Mangalore Elections 2023: Congress candidate U T Khader Fareed retained the Mangalore seat by defeating BJP candidate Sathish Kumpala by 22,790 votes. According to the Election Commission of India, Fareed got 83,219 votes, against 60,429 votes polled by Kumpala. Social Democratic Party of India candidate Riyaz Farangipete, who polled 15,054 votes, was in third place.
Notably, Fareed is the only Congress MLA who secured win in the BJP stronghold of the Dakshina Kannada district. In 2018, he won the seat by defeating Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru of the BJP bagging 19,739 votes.
Mangalore Assembly constituency is a part of Dakshina Kannada district. It belongs to the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. Mangalore constituency along with Mangalore City South and Mangalore City North represents Mangalore City. It is a general category assembly seat. As per the "delimitation notification" issued by the Central Government in 2007, the Vittla Assembly constituency was merged with the Mangalore constituency which was previously known as Ullal.
The nominees for this seat were Congress' U T Abdul Khader Ali Fareed, BJP's Sathish Kumpala and AAP's Santhosh Kamath. Meanwhile, Janata Dal (Secular) had withdrawn the nomination from this seat.
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