Belthangady
Part of the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat.
Harish Poonja (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Belthangady in 2023, 18,216 votes ahead of Rakshith Shivaram.
Who stood in 2023
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,01,004 votes · 53.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RSIndian National Congress
82,788 votes · 43.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ABSocial Democratic Party Of India
2,513 votes · 1.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AMJanata Dal (Secular)
556 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AKSarvodaya Karnataka Paksha
454 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- S.Tuluvere Paksha
308 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- JBAam Aadmi Party
278 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- MAIndependent
214 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
200 · Belthangady
General2,28,941 registered voters · 8 candidates · 18,216 votes between the first two
Elected 2023
Harish Poonja
BJP · Male · 1,01,004 votes (53.44%) · 18,216 ahead of Rakshith Shivaram
- 82.71%
- Turnout
- 1,89,348
- Votes cast
- 1,88,115
- Valid votes
- 892
- None of the above
- 1,15,098
- Women electors
92,751 men and 93,754 women voted in person, plus 2,843 postal ballots. 341 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 70.
- BJP1,01,0041,515 postal53.44%
INC82,788948 postal43.80%- SDPIGas cylinder2,51311 postal1.33%
- None of the aboveNOTA8920.47%
JD(S)5566 postal0.29%
SKP4542 postal0.24%- Shaileesh R .j.MaleTPJackfruit3084 postal0.16%
AAP2786 postal0.15%- Mahesh AutoMaleINDBattery torch2144 postal0.11%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.