Bijapur City Assembly constituency

Bijapur City Assembly constituency is one of 224 assembly constituencies of the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] The constituency was previously known as Bijapur constituency which was readjusted in 2008 on the implementation of the Delimitation Commission of 2002.[2] The constituency was a part of the Bombay State before the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3] It is part of Bijapur (Lok Sabha constituency).

For the constituency in Chhattisgarh, see Bijapur Assembly constituency. For the defunct constituency in Karnataka, see Bijapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.

Bijapur City
Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBijapur
LS constituencyBijapur
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2018

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member[4] Party
Till 2008 : See Bijapur
2008 Appu Pattanshetty Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Makbul S Bagawan Indian National Congress
2018 Basangouda Patil Yatnal Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023
2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Bijapur City[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basangouda Patil Yatnal 94,211 51.47 Increase1.17
INC Abdul Hameed Mushrif 85,978 46.97 Increase0.90
NOTA None of the above 994 0.54 Decrease0.38
Majority 8,233 4.50 Increase0.23
Turnout 1,83,057 64.97 Increase3.62
BJP hold Swing

2018
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Basangouda Patil Yatnal 76,308 50.30 +28.26
INC Abdul Hameed Mushrif 69,895 46.07 +5.22
JD(S) S. K. Bellubbi 2,083 1.37 -31.59
NOTA None of the above 1,399 0.92
Majority 6,413 4.23
Turnout 151,703 61.35
Registered electors 247,287
BJP gain from INC Swing

2013
2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Makbul S Bagawan 48,615 40.85 +20.68
JD(S) Basangouda Patil Yatnal 39,235 32.96 +13.95
BJP Appu Pattanshetty 26,235 22.04 -19.14
KJP Karibasavaraj Nagur 1,054 0.89
Turnout 118,587 56.21
Registered electors 211,756
INC gain from BJP Swing

2008
2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur City[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Appu Pattanshetty 34,217 41.45
INC Horti Sahebuddin Abdulrahiman 16,653 20.17
JD(S) Mahabari Bandenawaj Hussainsab 15,696 19.01
Independent I. R. Patil Yatnal 6,873 8.33
Turnout 82,558 48.6
Registered electors 169,652
BJP win (new seat)

References
  1. List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  2. "Delimitation may kick off with Karnataka". The Financial Express. 5 January 2008.
  3. "States Reorganization Act 1956". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  4. "Bijapur City Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  5. "General Election to Vidhan Sabha trends & Result May-2023". eci.
  6. "Karnataka 2018". Election Commission of India.
  7. "Karnataka 2013". Election Commission of India.
  8. "Karnataka 2008". Election Commission of India.

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