Dakshina Kannada is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Coastal Karnataka of Karnataka and is located in South India. Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 88.57%. There are 15,65,219 voters of which 7,74,454 are male and 7,90,765 are female and 0 voters of the third gender.
Nalin Kumar Kateel of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating INC. BJP polled 6,42,739 of the total of 12,07,584 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Dakshina Kannada goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 77.15%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 17 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 8 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,65,219 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,74,454 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,90,765 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 77.15% | 74.46% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,43,709 | 40,420 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.9% | 3.98% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 77.15% | 74.46% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,43,709 | 40,420 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.9% | 3.98% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 774285 | 57.57% | Nalin Kumar KateelWinner |
| INC | 499664 | 37.15% | Mithun M Rai |
| SDPI | 46839 | 3.48% | Mohammed Eliyas |
| NOTA | 7380 | 0.55% | Nota |
| BSP | 4713 | 0.35% | S. Sathish Saliyan |
| IND | 2752 | 0.20% | Alexander |
| IND | 2315 | 0.17% | H. Suresh Poojary |
| IND | 1702 | 0.13% | Venkatesh Bende |
| UPP | 1629 | 0.12% | Vijay Shreenivas .C |
| HJP | 948 | 0.07% | Supreeth Kumar Poojary |
| IND | 908 | 0.07% | Maxim Pinto |
| IND | 748 | 0.06% | Deepak Rajesh Coelho |
| IND | 602 | 0.04% | Mohammad Khalid |
| IND | 554 | 0.04% | Abdul Hameed |
