Udupi Assembly constituency

The Udupi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 seats in the Indian state of Karnataka's Assembly (State Assembly). It is part of Udupi Chikmagalur seat of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the national parliament).

Udupi
Constituency No. 120 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Lok Sabha constituency	Udupi Chikmagalur
Established	1951
Total electors	216,989[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yashpal Anand Suvarna
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Raghupati Bhat

Members of Assembly

Madras State

Year	Member	Party
1952	T. A. Pai		Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
1957	Upendra Nayak		Praja Socialist Party
1962	M. Madhvaraja		Indian National Congress
1967	S. K. Amin
1972	Manorama Madhwaraj

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1978	Manorama Madhwaraj		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	V. S. Acharya		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Manorama Madhwaraj		Indian National Congress
1989
1994	U. R. Sabhapati		Karnataka Congress Party
1999			Indian National Congress
2004	K. Raghupati Bhat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Pramod Madhwaraj		Indian National Congress
2018	K. Raghupati Bhat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Yashpal Anand Suvarna

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yashpal A. Suvarna	97,078	58.46	+6.15
	INC	Prasadraj Kanchan	64,303	38.72	−6.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,316	0.79	+0.12
Majority			32,776	19.74	+12.32
Turnout			1,66,060	76.53	−1.75
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Raghupati Bhat	84,946	52.31	+18.11
	INC	Pramod Madhwaraj	72,902	44.89	−17.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,089	0.67
Majority			12,044	7.42	−21.13
Turnout			162,405	78.28	+1.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pramod Madhwaraj	86,868	62.75	+14.84
	BJP	B. Sudhakar Shetty	47,344	34.2	−13.71
Majority			39,524	28.55	+26.44
Turnout			1,38,430	76.53	+2.33
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Raghupati Bhat	58,920	50.02
	INC	Pramod Madhwaraj	56,441	47.91
	BSP	Zakir Hussain	2,443	2.07
Majority			2,479	2.11
Turnout			1,17,804	74.2
	BJP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Raghupati Bhat	36,341	38.91
	INC	U. R. Sabhapati	34,808	37.27
	Independent	B. Sudhakar Shetty	18,633	19.95
Majority			1,533	1.64
Turnout			93,384
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	U. R. Sabhapati	41,018	49.01
	BJP	B. Sudhakar Shetty	40,308	48.16
Majority			710	0.85
Turnout			83,701	64.21
	INC gain from Karnataka Congress Party		Swing

1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Karnataka Congress Party	U. R. Sabhapati	29,649	37.78
	INC	Manorama Madhwaraj	24,831	31.64
	BJP	V. S. Acharya	22,087	28.15
Majority			4,818	6.14
Turnout			78,469	66.08
	Karnataka Congress Party gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manorama Madhwaraj	29,490	39.05
	Independent	U. R. Sabhapati	28,705	38.01
	BJP	M Somashekhar Bhat	12,824	16.98
	JD	Gangadhar Salian	3,859	5.11
Majority			785	1.04
Turnout			75,524	69.02
	INC hold		Swing

1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manorama Madhwaraj	38,162	62.93
	BJP	V. S. Acharya	22,221	36.64
Majority			15,941	26.29
Turnout			60,642	68.79
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. S. Acharya	26,385	49.3
	INC	Manorama Madhwaraj	23,146	43.25
	JP	B. P. Bhaskar	3,137	5.86
Majority			3,239	6.05
Turnout			53,515	70.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Manorama Madhwaraj	30,899	55.58
	JP	Shridhar Kalmady	22,819	41.05
	INC	Soorappa Hegde	1,123	2.02
Majority			8,080	14.53
Turnout			55,593	77.79
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing

1972

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manorama Madhwaraj	26,020	58.49
	ABJS	V. S. Acharya	11,076	24.9
	Independent	Surendranath Malpe	3,536	7.95
	Independent	Shridhar Kalmady	2,531	5.69
Majority			14,944	33.59
Turnout			44,485	76.12
	INC hold		Swing

1967

1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. K. Amin	11,737	33.35
	PSP	Upendra Nayak	10,611	30.15
	Independent	K. M. Suvarna	8,418	23.92
	SWA	P. S. Bhat	2,350	6.68
Majority			1,126	3.2
Turnout			35,192	73.68
	INC hold		Swing

1962

1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Malpe Madhvaraja	17,511	53.58
	PSP	Upendra Nayak	8,003	24.49
	CPI	K. Dasa Serigara	5,395	16.51
	ABJS	Devaprasada Setty	1,774	5.43
Majority			9,508	29.09
Turnout			32,683	72.56
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

1957

1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Udupi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PSP	Upendra Nayak	17,598	56.97
	INC	P. V. Achar	13,291	43.03
Majority			4,307	13.94
Turnout			30,889	69.28
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Udupi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Pai Anantha	25,309	50.63	50.63
	KMPP	K. Rama Rao	16,865	33.74
	Socialist	Vithaldas. N	7,810	15.63
Majority			8,444	16.89
Turnout			49,984	68.77
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Udupi district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly