Bhatkal Assembly constituency

Bhatkal Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. It is part of Uttara Kannada district.

The constituency is infamous for Communal tensions due to notable presence of Hindutva groups and Islamic fundamentalism.

In April 10, 1996 a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly from this constituency was assassinated by gunfire.

Electorate The constituency has around 2.15 lakhs votes. Nearly 1.6 lakh voters i.e. more than 70% of vote base are Hindus, followed by Muslims at nearly 55,000 who are 25.4% and Christians at 7300 forming 3.4% of the electorate. Among Hindu vote base the single major group is Namdharis constituting about 70,000 votes. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes forms 10.1% of the electorate with nearly 22,000 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly Election MemberParty 1967 J. M. Manjanath 1972 Siddiq Mohamed Yahya Bin Umer 1978 1983 Rama Narayan Naik 1985 1989 1994 Dr. U. Chittaranjan 1996 By-election Shivanand Naik 1999 J. D. Naik 2004 Shivanand Naik 2008 J. D. Naik 2013 Mankala Vaidya 2018 Sunil Biliya Naik 2023 Mankala Vaidya

Election results Assembly Election 2023

Assembly Election 2018

Assembly Election 2013

Assembly Election 2008

Assembly Election 2004

Assembly Election 1999

Assembly By-election 1996

Assembly Election 1994

Assembly Election 1989

Assembly Election 1985

Assembly Election 1983

Assembly Election 1978

Assembly Election 1972

Assembly Election 1967

See also List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Uttara Kannada district

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