Udupi district is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India,with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar coastal region. There are seven taluks,233 villages and 21 towns in Udupi district. The three northern tehsils of Udupi,Kundapur and Karkala,were partitioned from Dakshina Kannada district to form Udupi district on 25 August 1997. Moodabidri was officially declared as new tehsil (taluk),separated from Karkala with effect from 11 January 2018.
Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers of India in the Second Modi ministry from 14 November 2018 to 7 July 2021. He also served as the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India from 5 July 2016 to 24 May 2019 in the First Modi ministry. He is represented the Bangalore North constituency in the parliament from 2014 to 2024. He also held Ministry of Railways and other cabinet positions in the First Modi ministry. He also served as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Vedavyasa Srinivasa Acharya was an Indian senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. He was the Higher Education Minister in the Government of Karnataka.
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.
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency formerly Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka,a state in southern India.This constituency is closer to Kerala. This constituency was created as a part of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Nalin Kumar Kateel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As of the latest elections in 2024,Captain Brijesh Chowta represents this constituency. It comprises whole area of Dakshina Kannada district only.
Karkala,also known as Karla in Tulu language,is a town and the headquarters of Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka,India. Located about 60 km from Mangalore in the Tulu Nadu region of the state,it lies near the foothills of the Western Ghats. Karkala has a number of natural and historical landmarks,and is a major tourist and transit destination due to its strategic location along the way to Hebri,Sringeri,Kalasa,Horanadu,Udupi,Kollur,Subrahmanya and Dharmasthala.
Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008,based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002,this constituency ceased to exist.
Udupi Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka a state in southern India. This constituency was created as part of the implementation of the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008,based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002. It first held elections in 2009 and its first member of parliament was D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Gowda was selected on 4 August 2011 to become Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka after the previous CM B. S. Yeddyurappa resigned. He therefore had to resign as MP for this seat which forced a by-election in 2012. This by-election was won by K. Jayaprakash Hegde of the Indian National Congress (INC). As of the latest elections in 2019,Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP represents this constituency.
Irmady Moodalakatte Jayarama Shetty was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament who represented Udupi of Karnataka in the Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Korgi Jayaprakash Hegde is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the Government of Karnataka. He is the Chairman of the Karnataka Backward Class Commission. As Minister in charge of undivided Mangalore and Chikmagalur,in 1997,he is the reason for the creation of Udupi district,from undivided Mangalore and Udupi. He was also a Member of India's Parliament representing Udupi Chikmagalur.
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda was an Indian politician who was Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-terms from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya Sabha.
Belthangady Assembly constituency is one of the 224 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Karnataka in southwestern India.
Vasudev Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Karkala Assembly constituency. He served as Chief Whip of BJP Government in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. In November 2020,he was appointed the co-incharge of BJP in Kerala.
Pramod Madhwaraj is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the state of Karnataka. In June 2016 Madhwaraj was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister with Independent Charge. Madhwaraj holds the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department,Fisheries Department portfolio in the Government of Karnataka. He is the 10th richest minister in Karnataka to be sworn into the Karnataka Cabinet. Madhwaraj was born in Koli caste of Karnataka state of India.
Mangalore City North Assembly constituency is one of the Karnataka Legislative Assemblies or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. Mangalore City North is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments,namely:201. Moodabidri,203. Mangalore City South,204. Mangalore,205. Bantwal,206. Puttur and 207. Sullia.
South Kanara (North) Lok Sabha constituency was a former Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State. This seat came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act,1956,it ceased to exist.
Suralpady also known as Badagulipady is a suburban town located in Mangalore City of Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka,India. Suralpady lies between Moodbidri &Mangalore city in National highway 169. The town is 13.6 km away from Mangalore International Airport,19.9 km from Mangalore Central Railway Station,21.8 km from Mangalore old Port and 25.9 km from New Mangalore port.
Yashpal Anand Suvarna,is an Indian politician and businessman from Udupi,Karnataka. He serves as General Secretary of the BJP National OBC Morcha. He is a vice president of the Udupi Government Pre-University College Development Committee. He was elected as the MLA from Udupi Assembly constituency from the BJP Karnataka for the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Captain Brijesh Chowta is an Indian politician and the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 4 June 2024.
