Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency

Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) constituencies in Karnataka a state in southern India. This constituency was created as part of the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[2][3] It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gowda was selected on 4 August 2011 to become Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka after the previous CM B. S. Yeddyurappa resigned.^[4] He therefore had to resign as MP for this seat which forced a by-election in 2012.^[5] This by-election was won by K. Jayaprakash Hegde of the Indian National Congress (INC). As of the latest elections in 2019, Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP represents this constituency.^[6]

Udupi Chikmagalur
Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency Map
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Assembly constituencies	Kundapura Udupi Kapu Karkala Sringeri Mudigere Chikmagalur Tarikere
Established	2008
Total electors	1,387,295[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kota Srinivas Poojary
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

As of 2014, Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:^[2]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
119	Kundapura	Udupi	Kiran Kumar Kodgi		BJP		BJP
120	Udupi		Yashpal Suvarna		BJP		BJP
121	Kapu		Gurme Suresh Shetty		BJP		BJP
122	Karkala		V. Sunil Kumar		BJP		BJP
123	Sringeri	Chikmagalur	T. D. Rajegowda		INC		BJP
124	Mudigere (SC)		Nayana Motamma		INC		BJP
125	Chikmagalur		H. D. Thammaiah		INC		BJP
126	Tarikere		G. H. Srinivasa		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

• This seat was created in 2008 re-organization of Lok Sabha seats. For results before that, see : South Kanara (North), Chikmagalur and Udupi

Year	Name	Party
Till 2008 : See Udupi, Chikmagalur
2009	Sadananda Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2012^	Jayaprakash Hegde		Indian National Congress
2014	Shobha Karandlaje		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024	Kota Srinivas Poojary

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Udupi Chikmagalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kota Srinivas Poojary	732,234	59.56	2.90
	INC	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	4,73,059	38.48	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	11,269	0.92	0.27
Majority			2,59,175	21.08	9.29
Turnout			12,29,418	77.15	1.08
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Udupi Chikmagalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shobha Karandlaje	718,916	62.46	+6.26
	JD(S)	Pramod Madhwaraj	3,69,317	32.09	−6.54
	BSP	P. Parameshwar	15,947	1.39
	Independent	P. Amrith Shenoy	7,981	0.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,510	0.65
Margin of victory			3,49,599	30.37
Turnout			11,51,623	76.07
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Udupi Chikmagalur^[1][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shobha Karandlaje	5,81,168	56.20	+14.81
	INC	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	3,99,525	38.63	−8.12
	JD(S)	V. Dhananjaya Kumar	14,895	1.44	−7.01
	CPI	S. Vijaya Kumar	9,691	0.94	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	7,828	0.76	N/A
Margin of victory			1,81,643	17.57	+12.21
Turnout			10,34,334	74.56	+6.48
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

By-election 2012

Bye-election, 2012: Udupi Chikmagalur ^[8][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	3,98,723	46.75	+1.89
	BJP	V. Sunil Kumar	3,52,999	41.39	−6.70
	JD(S)	S. L. Bhoje Gowda	72,080	8.45	N/A
	IND	Harishyanbhog Kateel	6,930	0.81	N/A
	JD(U)	K. Bharathesh	4,945	0.58	N/A
Margin of victory			45,724	5.36	+2.13
Turnout			8,52,825	68.06	−0.12
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Udupi Chikmagalur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	4,01,441	48.09	N/A
	INC	K. Jayaprakash Hegde	3,74,423	44.86	N/A
	CPI(M)	Radha Sundaresh	24,991	2.99	N/A
	Independent	Srinivas Poojary	11,263	1.35	N/A
	BSP	J. Steven Menezes	9,971	1.19	N/A
Margin of victory			27,018	3.23	N/A
Turnout			8,34,728	68.18	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• Udupi Lok Sabha constituency
• Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency (1967-2004 elections)
• Hassan Chickmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, only for 1952 election
• South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency

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. Prabhu, Ganesh (19 July 2007). "Udupi Lok Sabha seat loses its coastal character". The Hindu. N. Ram. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
4. "Here's everything you need to know about Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda". Daily News and Analysis. Deepak Rathi. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
5. "Deve Gowda Among MPs Who Posed No Queries in LS". The New Indian Express. Express Publications (Madurai) Limited. 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
6. The Hindu (14 April 2024). "This part-coastal, part-hilly constituency faces a diverse range of issues". Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
7. "Udupi Chikmagalur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
8. "Udupi Chimaglur" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
9. "Udupi: Jayaprakash Hegde wins by 45,724 votes". Udupi Today. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
10. "Jan–Jun 2012" (.xls). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
11. "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

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