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. 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 2024, Captain Brijesh Chowta represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only.

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

No	Name	District	Member	Party		Party Leading (in 2024)
200	Belthangady	Dakshina Kannada	Harish Poonja		BJP		BJP
201	Moodabidri		Umanatha Kotian		BJP		BJP
202	Mangalore City North		Y. Bharath Shetty		BJP		BJP
203	Mangalore City South		D. Vedavyas Kamath		BJP		BJP
204	Mangalore		U. T. Khader		INC		INC
205	Bantval		U. Rajesh Naik		BJP		BJP
206	Puttur		Ashok Kumar Rai		INC		BJP
207	Sullia (SC)		Bhagirathi Murulya		BJP		BJP

Year	Member	Party
Till 2009 : See Mangalore
2009	Nalin Kumar Kateel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024	Brijesh Chowta

2024 Indian general election: Dakshina Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijesh Chowta	764,132	53.97	3.60
	INC	Padmaraj Ramiah	614,924	43.43	6.28
	NOTA	None of the above	23,576	1.67	1.12
Majority			149,208	10.54	9.88
Turnout			14,15,770	77.56	0.43
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nalin Kumar Kateel	774,285	57.57	+4.34
	INC	Mithun Rai	4,99,664	37.15	−4.18
	SDPI	Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe	46,839	3.48	+1.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,380	0.55	−0.04
Majority			2,74,621	20.42
Turnout			13,45,039	77.99
Registered electors			17,24,458
	BJP hold		Swing	+4.26

2014 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nalin Kumar Kateel	642,739	53.23	+4.07
	INC	Janardhana Poojary	4,99,030	41.33	−3.85
	SDPI	Haneef Khan Kodaje	27,254	2.26	N/A
	CPI(M)	K. Yadava Shetty	9,394	0.78	−1.02
	NOTA	None of the above	7,109	0.59	N/A
Margin of victory			1,43,709	11.90	+7.92
Turnout			12,07,583	77.15	+1.71
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Dakshina Kannada

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nalin Kumar Kateel	499,385	49.16	N/A
	INC	Janardhana Poojary	458,965	45.18	N/A
	CPI(M)	B. Madhava	18,328	1.80	N/A
	BSP	Alekkadi Girish Rai	10,196	1.00	N/A
	Independent	Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata	8,932	0.88	N/A
	Independent	K. Rama Bhat Urimajalu	5,960	0.59	N/A
	Independent	U. P. Shivananda	4,825	0.47	N/A
	Independent	Vasudeva Gowda M. P.	3,180	0.31	N/A
	Independent	Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty	2,373	0.23	N/A
	Independent	Mohammed Sali	1,977	0.19	N/A
	Independent	Thirumala Raya Halemane	1,801	0.18	N/A
Margin of victory			40,420	3.98	N/A
Turnout			1,015,922	75.44	N/A
	BJP win (new seat)

• Dakshina Kannada district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency

• Dakshina Kannada lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

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