BJP bags DK Lok Sabha seat for ninth consecutive term
The Hindu
The BJP bagged the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat for the ninth consecutive term, in the elections held to the 18th Lok Sabha. The seat, which the Congress had lost to the BJP in 1991 elections, continued to remain a mirage for the grand old party.
The BJP bagged the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat for the ninth consecutive term, in the elections held to the 18th Lok Sabha. The seat, which the Congress had lost to the BJP in 1991 elections, continued to remain a mirage for the grand old party.
BJP candidate Captain Brijesh Chowta defeated Padmaraj R. Poojary of the Congress by a margin of 1,49,208 votes. Both were novices to Lok Sabha elections.
Captain Chowta polled 7,64,132 votes (53.97%) while Mr. Poojary could get 6,14,924 votes (43.43%).
When compared to 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP lost its vote share while the Congress managed to increase it.
The vote share of the BJP came down from 57.55% (7,74,285 votes) in 2019 elections to 53.97% (7,64,132 votes) in 2024. While the Congress increased its vote share considerably from 37.14 % (4,99,664 votes) to 43.43 % (6,14,924 votes) in 2024. The Congress changing its candidate and its field work appears to have paid some dividends though it could not win the seat. The results also indicated that all is not well within the party as its leaders had set a target of winning the seat by a margin of three lakh votes.
The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) which had secured the third place by bagging 46,839 votes (3.48%) in the 2019 elections did not field its candidate in 2024 elections.
Captain Chowta, hailing from Mangaluru, did his B.Sc in St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, in 2002. He served in the Army (Short Service Commission) from 2003 to 2010. He did his Executive Business Management Programme at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, in 2011. He has been in the party organisation in various capacities since 2013. He has been organising Mangaluru Kambala for the past six years, and is associated with organising Mangaluru Litfest.
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