Kumta
Part of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat.
Dinakar Keshav Shetty (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Kumta in 2023, 676 votes ahead of Suraj Naik Soni.
Who stood in 2023
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
59,965 votes · 40.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SSJanata Dal (Secular)
59,289 votes · 39.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ANIndian National Congress
19,270 votes · 12.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- IGIndependent
3,588 votes · 2.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RNAam Aadmi Party
1,960 votes · 1.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- DALok Shakti
707 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- GJIndependent
686 votes · 0.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SMIndependent
522 votes · 0.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- NSRashtriya Jansambhavna Party
458 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
78 · Kumta
General1,88,894 registered voters · 9 candidates · 676 votes between the first two
Elected 2023
Dinakar Keshav Shetty
BJP · Male · 59,965 votes (40.37%) · 676 ahead of Suraj Naik Soni
- 78.80%
- Turnout
- 1,48,849
- Votes cast
- 1,46,445
- Valid votes
- 2,085
- None of the above
- 94,488
- Women electors
73,547 men and 73,057 women voted in person, plus 2,243 postal ballots. 319 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 159.
- BJP59,965869 postal40.37%
- Suraj Naik SoniMale
JD(S)59,289759 postal39.92% - Alva NivedithMale
INC19,270220 postal12.97% - Ishwar GoudaMaleINDGanna kisan3,58836 postal2.42%
- None of the aboveNOTA2,0851.40%
- Roopa Gajanan NaikFemale
AAP1,9601 postal1.32% - LSCoconut farm7071 postal0.48%
- INDBatsman6867 postal0.46%
- INDDiesel pump5226 postal0.35%
- RJBPAuto- rickshaw4583 postal0.31%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.