Mangalore City South Assembly constituency

Mangalore City South
Constituency No. 203 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Lok Sabha constituency	Dakshina Kannada
Established	2008
Total electors	213,244 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent D. Vedavyas Kamath
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	John Richard Lobo

Mangalore City South Assembly constituency is one of the Karnataka Legislative Assemblies or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. It is one of the three constituencies which represent Mangalore, the others being Mangalore and Mangalore City North. ^{[2] [3]} The constituency has around 17.5% Muslims and 14% Christians. ^[4]

Mangalore South is part of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Seat does not exist. See Mangalore City and Ullal
2008	N. Yogish Bhat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	John Richard Lobo		Indian National Congress
2018	D. Vedavyas Kamath		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore City South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	D. Vedavyas Kamath	91,437	56.46	+3.49
	INC	John Richard Lobo	67,475	41.67	−1.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,203	0.74	+0.09
Majority			23,962	14.79	+4.95
Turnout			161,943	65.88	−2.17
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore City South ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	D. Vedavyas Kamath	86,545	52.97
	INC	John Richard Lobo	70,470	43.13
	CPI(M)	Sunil Kumar Bajal	2,329	1.43
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,063	0.65
Majority			16,075	9.84
Turnout			163,387	68.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore City South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	John Richard Lobo	67,829	51.26
	BJP	N. Yogish Bhat	55,554	41.98
	CPI(M)	Vasanth Achari	3,016	2.28
Majority			12,275	9.28
Turnout			1,32,315	64.52
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	N. Yogish Bhat	60,133	50.52
	INC	Ivan D'Souza	51,373	43.16
Majority			8,760	7.36
Turnout			1,19,022	64.1
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Mangalore Assembly constituency
• Mangalore City North

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "Fourteenth Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. Karnataka Legislative Assembly . Retrieved 3 February 2021.
4. "Assembly Constituency Details: Mangalore City South". chanakyya.com.
5. "Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Mangalore City South". Election Commission of India. 13 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
6. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
7. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
8. "Mangalore City South Assembly Election 2013, Karnataka". Archived from the original on 8 June 2013.

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