Udupi Elections 2023: Udupi assembly constituency is located in the southwest region of Karnataka. The constituency is quite famous for several Hindu temples and it registers a large footfalls of pilgrims every year. It is also part of the Udupi Chikmagalur seat of the Lok Sabha.
As per the 2011 census, the city's total population is 1,25,306. Out of this, males constitute 49.45%, while females comprise 50.54% of the population. In 2018, the constituency has a total of 2,07,458, as per the data.
ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2023: FULL COVERAGE
Major candidates in fray
This time, the constituency witnessed an interesting contest as both national parties Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as well as Congress, had changed their previous candidates. The saffron party fielded had Yashpal Suvarna from the Udupi constituency, replacing sitting legislator K Raghupati Bhat. Meanwhile, the grand old party shown faith in Prasad Raj Kanchan this time, denying a ticket to Pramod Madhwaraj. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also fielded its candidate as Prabhakar Poojari will be representing the party.
BJP's Suvarna was declared the winner from this seat by a margin of 32,776 votes. He garnered a total of 97,079 votes whereas his opponent Congress' Prasadraj Kanchan could manage a total of 64,303 votes.
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Assembly elections in 2018
In the previous Assembly elections in 2018, BJP's K Raghpati Bhat won the seat by defeating Pramod Madhwaraj of Congress with a margin of 1,20,44 votes. According to the Election Commission data, Bhat had received as many as 84,946 votes whereas Madhwaraj could garner 72,902 votes.
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
It should be mentioned here that the state witnessed a single phase of voting on May 10, whereas, results were declared on May 13. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that more than 9.17 lakh first-time voters participated in the elections in Karnataka.
