Lok Sabha constituency of Dakshina Kannada

Constituency 17: Dakshina Kannada
Country	India
state	Karnataka
Constituency number	17th
Eligible voters	1,565,281
voter turnout	77.1%
Election date	17th April 2014
Constituency representative
Surname	Nalin Kumar Kateel
Political party	BJP
Voting share	53.2%

The Lok Sabha constituency of Dakshina Kannada is a constituency in the elections for Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Indian parliament. It is located in the state of Karnataka and is congruent with the district of Dakshina Kannada .

In the last election for Lok Sabha, 1,565,281 residents were eligible to vote.

Last choice

The election for Lok Sabha 2014 had the following result:

candidate	Political party	be right
Nalin Kumar Kateel	BJP	53.2%
Janardhana Poojary	INC	41.3%
Haneef Khan Kodaje	SDPI	2.3%
Others		2.6%
None of the candidates		0.6%

Election 2009

The election for Lok Sabha 2009 had the following result:

candidate	Political party	be right
Nalin Kumar Kateel	BJP	49.2%
Janardhana Poojary	INC	45.2%
B. Madhava	CPM	1.8%
Alekkadi Girish Rai	E.G	1.0%
Others		2.8%

Constituency history

The constituency of Dakshina Kannada has existed since the Lok Sabha election in 2009. The predecessor constituency was the constituency of Mangalore . When the constituencies were reorganized, the constituency of Mangalore was formed from the majority of the former constituency of Mangalore and smaller parts of the constituencies of Udupi and Chikmagalur, which were also dissolved, to form the constituency of Dakshina Kannada.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election Commission of India: Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014.
2. ↑ Election Commission of India: General Elections, 2014 (16th Lok Sabha). 33 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results.
3. ^ Election Commission of India: Statistical Report on General Elections, 2009 to the 15th Lok Sabha. (PDF; 596 kB)