Udupi Lok Sabha constituency

Udupi Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. This seat came into existence in 1957. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, it ceased to exist.

History

The former Constituency of Udupi Lok Sabha constituency was South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency, which came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. After South Canara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, that seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Udipi Lok Sabha constituency.

Assembly segments

Udupi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following eight Karnataka Legislative Assembly segments:[1]

  1. Bantwal
  2. Surathkal[2]
  3. Kaup
  4. Udupi
  5. Brahmavar
  6. Kundapur
  7. Baindur
  8. Moodabidri

The Legislative Assembly segments of Baindur, Kundapur, Brahmavar, Udupi, and Kaup were in Udupi district, and the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Moodabidri, Surathkal and Bantwal were in Dakshina Kannada district. After delimitation process done by Election Commission of India in 2008 A.D., Baindur became part of Shimoga constituency and Brahmavar ceased to exist.[3]

Members of Parliament
Year Member Party
1952: See South Kanara (North)
1957 Ullal Srinivas Mallya Indian National Congress
1962
1967 J. M. Lobo Prabhu Swatantra Party
1971 P. Ranganath Shenoy Indian National Congress
1977 T. A. Pai
1980 Oscar Fernandes
1984
1989
1991
1996
1998 I. M. Jayarama Shetty Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Vinay Kumar Sorake Indian National Congress
2004 Manorama Madhwaraj Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 onwards : See Udupi-Chikamagalur

See also

Notes
  1. "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 403–4. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. "Second Karnataka Legislative Assembly". Karnataka Legislative Assembly. 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. Prabhu, Ganesh (19 July 2007). "Udupi Lok Sabha seat loses its coastal character". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.

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