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Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Uttara Kannada? — Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 3,37,428 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

BJP
Margin: 3,37,428Landslide

Election history — every MP of Uttara Kannada

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Vishweshwar Hegde KageriBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar (INC)Margin3,37,428
  2. 2019May 2019Anantkumar HegdeBJPLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Anand Asnotikar (JD(S))Margin4,79,649

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri

BJPLandslide

votes

7,82,495

Margin

3,37,428(26.7%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri · BJPDr. Anjali Nimbalkar · INC
7,82,4954,45,067
Candidate (14)votes
  1. 1Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri✓ WinnerBJP7,82,49561.97%
  2. 2Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC4,45,06735.25%
  3. 3NOTA10,1760.81%
  4. 4Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.INDDeposit lost5,3970.43%
  5. 5Ganapati HegdeSocialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)Deposit lost4,4720.35%
  6. 6Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiINDDeposit lost4,1690.33%
See all candidates (+8)
  1. 7Nagaraj. Anant. Shirali.INDDeposit lost2,8820.23%
  2. 8Chidanand Hanumanthappa HarijanINDDeposit lost1,7210.14%
  3. 9Prajaakeeya SunilUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost1,5660.12%
  4. 10Vinayak NaikKarnataka Rashtra SamithiDeposit lost1,2630.1%
  5. 11K. P. PatilINDDeposit lost9560.08%
  6. 12Krishna BalegarINDDeposit lost9200.07%
  7. 13Aravind GowdaINDDeposit lost9040.07%
  8. 14Avinash. Narayan. Patil.INDDeposit lost7730.06%
Total votes12,62,761

Deposit lost: 11 of 13 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
16,45,721

incl. service voters

Votes cast
12,63,871

incl. 7,859 postal

Turnout
76.8%
Polling stations
1,977

Turnout of men and women

Women76.1%

6,22,391 of 8,17,668 voted on EVMs

Men76.5%

6,33,616 of 8,28,037 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 16; 5 voted.

  • Candidates13 (1 women)
  • Lost deposit11
  • NOTA10,176
  • Valid votes12,52,585

Women candidates: Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Anantkumar Hegde (BJP)Full result ▾
Candidate (14)votes
  1. 1Anantkumar Hegde✓ WinnerBJP7,86,04268.15%
  2. 2Anand AsnotikarJD(S)3,06,39326.56%
  3. 3NOTA16,0171.39%
See all candidates (+11)
  1. 4Mohammed Zabrood KhateebINDDeposit lost7,4880.65%
  2. 5Sudhakar Kira JogalekarBSPDeposit lost7,1950.62%
  3. 6Nagaraj Anant ShiraliINDDeposit lost6,2540.54%
  4. 7Balakrishna Arjun PatilINDDeposit lost4,2060.36%
  5. 8Sunil PawarUttama Prajaakeeya PartyDeposit lost3,7270.32%
  6. 9Nagaraj NaikRashtriya Samaj PakshaDeposit lost3,3780.29%
  7. 10Chidanand HarijanINDDeposit lost3,1380.27%
  8. 11Nagraj Shridhar ShetRashtriya Jansambhavna PartyDeposit lost3,1280.27%
  9. 12Anita Ashok ShetINDDeposit lost2,5680.22%
  10. 13Kundabai Ganapati ParulekarINDDeposit lost2,2610.2%
  11. 14Manjunath SadashivBharat Bhoomi PartyDeposit lost1,6850.15%
Total votes11,53,480

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Uttara Kannada?

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP) won Uttara Kannada in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 7,82,495 votes.

What was the winning margin in Uttara Kannada?

Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri defeated Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar (INC) by 3,37,428 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Uttara Kannada?

2019: Anantkumar Hegde (BJP)

What was the turnout in Uttara Kannada in 2024?

76.8% — 12,63,871 of 16,45,721 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 76.1%, men's 76.5%.

How many voters does Uttara Kannada have?

16,45,721 electors at the 2024 election — 8,28,037 men, 8,17,668 women, 16 third gender (service voters included), and 1,977 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