Udupi Chikmagalur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Udupi Chikmagalur
Existence 2008–present
Current MP Shobha Karandlaje
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year 2014
State Karnataka
Total Electors 1,387,295[1]
Assembly Constituencies Kundapura, Udupi, Kapu, Karkal, Sringeri, Mudigere (SC), Chikmagalur, and Tarikere.[2]

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.It's probably the only constituency in India which has beaches,evergreen forests and semi arid zones ever present in a single constituency! 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. Though it doesn't boast of a huge constituency size but travelling from 1 end of this constituency to another will take no less than 5 hours courtesy its sheer and varied topography. [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 2014, Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP represents this constituency.

Assembly segments

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

  1. Chikmagalur
  2. Kaup
  3. Karkala
  4. Kundapura
  5. Mudigere (SC)
  6. Sringeri
  7. Tarikere
  8. Udupi

Four Legislative Assembly segments: Sringeri, Mudigere, Chikmagalur, and Tarikere are in Chikmagalur district. The other four are: Kundapur, Udupi, Kaup, and Karkala are in Udupi district.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2009

Indian general elections, 2009: Udupi Chikmagalur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP D. V. Sadananda Gowda 401,441 48.09 N/A
INC K. Jayaprakash Hegde 374,423 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
Independent Sridhara Udupa 3,467 0.42 N/A
Independent Umesh Kumar 3,283 0.39 N/A
Independent Vinayak Mallya 3,096 0.37 N/A
Independent K. Ganapathi Shettigar 2,793 0.33 N/A
Margin of victory 27,018 3.23 N/A
Turnout 834,728 68.18 N/A
BJP win (new seat)

By-election 2012

By-election 2012: Udupi Chikmagalur[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Jayaprakash Hegde 398,723 46.75 +1.89
BJP V. Sunil Kumar 352,999 41.39 -6.70
JD(S) S. L. Bhoje Gowda 72,080 8.45 N/A
Independent Harishyanbhog Kateel 6,930 0.81 N/A
JD(U) K. Bharathesh 4,945 0.58 N/A
Independent Hunsur K. Chandrashekar 3,640 0.43 N/A
Independent Srinivas Poojary 3,293 0.39 -0.96
Independent H. Suresh Poojary 2,177 0.26 N/A
Independent K. Jayaprakash Hegde (Kokkarne) 1,755 0.21 N/A
Independent Asadulla Katapadi 1,491 0.17 N/A
Independent Deepak Rajesh Coelho 1,429 0.17 N/A
Independent Sridhar Pedemane 1,377 0.16 N/A
Independent N. Venkatesha 1,064 0.12 N/A
Independent Riyaz Ahmed 921 0.11 N/A
Margin of victory 45,724 5.36 +2.13
Turnout 852,824 68.06 -0.12
INC gain from BJP Swing

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Udupi Chikmagalur[1][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shobha Karandlaje 581,168 56.20 +14.81
INC K. Jayaprakash Hegde 399,525 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
BSP Zakir Hussain 7,449 0.72 N/A
AAP Gurudeva S. H. 6,049 0.58 N/A
Independent Srinivasa Poojary 1,899 0.18 -0.21
Independent Sudheer Kanchan 1,689 0.16 N/A
CPI(ML) Red Star C. J. Jagannath 1,612 0.16 N/A
Independent M. D. Mainuddin Khan 1,214 0.12 N/A
Independent Manjunatha G. 1,089 0.11 N/A
NOTA None of the above 7,828 0.76 N/A
Margin of victory 181,643 17.57 +12.21
Turnout 1,034,108 74.54 +6.48
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 208.
  3. 1 2 Prabhu, Ganesh (19 July 2007). "Udupi Lok Sabha seat loses its coastal character". The Hindu (N. Ram). 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. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Udupi Chimaglur" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Udupi: Jayaprakash Hegde wins by 45,724 votes". Udupi Today. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jan–Jun 2012" (.xls). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Udupi Chikmagalur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
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