Dakshina Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency)

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 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.

Dakshina Kannada
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentNalin Kumar Kateel
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established2008–present
StateKarnataka
Total Electors1,565,281[1]
Assembly ConstituenciesSee Below.[2]

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) Current MLA Political Party
200 Belthangady None Harish Poonja BJP
201 Moodabidri None Umanatha. A. Kotian BJP
202 Mangalore City North (previously Surathkal) None Dr Y.Bharath shetty BJP
203 Mangalore City South (previously Mangalore) None D Vedavyas Kamath BJP
204 Mangalore (previously Ullal) None U.T. Khader INC
205 Bantval None Rajesh Naik U BJP
206 Puttur None Sanjeeva Matandoor BJP
207 Sullia SC Angara S. BJP

Members of Parliament
Year Member Political Party
1952-2004 Elections Seat did not exist See : Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)
2009 Nalin Kumar Kateel Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019

Election results

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
2014 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada[1][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
2009 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References
  1. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 208.
  3. Kamila, Raviprasad; Govind D. Belgaumkar (8 March 2009). "Lok Sabha elections first time after delimitation". The Hindu. N. Ram. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  4. "Mangalore to have three Assembly segments". The Hindu. N. Ram. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2019". Election Commission of India.
  6. "Dakshina Kannada". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
  7. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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