Karnataka · AC 78

Kumta

Name: Kumta
Address: Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, IN

Karnataka Vidhan Sabha Election 2018 · Uttara Kannada

180,394

Electors

146,177

Votes polled

81.03%

Turnout

32,750

Margin

Winner

Dinakar Keshav Shetty

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Dinakar Keshav Shetty Won Male	BJP	59,392	40.63%
2	Sharada Mohan Shetty Female	INC	26,642	18.23%
3	Suraj Naik Soni Male	IND	20,474	14.01%
4	Nayak Pradeep Dayanand Male	JD(S)	16,561	11.33%
5	Yashodhar G. Naik Male	IND	11,512	7.88%
6	Krishna Jatti Gouda Male	IND	5,089	3.48%
7	Nota (NOTA)	NOTA	2,192	1.50%
7	Mohan Baglu Patgar Male	INCP	1,274	0.87%
8	Nagraj .N. Naik Male	AIMEP	984	0.67%
9	Sumana Hegde Female	IND	758	0.52%
10	Prashant Shankar Naik Male	IND	531	0.36%
11	Ganesh Amkush Gouda Male	IND	412	0.28%
12	Nagraj Shridhar Shet Male	RJBP	356	0.24%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2023	Dinakar Keshav Shetty Male BJP	40.37%	A Lady Farmer Suraj Naik Soni Male JD(S)	39.92%
2018	Dinakar Keshav Shetty Male BJP	40.63%	Sharada Mohan Shetty Female INC	18.23%
2013	Sharda Mohan Shetty Female INC	29.58%	Dinakar Keshav Shetty Male JD(S)	29.24%
2008	1 Dinakar Keshav Shetty Male JD(S)	28.76%	2 Mohan Krishna Shetty Male INC	28.74%
2004	Mohan Krishna Shetty Male INC	—	Shashibhushan E Hegde Male BJP	—
1999	Mohan K Shetty Male INC	51.20%	Dr. Karki Mp Male BJP	37.22%
1994	Karki M.P Male BJP	34.06%	Dinakar Keshav Shetty Male JD	29.14%
1989	Gouda Krishna Hanuma Male INC	43.86%	Kamalakar Gokaran Male JD	30.69%
1985	Gouda Narayan Holiyappa Male JnP	47.76%	Nayak Honnappa Lakshman Male INC	35.03%
1983	Karki M. P Male BJP	37.29%	Nayak Seetaram Vasudev Male INC	33.78%
1978	Naik Seetaram Vasudev Male INC(I)	47.73%	Naik Ranayya Shivappa Male JnP	42.78%
1967	H. R. Manjanath Male IND	70.75%	M. V. Vimalanand Male INC	25.30%