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Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Udupi Chikmagalur? — Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 2,59,175 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Kota Srinivas Poojary

BJP
Margin: 2,59,175Landslide

Election history — every MP of Udupi Chikmagalur

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Kota Srinivas PoojaryBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated K. Jayaprakash Hegde (INC)Margin2,59,175
  2. 2019May 2019Shobha KarandlajeBJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Pramod Madhwaraj (JD(S))Margin3,49,599

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Kota Srinivas Poojary

BJPLandslide

votes

7,32,234

Margin

2,59,175(21.1%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Kota Srinivas Poojary · BJPK. Jayaprakash Hegde · INC
7,32,2344,73,059
Candidate (11)votes
  1. 1Kota Srinivas Poojary✓ WinnerBJP7,32,23459.56%
  2. 2K. Jayaprakash HegdeINC4,73,05938.48%
  3. 3NOTA11,2690.92%
  4. 4K.T. RadhakrishnaBSPDeposit lost5,4170.44%
  5. 5Sudheer Kanchan MarakalaINDDeposit lost2,2860.19%
  6. 6Sachin B.KUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost1,3330.11%
See all candidates (+5)
  1. 7M. K. DayanandaProutist Sarva SamajDeposit lost1,0690.09%
  2. 8Vijay Kumar M. GINDDeposit lost9560.08%
  3. 9Supreeth Kumar Poojary KateelJanahitha PakshaDeposit lost6900.06%
  4. 10ShabareeshKarunada Sevakara PartyDeposit lost5650.05%
  5. 11L. Ranganath GowdaKarnataka Rashtra SamithiDeposit lost5400.04%
Total votes12,29,418

Deposit lost: 8 of 10 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
15,85,721

incl. service voters

Votes cast
12,31,062

incl. 8,123 postal

Turnout
77.63%
Polling stations
1,842

Turnout of men and women

Women76.9%

6,28,338 of 8,16,929 voted on EVMs

Men77.3%

5,94,594 of 7,68,755 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 37; 7 voted.

  • Candidates10
  • Lost deposit8
  • NOTA11,269
  • Valid votes12,18,149

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Shobha Karandlaje (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (13)votes
  1. 1Shobha Karandlaje✓ WinnerBJP7,18,91662.46%
  2. 2Pramod MadhwarajJD(S)3,69,31732.09%
  3. 3P. ParameshwaraBSPDeposit lost15,9471.39%
See all candidates (+10)
  1. 4Amrith Shenoy PINDDeposit lost7,9810.69%
  2. 5NOTA7,5100.65%
  3. 6P. Goutham PrabhuShiv SenaDeposit lost7,4310.65%
  4. 7Abdul RahmanINDDeposit lost6,0170.52%
  5. 8K.C. PrakashINDDeposit lost3,5430.31%
  6. 9M.K DayanandaProutist Sarva SamajDeposit lost3,5390.31%
  7. 10Maggalamakki GaneshaINDDeposit lost3,5260.31%
  8. 11Suresh KunderUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost3,4880.3%
  9. 12Comrade VijaykumarCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red StarDeposit lost2,2160.19%
  10. 13Shekar HavanjeRepublican Party of India (Karnataka)Deposit lost1,5810.14%
Total votes11,51,012

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Udupi Chikmagalur?

Kota Srinivas Poojary (BJP) won Udupi Chikmagalur in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 7,32,234 votes.

What was the winning margin in Udupi Chikmagalur?

Kota Srinivas Poojary defeated K. Jayaprakash Hegde (INC) by 2,59,175 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Udupi Chikmagalur?

2019: Shobha Karandlaje (BJP)

What was the turnout in Udupi Chikmagalur in 2024?

77.63% — 12,31,062 of 15,85,721 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 76.9%, men's 77.3%.

How many voters does Udupi Chikmagalur have?

15,85,721 electors at the 2024 election — 7,68,755 men, 8,16,929 women, 37 third gender (service voters included), and 1,842 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer