Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DC)
Mangaluru, Sep 3: The BJP has gained its upper hand in the recently concluded urban and local body polls in coastal Karnataka by grabbing power in Udupi, Kundapur, Saligrama and Puttur.
Meanwhile, the Congress won in Bantwal Town Municipality and Ullal municipality though the electorate has given a fractured mandate. In Karkala, both the BJP and the Congress won equal seats. The BJP and the Congress won 11 seats in Karkala while one seat was bagged by an independent candidate.
The BJP grabbed power in Puttur municipality by winning 25 seats while the Congress won only 5 seats. In Bantwal, Congress won 12 seats while the BJP won 11 seats followed by SDPI with 4 seats. In Ullal municipality too, it was a fractured verdict as Congress won 13 seats with the BJP winning 6 followed by SDPI with 6 seats and JD(S) with 4 seats.
The BJP won Saligrama town panchayat and also grabbed power in Udupi City Council. BJP won 31 seats while four seats were won by the Congress in Udupi.
Meanwhile, miscreants reportedly pelted stones at shops near Kallapu after independent candidate defeated minister U T Khader's close aide Usman Kallapu.
Winners in Udupi
BJP:
Lakshmi Manjunath Salian (Kola ward)
Yogish V Salian (Odambashwar ward)
Edlin Karkada (Malpe Central ward)
Vijay Kodavoor (Kodavoor ward)
Sundar J Kalmady (Kalmady ward)
Shreesha Bhat (Kodavoor ward)
Sampavathi (Kodankoor ward)
Santhosh Jatthanna (Nittur ward)
Jayanthi K Poojary (Subrahmanya Nagar ward)
Manjula V Naik (Gopalpur ward)
Balakrishna Shetty (Kakkunje ward)
Giridhar Acharya (Karamballi ward)
Ashwini Arun Poojary (Shettibettu ward)
Sumithra R Nayak (Parkala ward)
Manjunath Shettigar (Ishwarnagar ward)
Kalpana Sudhama (Manipal ward)
Ashok Nayka (Indrali ward)
Chandrashekhar U Shettigar (Indiranagar ward)
Sri Krishnarao Kodancha (Chitpady ward)
Raju (Kasturba Nagar ward)
Girish M Anchan (Kunjibettu ward)
Geetha Devaraya Shet (Kadiyali ward)
Prabhakar Poojary (Gundibailu ward)
Savitha Harish Ram Bhandary (Bannanje ward)
Manasi C Pai (Thenkapete ward)
Rajani Hebbar (Olakadu ward)
Rashmi Chittaranjan Bhat (Ajjarkad ward)
T G Hegde (Shiribeedu ward)
Harish Shetty (Ampalpady ward)
Congress:
Selina Karkada (Mudu Perampalli ward)
Vijaya Poojary (Badagubettu ward)
Ramesh Kanchan (Bailoor ward)
Amrith Krishnamurthy (Kinnimulki ward)