Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka

Uttara Kannada

Lok Sabha constituency

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Constituency details
Country| India
Region| South India
State| Karnataka
Assembly constituencies| Khanapur
Kittur
Haliyal
Karwar
Kumta
Bhatkal
Sirsi
Yellapur
Established| 1952
Reservation| None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Party| BJP
Elected year| 2024

Uttara Kannada (formerly known as Canara), sometimes called Karwar, is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed.

## Assembly segments

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There are 8 assembly segments under the Uttar Kannada (North Kannada) Lok Sabha seat [1]

No  | Name  | District  | Member  | Party  | Party Leading
(in 2024)

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14  | Khanapur | Belagavi | Vitthal Halagekar  |  | BJP |  | BJP
15  | Kittur | Babasaheb Patil  |  | INC |  | BJP
76  | Haliyal | Uttara Kannada | R. V. Deshpande |  | INC |  | BJP
77  | Karwar | Satish Krishna Sail |  | INC |  | BJP
78  | Kumta | Dinakar Keshav Shetty  |  | BJP |  | BJP
79  | Bhatkal | M. S. Vaidya |  | INC |  | BJP
80  | Sirsi | Bhimanna T. Naik  |  | INC |  | BJP
81  | Yellapur | Shivaram Hebbar |  | BJP |  | BJP

## Members of Parliament

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Year  | Member[2][3] | Party

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1952 | Joachim Alva |  | Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 | Dinakara Desai |  | Independent
1971 | B. V. Naik |  | Indian National Congress
1977 | Balsu Pursu Kadam
1980 | G. Devaraya Naik |  | Indian National Congress
1984 |  | Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 | Anantkumar Hegde |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999 | Margaret Alva |  | Indian National Congress
2004 | Anantkumar Hegde |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024 | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

## Election results

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### General Election 2024

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2024 Indian general election: Uttar Kannada Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri | 782,495  | 61.97  | −6.18
| INC | Anjali Nimbalkar | 4,45,067  | 35.25  | N/A
| NOTA | None of the above  | 10,176  | 0.81  | −0.58
Majority  | 3,37,428  | 26.72  | −14.86
Turnout | 12,62,761  | 76.53  | +2.37
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

### 2019

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General Election, 2019: Uttara Kannada Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Anant Kumar Hegde | 786,042  | 68.15  | +13.51
| JD(S) | Anand Asnotikar  | 3,06,393  | 26.56  | N/A
| NOTA | None of the Above | 16,017  | 1.39  | −0.24
Margin of victory  | 4,79,649  | 41.59  | +27.53
Turnout | 11,54,390  | 74.16  | +5.12
| BJP hold | Swing | +13.51  |

### 2014 Lok Sabha election

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General Election, 2014: Uttara Kannada Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| BJP | Anant Kumar Hegde | 546,939  | 54.64  |
| INC | Prashant R. Deshpande  | 4,06,239  | 40.58  |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 16,277  | 1.63  |
Margin of victory  | 1,40,700  | 14.06  |
Turnout | 10,01,470  | 69.04  |
| BJP hold | Swing |  |

## See also

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* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

## References

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1. ^ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 411–2. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
2. ^ "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
3. ^ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume I" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 89. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Karnataka

Total: 28 constituencies

Current|

* Bagalkot
* Bangalore Central
* Bangalore North
* Bangalore Rural
* Bangalore South
* Belgaum
* Bellary
* Bidar
* Bijapur
* Chamarajanagar
* Chikballapur
* Chikkodi
* Chitradurga
* Dakshina Kannada
* Davanagere
* Dharwad
* Gulbarga
* Hassan
* Haveri
* Kolar
* Koppal
* Mandya
* Mysore
* Raichur
* Shimoga
* Tumkur
* Udupi Chikmagalur
* Uttara Kannada

Defunct|

| 1952–1957|

| Mysore|

* Hassan Chickmagalur

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Bombay|

* Belgaum North
* Belgaum South
* Bijapur North
* Bijapur South
* Dharwad North
* Dharwad South
* Kanara

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Coorg (Kodagu)|

* Coorg

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Hyderabad|

* Kushtagi
* Yadgir

|

Madras|

* South Kanara (North)
* South Kanara (South)

|

1952–1962|

* Chitaldrug

1957–1967|

* Bangalore City
* Bijapur North
* Bijapur South
* Tiptur

1957–1977|

* Bangalore
* Udipi

1957–2009|

* Dharwad North
* Dharwad South
* Kanara
* Mangalore

1967–1977|

* Madhugiri
* Hoskote

1967–2009|

* Chikmagalur
* Kanakapura

1977–2009|

* Udupi

* 224 Assembly constituencies

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