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Yellapur
Constituency No. 81 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictUttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituencyUttara Kannada
Established2008
Total electors182,472[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byV. S. Patil

Yellapur Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.[2]

It is part of Uttara Kannada district and Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2023, Arbail Shivaram Hebbar of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the representative of this constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Member Party
2008 V. S. Patil Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Arbail Shivaram Hebbar Indian National Congress
2018
2019 By-election [lower-alpha 1] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023
  1. Disqualified by the Hon'ble Speaker under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution with effect from 25/07/2019

Election results[edit | edit source]

Assembly Election 2023[edit | edit source]

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Yellapur [1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arbail Shivaram Hebbar 74,699 49.69% Decrease11.19
INC Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud Patil 70,695 47.02% Increase9.91
JD(S) Nagesh Honnayya Naik 1,662 1.11% Increase0.18
NOTA None of the above 1,457 0.97% Decrease0.12
Margin of victory 4,004 2.66% Decrease21.11
Turnout 150,514 82.49% Increase5.00
Registered electors 182,472 Increase5.85
BJP hold Swing Decrease11.19

Assembly By-election 2019[edit | edit source]

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2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : Yellapur [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arbail Shivaram Hebbar 80,442 60.88% Increase14.68
INC Bhimanna Naik 49,034 37.11% Decrease10.15
NOTA None of the above 1,444 1.09% Increase0.08
JD(S) A. Chaitra 1,235 0.93% Decrease3.53
Margin of victory 31,408 23.77% Increase22.71
Turnout 133,581 77.49% Decrease4.85
Registered electors 172,394 Increase1.10
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase13.62

Assembly Election 2018[edit | edit source]

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Yellapur [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Arbail Shivaram Hebbar 66,290 47.26% Increase7.08
BJP Andalagi Veerabhadragouda Shivanagoud Patil 64,807 46.20% Increase22.98
JD(S) Naik Ravindra. A 6,263 4.46% Decrease11.03
NOTA None of the above 1,421 1.01% New
Margin of victory 1,483 1.06% Decrease15.90
Turnout 140,398 82.34% Increase2.73
Registered electors 170,510 Increase12.36
INC hold Swing Increase7.08

Assembly Election 2013[edit | edit source]

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2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Yellapur [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Arbail Shivaram Hebbar 58,025 40.18% Increase5.10
BJP Patil Veerabhadragouda Shivanagouda 33,533 23.22% Decrease14.24
JD(S) Anil Kumar. D 22,361 15.49% Increase0.15
KJP Mahesh M. Hoskoppa 1,669 1.16% New
Independent Maruti Nagappa Karande 1,637 1.13% New
Margin of victory 24,492 16.96% Increase14.58
Turnout 120,817 79.61% Increase3.98
Registered electors 151,757 Increase9.86
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.72

Assembly Election 2008[edit | edit source]

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2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Yellapur [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP V. S. Patil 39,109 37.46% New
INC Arbail Shivaram Hebbar 36,624 35.08% New
JD(S) Pramod Hegde 16,019 15.34% New
BSP Umesh Hegde Unchalli 3,278 3.14% New
SP Jaivanth Premanand Subraya 2,760 2.64% New
Independent Hanamantappa Guddappa Guddannanavar 2,759 2.64% New
Independent Suresh Ningappa Pujar 810 0.78% New
Independent G. D. Phakkirswamy 799 0.77% New
Independent S. Phakkeerappa 788 0.75% New
Margin of victory 2,485 2.38%
Turnout 104,476 75.63%
Registered electors 138,132
BJP win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Yellapur". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  4. "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 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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