Summary:
Khanapur, though in Belagavi district, comes under Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. It was Shivanand Koujalgi of Janata Dal who wrested the seat from Congress in 1996. “She has been asked to be ready,” the leader said.Anjali Nimbalkar, a doctor by profession, is representing Khanapur constituency in the assembly. She had won the assembly poll against Vithal Halagekar of BJP by a margin of 9,377 votes. Shankaranand again suffered defeat at the hands of Ramesh Jigajinagi of Lok Shakti in 1998 by a margin of 1,31,238 votes..