Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)

Uttara Kannada
Uttara Kannada
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Incumbent	Anant Kumar Hegde
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Karnataka
Assembly Constituencies	Khanapur; Kittur; Haliyal; Karwar; Kumta; Bhatkal; Sirsi; Yellapur

Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Kanara Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed, Ankola legislative assembly segment was abolished and a new legislative assembly segment, Yellapur came into existence.^[1]

Assembly segments[]

There are 8 assembly segments under the Uttar Kannada (North Kannada) Lok Sabha seat ^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
14	Khanapur	None	Belgaum
15	Kittur	None	Belgaum
76	Haliyal	None	Uttara Kannada
77	Karwar	None	Uttara Kannada
78	Kumta	None	Uttara Kannada
79	Bhatkal	None	Uttara Kannada
80	Sirsi	None	Uttara Kannada
81	Yellapur	None	Uttara Kannada

Abolished seat : Ankola vidhan sabha seat was abolished after 2008.

Members of Parliament[]

Bombay State: (as Kanara constituency)[]

- 1952: Joachim Piedade Alva, Indian National Congress

Mysore State: (as Kanara constituency)[]

- 1957: Joachim Piedade Alva, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Joachim Piedade Alva, Indian National Congress
- 1967: D. D. Dattatreya, Independent politician
- 1971: Balakrishna Venkanna Naik, Indian National Congress

Karnataka State: (as Kanara constituency)[]

- 1977: Balsu Pursu Kadam, Indian National Congress
- 1980: G. Devaraya Naik, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: G. Devaraya Naik, Indian National Congress
- 1989: G. Devaraya Naik, Indian National Congress
- 1991: G. Devaraya Naik, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Margaret Alva, Indian National Congress (Defeated BJP's Anant Kumar Hegde) ^[3]
- 2004: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

From Uttara Kannada constituency[]

- 2009: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2014: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2019: Anant Kumar Hegde, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results[]

2019 Lok Sabha Election[]

General Election, 2019: Uttara Kannada
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anant Kumar Hegde	7,86,042	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[]

^ "Congress has an uphill task ahead Constituency watch". Udayavani. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.^{[dead link]}
^ "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.

[udayavani-1] "Congress has an uphill task ahead Constituency watch". Udayavani. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.^{[dead link]}

[2] "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.

[3] "1999 India General (13th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

[4] "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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