kanade Ramadas Venkappa 822 0.70% New
Margin of victory 30,733 26.11% Increase13.42
Turnout 117,776 73.80% Decrease0.11
Total valid votes 117,702
Registered electors 159,589 Increase5.62
BJP hold Swing Increase2.55

Assembly Election 2004[edit | edit source]

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Viveknand Vaidya 47,811 42.85% Decrease1.52
INC Jaiwant Premanand 33,652 30.16% Decrease1.24
JD(S) Kanade Gopal Mukund 24,378 21.85% Increase21.12
JP Jogalekar Ganapathi Bangari 4,003 3.59% New
Kannada Nadu Party Gajanan Krishna Palekar 1,735 1.55% New
Margin of victory 14,159 12.69% Decrease0.28
Turnout 111,679 73.91% Increase0.05
Total valid votes 111,579
Registered electors 151,101 Increase9.36
BJP hold Swing Decrease1.52

Assembly Election 1999[edit | edit source]

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Viveknand Vaidya 42,813 44.37% Increase18.35
INC Kanade Gopal Mukund 30,301 31.40% Increase5.90
Independent P. S. Jaiwant 21,679 22.47% New
Independent B. Chandrappa 992 1.03% New
JD(S) Joglekar Vishwanath Bangarya 704 0.73% New
Margin of victory 12,512 12.97% Increase11.11
Turnout 102,059 73.86% Increase0.31
Total valid votes 96,489
Rejected ballots 5,568 5.46% Increase3.76
Registered electors 138,174 Increase4.09
BJP gain from JD Swing Increase16.49

Assembly Election 1994[edit | edit source]

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Jaiwani Premanand Subray 26,758 27.88% Decrease9.82
BJP Viveknand Vaidya 24,972 26.02% Increase18.27
INC Kanade Gopal Mukund 24,470 25.50% Decrease23.84
INC Mohan Shiroor 18,788 19.58% New
Margin of victory 1,786 1.86% Decrease9.79
Turnout 97,629 73.55% Increase2.66
Total valid votes 95,962
Rejected ballots 1,663 1.70% Decrease6.37
Registered electors 132,739 Increase5.87
JD gain from INC Swing Decrease21.46

Assembly Election 1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kanade Gopal Mukund 40,319 49.34% Increase3.09
JD Sirasikara Mahabaleswara Venkappa 30,801 37.70% New
BJP Vyadya Vivekananda Subrava 6,331 7.75% Decrease0.67
JP Patanakara Srinivasa Pandu 3,325 4.07% New
Margin of victory 9,518 11.65% Increase9.57
Turnout 88,886 70.89% Increase0.22
Total valid votes 81,710
Rejected ballots 7,176 8.07% Increase6.43
Registered electors 125,378 Increase24.36
INC hold Swing Increase3.09

Assembly Election 1985[edit | edit source]

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kanade Gopal Mukund 32,414 46.25% Increase14.36
JP Jaiwani Premanand Subray 30,955 44.17% Increase3.75
BJP Krishna Venkatraman Bharkal 5,901 8.42% Decrease19.27
Independent Gutya Naga Jogiekar 486 0.69% New
Margin of victory 1,459 2.08% Decrease6.45
Turnout 71,250 70.67% Increase2.10
Total valid votes 70,085
Rejected ballots 1,165 1.64% Decrease1.05
Registered electors 100,819 Increase15.51
INC gain from JP Swing Increase5.83

Assembly Election 1983[edit | edit source]

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Kanade Gopal Mukund 23,540 40.42% Decrease10.28
INC Revankar Shankar Purushottam 18,575 31.89% Increase28.93
BJP Bhatkal Krishna Venkatraman 16,125 27.69% New
Margin of victory 4,965 8.53% Increase4.16
Turnout 59,852 68.57% Decrease11.09
Total valid votes 58,240
Rejected ballots 1,612 2.69% Increase0.15
Registered electors 87,283 Increase9.05
JP hold Swing Decrease10.28

Assembly Election 1978[edit | edit source]

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Borkar Umakant Buddu 31,506 50.70% New
INC(I) Revankar Shankar Purushottam 28,793 46.33% New
INC Jogannavar Yallappa Venkappa 1,842 2.96% Decrease63.24
Margin of victory 2,713 4.37% Decrease28.03
Turnout 63,762 79.66% Increase19.78
Total valid votes 62,141
Rejected ballots 1,621 2.54% Increase2.54
Registered electors 80,040 Increase25.75
JP gain from INC Swing Decrease15.50

Assembly Election 1972[edit | edit source]

1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. H. Jayaprakashanarayan 24,373 66.20% Increase29.71
ABJS Borkar Umakant Buddu 12,444 33.80% Increase9.44
Margin of victory 11,929 32.40% Increase29.74
Turnout 38,113 59.88% Decrease1.67
Total valid votes 36,817
Registered electors 63,649 Increase20.60
INC gain from Praja Socialist Party Swing Increase27.05

Assembly Election 1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP M. H. Jayaprakashanarayan 11,282 39.15% Increase13.80
INC R. S. Purushottam 10,516 36.49% Decrease16.84
ABJS B. U. Buddu 7,019 24.36% New
Margin of victory 766 2.66% Decrease25.32
Turnout 32,487 61.55% Decrease9.73
Total valid votes 28,817
Registered electors 52,778 Decrease5.45
Praja Socialist Party gain from INC Swing Decrease14.18

Assembly Election 1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramakrishna Hegde 19,817 53.33% Decrease19.31
PSP H. Ganapatiyappa 9,421 25.35% Increase1.66
SWA Anant Manjappa Hegde Hoodlamane 7,117 19.15% New
ABJS Sitaram Subraya Kanetkar 804 2.16% New
Margin of victory 10,396 27.98% Decrease20.97
Turnout 39,790 71.28% Increase6.17
Total valid votes 37,159
Registered electors 55,823 Increase20.15
INC hold Swing Decrease19.31

Assembly Election 1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election : Sirsi [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ramakrishna Hegde 21,974 72.64% New
PSP Dhakappa Shriram Sheshgiri 7,166 23.69% New
Independent Nejjur Shanmukh Sadashiv 1,110 3.67% New
Margin of victory 14,808 48.95%
Turnout 30,250 65.11%
Total valid votes 30,250
Registered electors 46,461
INC win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Sirsi Election Result 2023 LIVE: Sirsi MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia".
  2. ↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sirsi Election Result 2023 LIVE: Sirsi MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia".
  5. ↑ "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Sirsi". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sirsi Constituency Election Results 2018". The Times of India. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  15. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  16. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 October 2010.
  17. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  18. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2010.
  19. ↑ "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.
  20. ↑ "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.

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