# Karkala Assembly constituency

Karkala Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India.
It is part of Udupi district.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Member | Party | Party |
| 1952 | A. B. Shetty | | Indian National Congress |

### Mysore State

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1957 | Kedinje Kantappa Hegde | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Manjappa Ullal | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Dayanand Kalle | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1967 | B. R. Shetty | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| 1972 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress |

### Karnataka

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1978 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1983 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | Veerappa Moily | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | H. Gopal Bhandary | Indian National Congress |
| 2004 | V. Sunil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2008 | H. Gopal Bhandary | Indian National Congress |
| 2013 | V. Sunil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2018 | V. Sunil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023 | V. Sunil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 77,028 | 49.11 | −13.41 |
| | INC | Udaya Shetty Muniyal | 72,426 | 46.18 | +12.82 |
| | Independent | Pramod Muthalik | 4,508 | 2.87 | |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 921 | 0.59 | −0.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,602 | 2.93 | −26.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,843 | 82.28 | +1.67 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 91,245 | 62.52 |
| | INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 48,679 | 33.36 |
| | AIMEP | Maksood Ahamed | 1,817 | 1.25 |
| | BSP | Uday Kumar | 1,348 | 0.92 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,340 | 0.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,273 | 29.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,935 | 80.61 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 65,039 | 49.9 |
| | INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 60785 | 46.6 |
| | JD(S) | Water D Souza | 1302 | 1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4254 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130474 | |

### 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 56529 | 50.7 |
| | BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 54,992 | 49.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1537 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 111521 | |

### 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Karkala :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | V. Sunil Kumar | 52,061 | 53.1 | |
| | INC | H. Gopal Bhandary | 42266 | 43.1 | |
| | JD(S) | Pandarinatha Shenoy Y | 2205 | 2.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9795 | 10.1% | 9795 |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Karkal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A. B. Shetty | 18,370 | 46.60% | 46.60% |
| | KMPP | Dharmasamarajaya | 14,404 | 36.54% | |
| | Independent | R. Shenoi Devaraya | 6,649 | 16.87% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,966 | 10.06% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,423 | 59.32% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 66,461 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |