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

Hangal lies about 75 kilometres (47 mi) south of the city of Hubli-Dharwad, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the Tungabhadra river and east of the Arabian sea.

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Hangal Taluka of Haveri district has a total population of 2,60,455, as per the Census 2011, out of which 133,171 are males while 127,284 are females. In 2011, there were a total 53,384 families residing in Hangal Taluka. Average Sex Ratio of Hangal Taluka is 956.

Literacy rate of Hangal Taluka is 77.73%. Male literacy rate is 73.14% and the female literacy rate is 62.46% in Hangal Taluka. As per Census 2011, out of total population, 10.8% people live in urban areas while 89.2% live in rural. Average literacy rate in urban areas is 83.4% while that in rural areas is 77%.

While Bhartiya Janata Party's CM Udasi won the 2018 assembly elections from Hangal, the seat fell vacant post his death in 2021. In the by-elections in 2021, the constituency was won by Indian National Congress' Mane Shrinivas, who defeated Shivaraj Sharanappa Sajjanar of BJP with a margin of 7,373 votes.

INC's Manohar H. Tahashildar had won the seat in 2018 assembly elections while CM Udasi had won the previous two elections in 2008 and 2004.