Belgaum Dakshin Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Belagavi Assembly constituency (disambiguation).

Belgaum Dakshin Assembly seat (also called Belgaum South) is a seat in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly which came into existence in 2008 when the electoral map of India was redrawn. It is a part of Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian state of Karnataka.^[1][2]

Belagavi Dakshin
Constituency No. 12 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
LS constituency	Belgaum
Established	2008
Total electors	2,48,626
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Abhay Patil
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Assembly members

Year	Name[3]	Party
1967-2008: See Belgaum, Uchagaon & Hire Bagewadi
2008	Abhay Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Sambhaji Patil		Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti
2018	Abhay Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belgaum Dakshin^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhay Patil	77,094	48.45
	INC	Prabhavati B Mastimardi	13,015	8.18
	MES	Ramakant Konduskar	64,786	40.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,599	1.00
Majority			12,308
Turnout			1,59,111
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belgaum Dakshin^[5][6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhay Patil	84,498	57.59	21.12
	INC	M. D. Lakshminarayan	25,806	17.59	02.03
	MES	Prakash Appaji Maragale	21,537	14.68	26.57
	Independent	Kiran Krishna Saynak	8,295	5.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,474	1.00
Majority			58,692
Turnout			1,46,715	62.46
	BJP gain from MES		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Belgaum^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MES	Sambhaji Lakshman Patil	54,426	41.25
	BJP	Abhay Patil	48,116	36.47
	INC	Anil M. Potdar	20,536	15.56
	MES gain from BJP		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Fourteenth Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Belgaum Dakshin Assembly constituency". Retrieved 29 October 2020.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
7. "Belgaum Dakshin Election Result 2018 Live: Belgaum Dakshin Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
8. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
9. "Belgaum Dakshin Election Result 2018 Live: Belgaum Dakshin Assembly Elections Results (Vidhan Sabha Polls Result)". News18. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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