Uttara Kannada is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Karnataka of Karnataka and is located in South India. Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 81.47%. There are 14,50,599 voters of which 7,42,865 are male and 7,07,704 are female and 30 voters of the third gender.
Anantkumar Hegde of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating INC. BJP polled 5,46,939 of the total of 10,01,041 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Uttara Kannada goes to the polls in the 3st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 69.04%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 12 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,50,599 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,42,865 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,07,704 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 69.04% | 59.11% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,40,700 | 22,769 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.06% | 2.99% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 69.04% | 59.11% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,40,700 | 22,769 |
| Margin of Victory % | 14.06% | 2.99% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 786042 | 68.15% | Anantkumar HegdeWinner |
| JD(S) | 306393 | 26.56% | Anand Asnotikar |
| NOTA | 16017 | 1.39% | Nota |
| IND | 7488 | 0.65% | Mohammed Zabrood Khateeb |
| BSP | 7195 | 0.62% | Sudhakar Kira Jogalekar |
| IND | 6254 | 0.54% | Nagaraj Anant Shirali |
| IND | 4206 | 0.36% | Balakrishna Arjun Patil |
| UPP | 3727 | 0.32% | Sunil Pawar |
| RSJP | 3378 | 0.29% | Nagaraj Naik |
| IND | 3138 | 0.27% | Chidanand Harijan |
| RJSP | 3128 | 0.27% | Nagraj Shridhar Shet |
| IND | 2568 | 0.22% | Anita Ashok Shet |
| IND | 2261 | 0.20% | Kundabai Ganapati Parulekar |
| BHBP | 1685 | 0.15% | Manjunath Sadashiv |
