Dakshina Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)
Dakshina Kannada | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | Nalin Kumar Kateel |
Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 2008 |
Reservation | None |
State | Karnataka |
Total Electors | 1,565,281[1] |
Assembly Constituencies | Belthangady Moodabidri Mangalore City North Mangalore City South Mangalore Bantval Puttur Sullia |
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency formerly Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka, a state in southern India.This constituency is closer to Kerala. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008.[2] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nalin Kumar Kateel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest elections in 2019, Kateel represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only.
Assembly segments[]
Before delimitation in 2008, Belthangady Assembly segment was under Chikmagalur constituency and the Bantwal, Moodabidri Assembly segments, along with former Surathkal Assembly segment (now renamed as Mangalore City North) were under the Udupi constituency. In addition, the entire Kodagu district, comprising Madikeri, Virajpet and Somwarpet Assembly segments, was under the former Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency.[3] After delimitation, Ullal and Mangalore Assembly segments were also renamed as Mangalore and Mangalore City South.[4] As of 2019, Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[2][3]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Current MLA | Political Party |
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200 | Belthangady | None | Dakshina Kannada | Harish Poonja | BJP |
201 | Moodabidri | None | Dakshina Kannada | Umanatha. A. Kotian | BJP |
202 | Mangalore City North | None | Dakshina Kannada | Dr Y.Bharath shetty | BJP |
203 | Mangalore City South | None | Dakshina Kannada | D. Vedavyas Kamath | BJP |
204 | Mangalore | None | Dakshina Kannada | INC | |
205 | Bantval | None | Dakshina Kannada | Rajesh Naik U | BJP |
206 | Puttur | None | Dakshina Kannada | Sanjeeva Matandoor | BJP |
207 | Sullia | SC | Dakshina Kannada | Angara S. | BJP |
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Political Party | |
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till 2009 | Seat did not exist | See : Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency) | |
2009 | Nalin Kumar Kateel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2014 | |||
2019 |
Election results[]
General election 2019[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 7,74,285 | 57.57 | +4.34 | |
INC | Mithun Rai | 4,99,664 | 37.15 | -4.18 | |
SDPI | Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe | 46,839 | 3.48 | +1.22 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 7,380 | 0.55 | -0.04 | |
Majority | 2,74,621 | 20.42 | |||
Turnout | 13,45,039 | 77.99 | |||
Registered electors | 17,24,458 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | +4.26 |
General election 2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 6,42,739 | 53.23 | +4.07 | |
INC | Janardhana Poojary | 4,99,030 | 41.33 | -3.85 | |
SDPI | Haneef Khan Kodaje | 27,254 | 2.26 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | K. Yadava Shetty | 9,394 | 0.78 | -1.02 | |
AAP | M. R. Vasudeva | 5,442 | 0.45 | N/A | |
BSP | Moose Kunhi | 4,471 | 0.37 | -0.63 | |
Independent | K. N. Somashekar | 3,421 | 0.28 | N/A | |
Independent | Subramanya Gowda K. | 2,450 | 0.20 | N/A | |
Independent | Sudatta Jain Shirthady | 1,613 | 0.13 | N/A | |
Independent | Ananda Gatty | 1,116 | 0.09 | N/A | |
Independent | Maxim Pinto | 1,072 | 0.09 | N/A | |
Independent | Deepak Rajesh Coelho | 905 | 0.07 | N/A | |
Independent | K. Kushala Bellare | 801 | 0.07 | N/A | |
Hindustan Janta Party | Supreeth Kumar Poojary | 657 | 0.05 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 7,109 | 0.59 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,43,709 | 11.90 | +7.92 | ||
Turnout | 12,07,583 | 77.15 | +1.71 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
General election 2009[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 499,385 | 49.16 | N/A | |
INC | Janardhana Poojary | 458,965 | 45.18 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | B. Madhava | 18,328 | 1.80 | N/A | |
BSP | Alekkadi Girish Rai | 10,196 | 1.00 | N/A | |
Independent | Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata | 8,932 | 0.88 | N/A | |
Independent | K. Rama Bhat Urimajalu | 5,960 | 0.59 | N/A | |
Independent | U. P. Shivananda | 4,825 | 0.47 | N/A | |
Independent | Vasudeva Gowda M. P. | 3,180 | 0.31 | N/A | |
Independent | Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty | 2,373 | 0.23 | N/A | |
Independent | Mohammed Sali | 1,977 | 0.19 | N/A | |
Independent | Thirumala Raya Halemane | 1,801 | 0.18 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 40,420 | 3.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,015,922 | 75.44 | N/A | ||
BJP win (new seat) |
See also[]
- Dakshina Kannada district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)
References[]
- ^ a b "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 208.
- ^ a b Kamila, Raviprasad; Govind D. Belgaumkar (8 March 2009). "Lok Sabha elections first time after delimitation". The Hindu. N. Ram. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Mangalore to have three Assembly segments". The Hindu. N. Ram. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2019". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Dakshina Kannada". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
External links[]
- Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka
- Dakshina Kannada district