Dakshina Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency

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| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]  

| CurrentMP = [[Nalin Kumar Kateel]]

| State = [[Karnataka]]

|Electorate=1,565,281<ref name=turnout/>

|Name=Dakshina Kannada}}

'''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.<ref name=ceo>{{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}}</ref>  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.

==Assembly segments==

Before delimitation in 2008, Belthangady Assembly segment was under [[Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chikmagalur constituency]] and the Bantwal, Moodabidri Assembly segments, along with former Surathkal Assembly segment (now renamed as [[Mangalore City North]]) were under the [[Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udupi constituency]]. In addition, the entire Kodagu district, comprising Madikeri, Virajpet and Somwarpet Assembly segments, was under the former [[Mangalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="hindu1"/> After delimitation, Ullal and Mangalore Assembly segments were also renamed as [[Mangalore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mangalore]] and [[Mangalore City South]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> As of 2019, Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:<ref name=ceo/><ref name="hindu1">{{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}}</ref>

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number

!width="300px"|Name

!width="300px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)

!width="300px"|Current MLA

!width="300px"|Political Party

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|200  

|None

|Harish Poonja

|[[BJP]]

|-

|201

|None

|Umanatha. A. Kotian

|[[BJP]]

|-

|202

|None

|Dr Y.Bharath shetty

|[[BJP]]

|-

|203  

|None

|[[BJP]]

|-

|204  

|None

|[[U.T. Khader]]

|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]

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|205  

|None

|Rajesh Naik U

|[[BJP]]

|-

|206  

|None

|Sanjeeva Matandoor

|[[BJP]]

|-

|207  

|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]

|Angara S.

|[[BJP]]

== Members of Parliament ==

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|2009

| rowspan="3" |[[Nalin Kumar Kateel]]

| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

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