Moodabidri Assembly constituency

Moodabidri
Constituency No. 201 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDakshina Kannada
LS constituencyDakshina Kannada
Established1951
Total electors205,099 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byAbhayachandra Jain

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

It is part of Dakshina Kannada district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

[3]

Madras State

Year Member Party
1952 N. N. Suvarna Indian National Congress

Mysore State

Year Member Party
1957 Manjappa Ullal Indian National Congress
1962 Gopal Salenna Swatantra Party
1967 K. R. Shetty
1972 Damodar Mulky Indian National Congress

Karnataka

Year Member Party
1978 Damodar Mulky Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983 K. Amarnath Shetty Janata Party
1985
1989 K. Somappa Suvarna Indian National Congress
1994 K. Amarnath Shetty Janata Dal
1999 Abhayachandra Jain Indian National Congress
2004
2008
2013
2018 Umanatha Kotian Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Moodabidri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Umanatha Kotian 86,925 54.77 −2.67
INC Mithun M. Rai 64,457 40.61 +2.75
SDPI Alphonse Franko 3,617 2.28
JD(S) Amarashree Amarnath Shetty 1,533 0.97 −0.24
NOTA None of the Above 837 0.53 −0.15
Majority 22,468 14.16 −5.42
Turnout 158,721 77.39 +1.29
BJP hold Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Moodabidri[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Umanatha Kotian 87,444 57.44
INC Abhayachandra Jain 57,645 37.86
Independent Ashwin Jossy Pereira 2,111 1.39
JD(S) Jeevan Krishna Shetty 1,845 1.21
CPI(M) K. Yadava Shetty 1,114 0.73
NOTA None of the Above 1,037 0.68
Majority 29,799 19.58
Turnout 1,52,247 76.10
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

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. ^ "Moodabidri Election and Results 2023, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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