Elections

Parliament Assembly

Dakshina Kannada — lok sabha

Captain Brijesh Chowta (BJP) won by 1,49,208 votes

BJP won by 1,49,208 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Captain Brijesh Chowta · BJP	BJP	7,64,132
Padmaraj.R.Poojary · INC	INC	6,14,924
None of the Above · NOTA	NOTA	23,576
Kanthappa Alangar · BSP	BSP	4,232

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Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) won by 2,74,621 votes

BJP won by 2,74,621 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Nalin Kumar Kateel · BJP	BJP	7,74,285
Mithun Rai · INC	INC	4,99,664
Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe · SDPI	SDPI	46,839
None of the Above · NOTA	NOTA	7,380

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Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) won by 1,43,709 votes

BJP won by 1,43,709 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Nalin Kumar Kateel · BJP	BJP	6,42,739
Janardhana Poojary · INC	INC	4,99,030
Haneef Khan Kodaje · SDPI	SDPI	27,254
K. Yadava Shetty · CPI(M)	CPI(M)	9,394

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Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) won by 40,420 votes

BJP won by 40,420 votes

Name	Party	Votes
Nalin Kumar Kateel · BJP	BJP	4,99,385
Janardhana Poojary · INC	INC	4,58,965
B. Madhava · CPI(M)	CPI(M)	18,328
Alekkadi Girish Rai · BSP	BSP	10,196

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