Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

History

The former Constituency of Udupi (Lok Sabha constituency) was South Kanara (North) (Lok Sabha constituency), which came into existence in 1951. With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist. After South Canara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, that seat ceased to exist and was replaced by Udipi Lok Sabha constituency.

Assembly segments

Udupi Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following eight Legislative Assembly segments:[1]

  1. Bantwal
  2. Surathkal
  3. Kaup
  4. Udupi
  5. Brahmavar
  6. Kundapur
  7. Baindur
  8. Moodabidri

The Legislative Assembly segments of Baindur, Kundapur, Brahmavar, Udupi, and Kaup were in Udupi district, and the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Moodabidri, Surathkal and Bantwal were in Dakshina Kannada district. After delimitation, Baindur became part of Shimoga constituency and Brahmavar ceased to exist.[2]

Members of Parliament

Notes

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 403–4. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Prabhu, Ganesh (19 July 2007). "Udupi Lok Sabha seat loses its coastal character". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 92.

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