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Dakshina Kannada #17GEN
Won
Nalin Kumar Kateel
BJP Bharatiya Janta PartyMargin
40,420 4.0 pp
votes
over Janardhana Poojary (INC)
The contest
Electors13,64,641
Votes polled10,16,135
Turnout74.5%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electorsnot recorded
Female electorsnot recorded
Sex ratio
not recorded
Poll date16 Apr 2009
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalin Kumar Kateel | BJP | 4,99,385 | 49.10% | |
| 2 | Janardhana Poojary | INC | 4,58,965 | 45.20% | |
| 3 | B.Madhava | CPIM | 18,328 | 1.80% | |
| 4 | Alekkadi Girish Rai | BSP | 10,196 | 1.00% | |
| 5 | Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata | IND | 8,932 | 0.90% | |
| 6 | K Rama Bhat Urimajalu | IND | 5,960 | 0.60% | |
| 7 | Dr.U.P.Shivananda | IND | 4,825 | 0.50% | |
| 8 | Vasudeva Gowda M. P. | IND | 3,180 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty | IND | 2,373 | 0.20% | |
| 10 | Mohammed Sali | IND | 1,977 | 0.20% | |
| 11 | Dr.Thirumala Raya Halemane | IND | 1,801 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 213, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 1,015,922 · NOTA n/a · published 1,016,135 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2009
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