Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency

{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Dakshina Kannada
{{Small|KA-17}}

| map_image = {{Annotated image

| image = Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Map (2009 - Present).pdf

| image-width = 500

| image-left = -130

| image-top = -170

| width = 300

| height = 250

| float = right

| annotations =

| caption = Lok Sabha Constituency Map

| icon = none

}}

| established = 2008

| reservation = None

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| mp = Captain Brijesh Chowta

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Karnataka

| electors = 1,765,281

| assembly_cons = Belthangady
Moodabidri
Mangalore City North
Mangalore City South
Mangalore
Bantval
Puttur
Sullia

}}

File:Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Map with district boundary (2009 - Present).pdf

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.{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=208}} 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 2024, Captain Brijesh Chowta 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. After delimitation, Ullal and Mangalore Assembly segments were also renamed as Mangalore and Mangalore City South.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/mangalore-to-have-three-assembly-segments/article1878490.ece|title=Mangalore to have three Assembly segments|work=The Hindu|publisher=N. Ram|date=24 July 2007|access-date=13 December 2014}} As of 2019, Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/08/stories/2009030858700300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314123910/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/08/stories/2009030858700300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2009|title=Lok Sabha elections first time after delimitation |last=Kamila |first=Raviprasad|author2=Govind D. Belgaumkar |date=8 March 2009|work=The Hindu|publisher=N. Ram|access-date=31 March 2010}}

class="wikitable"

!No

!Name

!District

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

! colspan="2"|Party Leading
(in 2024)

200

|Belthangady

| rowspan="8" |Dakshina Kannada

|Harish Poonja

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

201

|Moodabidri

|Umanatha Kotian

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

202

|Mangalore City North

|Y. Bharath Shetty

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

203

|Mangalore City South

|D. Vedavyas Kamath

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

204

|Mangalore

|U. T. Khader

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

205

|Bantval

|U. Rajesh Naik

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

206

|Puttur

|Ashok Kumar Rai

|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

207

|Sullia (SC)

|Bhagirathi Murulya

|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

{{noteslist}}

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

colspan="4" |{{center|Till 2009 : See Mangalore}}
2009

| rowspan="3" |Nalin Kumar Kateel

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}

2014
2019
2024

|Brijesh Chowta

Election results

= General Election 2024 =

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Dakshina Kannada}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Brijesh Chowta|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=764,132|percentage=53.97|change={{down}}3.60}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Padmaraj Ramiah|party=Indian National Congress|votes=6,14,924|percentage=43.43|change={{up}}6.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=23,576|percentage=1.67|change={{up}}1.12}}

{{Election box majority||votes=149,208|percentage=10.54|change={{down}}9.88}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=14,18,468|percentage=78.02|change={{up}}0.03}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = BJP

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2019 =

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS1017.htm?ac=17|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2019|publisher=Election Commission of India}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Nalin Kumar Kateel|votes=7,74,285|percentage=57.57|change=+4.34}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mithun Rai|votes=4,99,664|percentage=37.15|change=-4.18}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe|votes=46,839|percentage=3.48|change=+1.22}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=7,380|percentage=0.55|change=-0.04}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,74,621

|percentage = 20.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=13,45,039|percentage=77.99|change=}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 17,24,458

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =+4.26

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=31 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm|archive-date=2 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1017.htm?ac=17|title= Dakshina Kannada|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628100552/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1017.htm?ac=17|archive-date=28 June 2014}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Nalin Kumar Kateel

|votes = 6,42,739

|percentage = 53.23

|change = +4.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Janardhana Poojary

|votes = 4,99,030

|percentage = 41.33

|change = -3.85

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party of India

|candidate = Haneef Khan Kodaje

|votes = 27,254

|percentage = 2.26

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|candidate = K. Yadava Shetty

|votes = 9,394

|percentage = 0.78

|change = -1.02

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 7,109

|percentage = 0.59

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 1,43,709

|percentage = 11.90

|change = +7.92

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,07,583

|percentage = 77.15

|change = +1.71

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= General election 2009 =

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |pages=60|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2014}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Nalin Kumar Kateel|votes=499,385|percentage=49.16|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Janardhana Poojary|votes=458,965|percentage=45.18|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=B. Madhava|votes=18,328|percentage=1.80|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Alekkadi Girish Rai|votes=10,196|percentage=1.00|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata|votes=8,932|percentage=0.88|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=K. Rama Bhat Urimajalu|votes=5,960|percentage=0.59|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=U. P. Shivananda|votes=4,825|percentage=0.47|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Vasudeva Gowda M. P.|votes=3,180|percentage=0.31|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty|votes=2,373|percentage=0.23|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mohammed Sali|votes=1,977|percentage=0.19|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Thirumala Raya Halemane|votes=1,801|percentage=0.18|change=N/A}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 40,420

|percentage = 3.98

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,015,922|percentage=75.44|change=N/A}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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