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| Live Status | BJP | Dinakar Keshav Shetty | Won |
78. Kumta (Gen) is a State Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Uttara Kannada district and Coastal Karnataka region of Karnataka and is a part of the Uttara Kannada Parliamentary/Lok Sabha constituency.
There are a total of 1,79,087 voters in the constituency that include general voters, NRI voters and service voters. Amongst the general voters 90,208 are male, 88,765 female and 1 others. The electorate sex ratio in the constituency is 98.29 and the approximate literacy rate is 87%
INC won this seat in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly Elections with a margin of 420 votes (0.34%) securing 29.58% of the total votes polled. In 2013 the seat witnessed a voter turnout of 74.17%.
JD(S) won this seat in the 2008 Assembly Elections with a margin of 20 votes (0.02%) registering 28.76% of the votes polled. In 2018 elections this seat witnessed a voter turnout of 79.85%.
Check the table below for Kumta live results in the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018:
| Party | Votes Polled | % Votes | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 36,756 | 29.58% | Sharda Mohan Shetty WON |
| JD(S) | 36,336 | 29.24% | Dinakar Keshav Shetty |
| BJP | 28,411 | 22.86% | Suraj Naik Soni |
| KJP | 14,286 | 11.5% | Gouda Gayatri Manjunath |
| IND | 3,070 | 2.47% | Mohan Baglu Patgar |
| HND | 1,534 | 1.23% | Nagaraj Shridhar Shet |
| BSP | 978 | 0.79% | Vasant Jogalekar |
| IND | 881 | 0.71% | Mahabaleshwar Ramakrishna Bhat Madguni |
| IND | 789 | 0.63% | Ashok. R. Madival (Jadugar) Honavar |
| BSRCP | 644 | 0.52% | Dattaraya Hanumanth Patgar |
| JD(U) | 572 | 0.46% | Sadanand Annappa Deshbhandari |
| Party | Votes Polled | % Votes | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | 30,792 | 28.76% | Dinakar Keshav Shetty WON |
| INC | 30,772 | 28.74% | Mohan Krishna Shetty |
| BJP | 30,201 | 28.21% | Shashibhushan Hegde |
| SP | 8,624 | 8.05% | Ganesh Ganapathi Hegde |
| IND | 2,854 | 2.67% | Shet Savitri Shridhar |
| BSP | 1,819 | 1.7% | G Nathkumar Gowda |
| RAHS | 1,011 | 0.94% | Tippayya Nagappa Naik |
| IND | 992 | 0.93% | Bhandari Sadanand Annappa |
| Party | Votes Polled | % Votes | Candidate Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 63,882 | 53.57% | Anantkumar Hegde WON |
| INC | 51,022 | 42.78% | Prashant R Deshpande |
| BSP | 1,004 | 0.84% | Naik Santhosh |
| SJPA | 866 | 0.73% | Eliyas Kati |
| AAAP | 819 | 0.69% | Raghavendra K. Thane |
| IND | 596 | 0.5% | Ashok Sahadevappa Chalavadi |
| IND | 565 | 0.47% | Sadanand Deshbhandari Annappa |
| BMUP | 270 | 0.23% | Olwin Marian Lopis |
| RCMP | 234 | 0.2% | Basavaraj Dundappa Hadapad |
