This comprehensive list includes the names of all Members of the Legislative Assembly who have been elected by voters for BELAGAVI since the first Assembly session up until the 15th session, which concludes on May 2023. The data has been meticulously gathered from the official website of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Belgaum, initially known as Belgaum Urban and Rural, was later divided into three separate constituencies: Belgaum I, Belgaum II, and Belgaum City. Subsequently, Bagewadi (Belgaum) and Belgaum were added, and most recently, Belagavi Uttar, Belagavi Dakshin, and Belagavi Rural.
Remarkably, four MLAs have been elected thrice by the voters: Malagi Shivaputrappa Channabasappa of the Janata Party/Janata Dal(United), N O Samaji of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), B B Sayanak as an Independent (IND), and Abhay Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Additionally, five MLAs have been elected twice by the voters: Feroz Nuruddin Sait of the Indian National Congress (INC), Sanjay B Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Kudachi Ramesh Lakshman of the Indian National Congress (INC), V S Patil of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), and B R Sunthankar of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES).
1st Assembly (18 June 1952 – 31 March 1957)
Belgaum Urban -Dalvi Bhujang Keshav – Independent (IND)
Belgaum Rural – N O Samaji – Indian National Congress (INC)
2nd Assembly (10 June 1957 – 1 March 1962)
Belgaum – I – V S Patil – Peasants & Workers Party (PWP)
Belgaum II – N O Samaji – Peasants & Workers Party (PWP)
Belgaum City – B R Sunthankar – Independent (IND)
3rd Assembly (15 March 1962 – 28 February 1967)
Belgaum – I – V S Patil – Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES)
Belgaum II – N O Samaji – Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES)
Belgaum City – B R Sunthankar – Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES)
4th Assembly (15 March 1967 – 14 April 1971)
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – C L Pattanashetti – Indian National Congress (INC)
Belgaum – B B Sayanak – Independent (IND)
5th Assembly (24 March 1972 – 31 December 1977 (Dissolved))
Belgaum – B B Sayanak – Independent (IND)
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – S A Patil—Indian National Congress (INC)
6th Assembly (17 March 1978 – 8 June 1983 (Dissolved))
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Ashtekar Govind Lakshman – Independent (IND)
Belgaum – B B Sayanak – Independent (IND)
7th Assembly (24 July 1983 – 2 January 1985 (Dissolved))
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Ashtekar Govind Lakshman – Independent (IND)
Belgaum – Mane Rajabhau Shankar Rao – Independent
8th Assembly (18 March 1985 – 21 April 1989 (Dissolved))
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Malagi Shivaputrappa Channabasappa – Janata Party
Belgaum – Mane Rajabhau Shankar Rao – Independent
9th Assembly (18 December 1989 – 20 September 1994 (Dissolved))
Belgaum – Bapusaheb Raosaheb Mahagaonkar – Independent
Arjunrao Laxmanrao Hishobkar – Independent [By Ele:08/06/1992 to 20/09/1994]
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Modagekar Desai Krishnarao Chudamani – Independent
10th Assembly (25 December 1994 – 22 July 1999 (Dissolved))
Belgaum – Tarale Narayanarao Govind – Independent
Bagewadi (Belgaum)- Malagi Shivaputrappa Channabasappa -JANATA Dal (JD)
11th Assembly (25 October 1999 – 28 May 2004)
Belgaum – Kudachi Ramesh Lakshman – Indian National Congress (INC)
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Malagi Shivaputrappa Channabasappa – Janata Dal(United)
12th Assembly (28 May 2004 – 19 November 2007 (Dissolved))
Belgaum – Kudachi Ramesh Lakshman – Indian National Congress (INC)
Bagewadi (Belgaum) – Abhay Patil – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
13th Assembly (30 May 2008 – 5 May 2013)
Belgaum Dakshin – Abhay Patil – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Belgaum Uttar – Feroz Nuruddin Sait – Indian National Congress (INC)
Belgaum Rural – Sanjay B Patil – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
14th Assembly (13 May 2013 – May 2018)
Belgaum Dakshin – Sambhaji Lakshman Patil – Independent (IND)
Belgaum Uttar – Feroz Nuruddin Sait – Indian National Congress (INC)
Belgaum Rural – Sanjay B Patil – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
15th Assembly (2018 – May 2023)
Belgaum Dakshin – Abhay Patil (BJP)
Belgaum Uttar – Anil Benake (BJP)
Belgaum Rural – Laxmi Hebbalkar (INC)