Kundgol Constituency Election Results: Assembly seat details, MLAs, candidates & more

Kundgol assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies of the Karnataka legislative assembly.
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It is one of the seven vidhan sabha constituencies in Dharwad district in the state.
Other constituencies in the district include Navalgund, Dharwad, Hubli-Dharwad East, Hubli-Dharwad Central, Hubli-Dharwad West and Kalaghatgi. It is a part of Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other assembly segments namely Navalgund, Dharwad, Hubli-Dharwad East, Hubli-Dharwad Central, Hubli-Dharwad West, Shiggaon and Kalaghatgi.
In 2018 assembly elections, Congress's CS Shivalli won the seat by defeating BJP's CS Ishwaragod with 64,871 votes. However, the seat fell vacant after Shivalli's demise leading to 2019 Kundgol bypoll, when Congress's Kusumavati Channabasappa Shivalli won the seat by defeating Ishwaragouda. Kusumavati got 77,640 votes whereas Ishwaragouda got 76,039.
The next assembly elections in the southern state will be held in a single phase on May 10, 2023.
The counting of votes will be done on May 13.
The term of the 224-member Karnataka assembly ends on May 24.
The poll fight is mainly between BJP, Congress and JDS in the state.
In 2018 assembly polls, Bahujan Samaj Party secured 1 seat, Bharatiya Janata Party won 104 seats , Independent 1, Indian National Congress claimed 79, Janata Dal (Secular) 37 whereas Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha won 1.
The last state assembly election was held on May 12, 2018, after which a coalition government was formed by the JD(S) and Congress. The coalition was led by HD Kumaraswamy as the chief minister.
However, in July 2019, the coalition government fell apart as several members of the Congress and JD (S) resigned from the assembly, leading to the formation of a new government by the BJP. BS Yediyurappa became the new chief minister.
On July 26, 2021, Yediyurappa resigned from his position as chief minister, and Basavaraj Bommai took over the reins on July 28, 2021.