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Hubli Rural Assembly constituency

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Hubli Rural
Former constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictDharwad
Lok Sabha constituencyDharwad
Established1972
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Hubli Rural was one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly that used to come under Dharwad district and it came into existance in 1972 and was abolished abolished after 2008 delimitation exercise. This seat was once held by 2 Chief Ministers S. R. Bommai and Jagadish Shettar and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai contested in this constituency once in 1994 but lost to Jagadish Shettar.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[1]

Year Member Party
Till 1972 : Constituency did not exist
1972 G. Rangaswamy Sandra Indian National Congress
1978 S. R. Bommai Janata Party
1983
1985
1989 G. Rangaswamy Sandra Indian National Congress
1994 Jagadish Shettar Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004[2]
After 2008 : Constituency Abolished

Election Results

1994 Vidhan Sabha

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Hubli Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagadish Shettar 47,568 39.86
JD Basavaraj Bommai 26,794 24.97
INC Raja N. Desai 18,433 17.18
Independent Prafulchandra Rayangoudar 9,188 8.56
Majority 20,774 14.89
Turnout 1,07,304 62.13
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. ^ https://resultuniversity.com/election/hublirural-karnataka-assembly-constituency
  2. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election, 2004". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.