Bantval Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka State, India

Bantval
Constituency No. 205 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
LS constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	1957
Total electors	228,415 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Incumbent U. Rajesh Naik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ramanath Rai

Bantval Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.

It is part of Dakshina Kannada district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member
Before 1957: Constituency did not exist
1957	K. Nagappa Alva	Indian National Congress
1962	K. Nagappa Alva
1967	K. L. Rai
1972	B. V. Kakkilaya	Communist Party of India

Karnataka

Year	Member
1978	B. A. Mohideen	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	N. Shiva Rao	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Ramanath Rai	Indian National Congress
1989
1994
1999
2004	B. Nagaraja Shetty	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Ramanath Rai	Indian National Congress
2013	Ramanath Rai	Indian National Congress
2018	U. Rajesh Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	U. Rajesh Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bantval
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	U. Rajesh Naik	93,324	50.29	−3.28
	INC	Ramanath Rai	85,042	45.83	+1.00
	SDPI	Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe	5,436	2.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	821	0.44	−0.08
Majority			8,282	4.46	−4.28
Turnout			185,572	81.24	−1.08
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Bantval
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	U. Rajesh Naik	97,802	53.57
	INC	Ramanath Rai	81,831	44.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	946	0.52
Majority			15,971	8.74
Turnout			1,82,555	82.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Bantval
Party		Candidate
	INC	Ramanath Rai
	BJP	Rajesh Naik
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

References

"Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
"Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
Bhardwaj, Amit (5 May 2018). "Bantwal, Karnataka's most brazenly communal constituency". Newslaundry. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
The Hindu (1 May 2023). "Bantwal — 6-time MLA B. Ramanath Rai versus first-time MLA Rajesh Naik". Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
"Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
"BJP wins 28 out of 33 seats in coastal Karnataka, Malnad". The Hindu. 15 May 2018.
Sastry, Anil Kumar (15 May 2018). "Mangaluru waits with bated breath as counting begins today" – via www.thehindu.com.

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