Elections in Bombay Karnataka

Bombay Karnataka

Bombay Karnataka

Overview

Bombay Karnataka, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency under the British rule, has played a significant role in the formation of the state government in the last 4 elections including two Lok Sabha elections. Bombay Karnataka comprises the present day districts of Belgaum, Dharwar, Bijapur, Haveri, Gadag, Bagalkot, and Karwar(North Kanara).

Historical Background

After the annexation of Peshwa Territories under the British rule in 1818, the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab became a part of the erstwhile British India. The northern region in the present-day Karnataka, fell under the administrative and judicial jurisdiction of Bombay Presidency. The 326-km-long region, had a predominance of the Kannada culture, but after becoming a part of the Bombay Presidency Marathi became the official language for the Kannada community of the Bombay Karnataka region. India gained Independence from the British imperial forces in the year 1947, and in the year 1953, the Central government constituted a State Reorganisation Commission. The commission was formed to take into consideration the cultural and linguistic values before reorganising and forming new states. In 1956, after State Reorganisation Commission submitted its recommendation, the central government approved the formation of new states including the state of Mysore. The Bombay Karnataka and four other regions, which were part of different Princely states or British Presidencies, became the state of Mysore. The dominance of Kannada identity in these regions was taken into consideration for the formation of the new state. The state of Mysore was later renamed Karnataka in 1973.

Assembly Constituencies and MLAs from Bombay Karnataka Region

AC. No.	Constituency	Current MLA	Party
1	Nippani	Jolle Shashikala Annasaheb	BJP
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Ganesh Prakash Hukkeri	INC
3	Athani	Laxman Sangappa Savadi	BJP
4	Kagwad	Bharamagouda (Raju) Alagouda Kage	BJP
5	Kudachi	P. Rajeev	BSRCP
6	Raibag	Aihole Duryodhan Mahalingappa	BJP
7	Hukkeri	Katti Umesh Vishwanath	BJP
8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Lakshmanrao Jarakiholi	BJP
9	Gokak	Ramesh Lakshmanrao Jarakiholi	INC
10	Yemkanmardi	Satish Lakshmanrao Jarakiholi	INC
11	Belgaum Uttar	Feroz Nuruddin Sait	INC
12	Belgaum Dakshin	Sambhaji Lakshman Patil	IND
13	Belgaum Rural	Sanjay B. Patil	BJP
14	Khanapur	Aravind Chandrakant Patil	IND
15	Kittur	Inamdar Danappagouda Basanagouda	INC
16	Bailhongal	Dr. Vishwanath Iranagouda Patil	BJP
17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwanath Chandrashekar Mamani	BJP
18	Ramdurg	Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan	INC
19	Mudhol	Karajola Govinda Maktappa	BJP
20	Terdal	Umashree	INC
21	Jamkhandi	Siddu B. Nyamagouda	INC
22	Bilgi	Jagadish Thimmanagouda Patil	INC
23	Badami	Chimmanakatti Balappa Bhimappa	INC
24	Bagalkot	Hullappa Yamanappa Meti	INC
25	Hungund	Kashappanavar Vijayanand Shivashankarappa	INC
26	Muddebihal	Appaji Channabasavaraj Shankarrao Nadagouda	INC
27	Devar Hippargi	A S Patil (Nadahalli)	INC
28	Basavana Bagevadi	Patil Shivananda Siddaramappa	INC
29	Babaleshwar	Patil Mallanagouda Basavanagouda	INC
30	Bijapur City	Makbul S. Bagawan	INC
31	Nagthan	H. R. Alagur (Raju)	BJP
32	Indi	Yashvantarayagouda Vittalagouda Patil	INC
33	Sindgi	Ramesh Balappa Bhusanur	BJP
65	Shirahatti	Doddamani Ramakrishna Shidlingappa	INC
66	Gadag	H. K. Patil	INC
67	Ron	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil	INC
68	Nargund	Yavagal Basavaraddi Rangaraddi	INC
69	Navalgund	N.H. Konaraddi	JD(S)
70	Kundgol	Shivalli Channabasappa Satyappa	INC
71	Dharwad	Vinay Kulkarni	INC
72	Hubli-Dharwad-East	Abbayya Prasad	INC
73	Hubli-Dharwad-Central	Jagadish Shettar	BJP
74	Hubli-Dharwad-West	Aravind Chandrakant Bellad	BJP
75	Kalghatgi	Santosh S Lad	INC
82	Hangal	Manohar H. Tahasildar	INC
83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai	BJP
84	Haveri	Lamani Rudrappa Manappa	INC
85	Byadgi	Shivannanavar Basavaraj Neelappa	INC
86	Hirekerur	Ujaneshwar Basavanneppa Banakar	KJP
87	Ranibennur	K. B. Koliwad	INC