| Belthangady | |
| State: | Karnataka |
| Type: | SLA |
| Constituency No: | 200 |
| District: | Dakshina Kannada |
| Loksabha Cons: | Dakshina Kannada |
| Established: | 1956 |
| Electors: | [1] |
| Reservation: | None |
| Mla: | Harish Poonja |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Latest Election Year: | 2023 |
| Preceded By: | K. Vasantha Bangera |
Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Karnataka state in southwestern India.[2]
Belthangady (constituency number 200) is one of the eight Assembly constituencies located in Dakshina Kannada district. It covers the same area as the Belthangady Taluk.[3] [4]
Belthangady is part of the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely: 201. Moodabidri, 202. Mangalore City North, 203. Mangalore City South, 204. Mangalore, 205. Bantval, 206. Puttur and 207.Sullia (SC).
The contest for the Belthangady legislative seat has been a thirty year contest between the Gowda family and the Bangera family, as well as one between the two Bangera brothers, Vasantha and Prabhakara.[5] [6] [7] [8]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1956: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1957 | Ratnavarma Hegde | ||
| 1962 | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | K. Subramanya Gowda | ||
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | K. Gangadhar Gowda | ||
| 1983 | K. Vasantha Bangera | ||
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | K. Gangadhar Gowda | ||
| 1994 | K. Vasantha Bangera | ||
| 1999 | K. Prabhakar Bangera | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2008 | K. Vasantha Bangera | ||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Harish Poonja | ||
| 2023 | |||
