GEN · Karnataka
Dakshina Kannada
Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) won by 40,420 votes (4.0%).
- Electors
- 13,64,641
- Votes polled
- 10,16,135
- Valid votes
- 10,15,711
- Turnout
- 74.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 4.0% (median 7.0%). Back to Karnataka · 2009 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 10.7%(-9.8%)
- Turnout
- 77.9%(-1.3%)
- NOTA
- 1.7%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 99.1%
Winning margin over time · Dakshina Kannada
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalin Kumar KateelWinner | BJP | 4,99,385 | 49.2% |
| 2 | Janardhana Poojary | INC | 4,58,965 | 45.2% |
| 3 | B.madhava | CPM | 18,328 | 1.8% |
| 4 | Alekkadi Girish Rai | BSP | 10,196 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata | IND | 8,932 | 0.9% |
| 6 | K Rama Bhat Urimajalu | IND | 5,960 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Dr.u.p.shivananda | IND | 4,825 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Vasudeva Gowda M. P. | IND | 3,180 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty | IND | 2,373 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Mohammed Sali | IND | 1,977 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Dr.thirumala Raya Halemane | IND | 1,801 | 0.2% |
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