Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency

Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency
	Lok Sabha Constituency Map
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

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

No	Name	District	Member
14	Khanapur	Belagavi	Vitthal Halagekar	BJP	BJP
15	Kittur	Belagavi	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

Year	Member^[2]^[3]
1952	Joachim Alva	Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Dinakara Desai	Independent
1971	B. V. Naik	Indian National Congress
1977	Balsu Pursu Kadam	Indian National Congress
1980	G. Devaraya Naik	Indian National Congress
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Margaret Alva	Indian National Congress
2004	Anantkumar Hegde	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014
2019
2024	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

Election results

General Election 2024

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

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

General Election, 2014: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Hegde	5,46,939	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

References

^ "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.
^ "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
^ "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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[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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