Mangalore, May 16: BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel won with the majority of 641254 votes in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, while BJP candidate Shobha Karandlaje in Udupi-Chickmagalur constituency with 497400 votes.
The counting process of votes is being held underway at Mahatma Gandhi Centenary Composite Pre-University College at Bondel in Mangalore at 8 am.
The District Administration, clamped the prohibitory orders in Mangalore in the wake of poll counting in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency
BJP candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel with 642739 votes
Congress candidate Janardhana Poojary with 499030 votes
AAP candidate Vasudeva Rao with 5442votes
Udupi- Chickmagalur constituency:
BJP candidate Shoba Karandlaje with 337195 votes
Cong candidate Jayaprakash Hegde with 231773 votes
JD(S) candidate Dhananjay Kumar with 8562 votes