Bhatkal Assemble Election 2023: Congress's Mankal Vaidya bounced back from the Bhatkal constituency as he secured around 100442 votes in the Karnataka Assembly Election 2023. He defeated BJP's Sunil B. Naik from the same constituency as he gained just 67771 votes.
Politics in Karnataka had intensified ahead of the Karnataka Polls that took place on May 10. The counting of the votes was held on Saturday (May 13). BJP and Congress had fielded their candidates from the Bhatkal constituency. Meanwhile, JD(S) is also in the race.
Bhatkal Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies that come under the Uttara Kannada district. BJP's Sunil Biliya Naik is currently ruling from the Bhatkal constituency. He is also contesting the elections from the same seat.
In the 2018 assembly election, Bhartiya Janata Party's Sunil Biliya Naik outsmarted Congress' Mankal Vaidya by a huge margin. He had gained 83,172 votes whereas, Vaidya was able to amass 77,242 votes. Vaidya had lost the election by a margin of 5,930 votes.
