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

Shiggaon is a municipal town in Haveri district in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Shiggaon taluk has 91 villages, 25 Gram Panchayats and 2 City Municipal Councils (Shiggaon and Bankapur). The area of the taluk is 588 km2. The taluk possesses a forest area of 9,951 hectares which is about 16.88% of the total geographical area. Agriculture is the main occupation.
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Shiggaon Taluka of Haveri district has a total population of 1,87,910, as per 2011 Census, out of which 96,735 are males while 91,175 are females.In 2011, there were a total 38,384 families residing in Shiggaon Taluka. The Average Sex Ratio of Shiggaon Taluka is 943.
Literacy rate of Shiggaon Taluka is 76.07%. The male literacy rate is 71.47% and the female literacy rate is 60.46% in Shiggaon Taluka.
In 2018, this constituency was won by Bharatiya Janata Party's Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the current chief minister of Karnataka. He defeated Sayed Azeempeer Khadri of the Indian National Congress with a margin of 9,265 votes.
Bommai had won the previous two assembly elections from the same seat in 2013 and 2008 as well.