Byndoor Assembly constituency

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

Byndoor
Constituency No. 118 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
LS constituency	Shimoga
Established	1956
Total electors	235,716[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gururaj Gantihole
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	B. M. Sukumar Shetty

It is part of Udupi district. It consists of parts of Byndoor Taluk and Kundapura Taluk.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	Y Manjayya Shetty		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	S. R. Halsnad		Praja Socialist Party
1972	Gopal Krishna Kodgi		Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Gopal Krishna Kodgi		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	Appanna Hegde		Janata Party
1985	G. S. Achar		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	I. M. Jayarama Shetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	K Gopala Poojary		Indian National Congress
2004
2008	K. Laxminarayana		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	K Gopala Poojary		Indian National Congress
2018[4]	B. M. Sukumar Shetty		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Gururaj Gantihole

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Byndoor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gururaj Shetty Gantihole	98,628	53.12	−1.22
	INC	K Gopala Poojary	82,475	44.42	+3.88
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,208	0.65	−0.28
Majority			16,153	8.7	−5.10
Turnout			185,683	78.77	−0.67
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Byndoor^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B. M. Sukumar Shetty	96,029	54.34
	INC	K Gopala Poojary	71,636	40.54
	CPI(M)	Suresh Kallagar	2,415	1.37
	JD(S)	Ravi Shetty	1,911	1.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,647	0.93
Majority			24,393	13.80
Turnout			176,726	79.44
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Udupi district

References

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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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