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Karnataka Election 2023: Kalghatgi Assembly Seat
Karnataka Election: Kalghatgi Assembly Constituency 2023
Kalghatgi is one of the 224 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Constituencies that comes under the Dharwad district. People of Kalghatgi voted for Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 on May 10 and the result was declared on May 13.
In Karnataka Assembly Election 2018, there were 1,86,252 registered voters for Kalghatgi assembly seat, out of which 96,359 were male and 89,885 were female voters. 0.8% of voters opted for the None of the Above (NOTA) option.
In the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election 2018, Kalghatgi constituency had 15 candidates for assembly seat contention. Kalghatgi was one of 104 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bharatiya Janata Party's C M Nimbannavar won the election by upstaging Indian National Congress's Santosh S Lad by a margin of 25,997 votes.
93.4% of votes were split between top 2 candidates. Bharatiya Janata Party's C M Nimbannavar secured a total of 83,267 votes, while Indian National Congress's Santosh S Lad got 57,270 votes. Independent candidate Raju R Kalaghatagi grabbed 4,898 votes to finish at the third place. The top three parties got 55.3%, 38.1% and 3.3% respectively.
In Karnataka Assembly election 2013, Indian National Congress's Santhosh S Lad defeated Karnataka Jantha Paksha's Nimbannavar Channappa Mallappa by 45,661 votes.