Saundatti Yellamma Assembly constituency

Saundatti Yellamma
Constituency No. 17 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Belagavi
LS constituency	Belagavi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vishwas Vasant Vaidya
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Anand Mamani

Saundatti Yellamma, also spelt Savadatti, is one of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka in India. It is one of the eight constituencies which make up Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency came into existence when the assembly map was redrawn in 2008. Prior to that most of its area was under the now-defunct Parasgad Assembly constituency.[1]

Anand Chandrashekhar Mamani won this seat in 2018 election. Chandrashekhar Mamani, Anand's father, was elected to Assembly as Janata Dal candidate from Parasgad in 1994. Anand Mamani was elected Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Assembly in March 2020.

Members of Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
Until 2008: See Parasgad
2008	Anand Mamani		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018
2023[3]	Vishwas Vasant Vaidya		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Saundatti Yellamma[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vishwas Vasant Vaidya	71,224	43.61	+24.08
	BJP	Anand Mamani	56,529	34.61	−6.04
	JD(S)	Saurav Anand Chopra	30,857	18.89
	AAP	Bapugouda Siddanagouda Patil	1,596	0.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	586	0.36	−0.26
Majority			14,695	9.00	+4.91
Turnout			163,317	81.72	+1.56
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Saundatti Yellamma[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anand Mamani	62,480	40.65
	Independent	Saurav Anand Chopra	56,189	36.56
	INC	Vishwas Vasant Vaidya	30,018	19.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	960	0.62
Majority			6,291	4.09
Turnout			1,53,707	80.16
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Belagavi District
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. https://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Parasgad-in-Karnataka Previous Year's Election Results in Parasgad, Karnataka
2. "Parasgad Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
4. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
5. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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