Bhatkal Assembly constituency

Bhatkal Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Karnataka in India. It is part of Uttara Kannada district.
The constituency is infamous for Communal tensions due to notable presence of Hindutva groups and Islamic fundamentalism.
In April 10, 1996 a sitting [Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly] from this constituency was assassinated by gunfire.

Electorate

The constituency has around 2.15 lakhs votes. Nearly 1.6 lakh voters i.e. more than 70% of vote base are Hindus, followed by Muslims at nearly 55,000 who are 25.4% and Christians at 7300 forming 3.4% of the electorate. Among Hindu vote base the single major group is Namdharis constituting about 70,000 votes. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes forms 10.1% of the electorate with nearly 22,000 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Karnataka

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