BELGAUM
Assembly seat no. 197 in Karnataka · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 7 times since 1978.
Karnataka also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BELGAUM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2004
KUDACHI RAMESH LAXMAN
INC
Elections held
7
1978–2004
Most successful party
IND
won 5 of 7
Margin, 2004
1,017
1.03% of valid votes
Result, 2004
Runner-up
BJPVILAS RAMACHANDRA PAWAR
- Votes
- 31,181
- Vote share
- 31.55%
- Behind by
- 1,017
Electors
1,85,703
Total votes polled
98,820
Valid votes
98,820
NOTA votes
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Turnout
53.2%
Full result, 2004
9 candidates · 98,820 valid votes
KUDACHI RAMESH LAXMANINCwon
32,198
32.6%
VILAS RAMACHANDRA PAWARBJP
31,181
31.6%
DALVI DEEPAK ARJUN RAOIND
29,051
29.4%
MADIWALE F MJD(S)
2,213
2.2%
PRAKASH RAMACHANDRASHIROLKARSHS
1,197
1.2%
GIRISH PARASHARAM BALEKUNDRIKNDP
1,098
1.1%
SATISH NEMINATH GOURAGONDAIND
925
0.9%
SAYYED BANDE NAWAZ MOHAMMEDHANIFMUL
693
0.7%
BADAWANACHE LAXMAN ALIASAPPASAHEB BHARAMAIND
264
0.3%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 7 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | KUDACHI RAMESH LAXMAN | INC | 32,198 | 32.58% | VILAS RAMACHANDRA PAWAR | 1,017 |
| 1999 | KUDACHI RAMESH LAXMAN | INC | 37,664 | 40.93% | ASHTEKAR MALOJIRAO SHANTARAM | 7,660 |
| 1994 | TARALE NARAYANRAO GOVIND | IND | 35,515 | 44.79% | POTDAR ANIL MOHANRAO | 10,826 |
| 1989 | BAPUSAHEB RAOSAHEB MAHAGAONKAR | IND | 35,196 | 38.96% | POTDAR ANIL MOHAN | 5,387 |
| 1985 | MANE RAJABHAU SHANKARRAO | IND | 32,401 | 49.31% | KAKATKAR SHIVAJIRAO YALLAPPA | 10,924 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above