Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, May 13: Counting of votes of Karnataka state assembly elections is over. The BJP has won six out of the eight seats in Dakshina Kannada district.
Candidates of BJP were victorious in the constituencies of Mangaluru North, Mangaluru South, Beltangady, Moodbidri, Sullia and Bantwal.
Bagirathi Murulya won from Sullia, Vedavyas Kamath from Mangaluru South, Bharath Shetty from Mangaluru north, Harish Poonja from Beltangady, Umanath Kotian from Moodbidri and Rajesh Naik from Bantwal.
Former minister U T Khader of Congress won the Mangaluru (Ullal) constituency and Ashok Rai of Congress won after an intense fight in Puttur constituency.