Mangaluru : The Karnataka assembly elections counting begun at pm at at Mahatma Gandhi Centenary High School and PU College, Bondel for the eight constituencies of Dakshina Kannada district.

Dakshina Kannada polled a voter turnout of 77.63 while Udupi recorded a turnout of 78.87%.

BJP candidate Umanath Kotian wins against Abhaychandra Jain by 29,799 votes

Tight security is in place in both the districts for peaceful counting.

Morning 11 am Updates:

Mangaluru South : Congress – J R Lobo 7071, BJP – Vedavyas Kamath 12011, JDS- Ratnakar Suvarna, CPIM- Sunil Kumar , Ind- Srikar Prabhu 158, Ind Madan 180.

Mangaluru North: Congress- Mohiuddin Bava 17763, BJP- Bharath Shetty 20917, CPIM – Muneer Katipalla 348

Mangaluru (Ullal) : Congress- U T Khader 35594, BJP- Santosh Rai Boliyar 20561, JDS- K Ashraf 2028

Moodbidri : Abhaychandra Jain 38265, BJP – Umanath Kotian 62789, JDS-Jeevan Shetty 1371, Ashwin Pereira 1224

Bantwal : Congress- Ramanath Rai 7831, BJP – JDS- Rajesh Naik 12176

Beltangady : Congress- Vasanth Bangera 8286, BJP – Harish Poonja 11666, JDS-Sumathi Hegde 152

Puttur : Congress- Shakuntala Shetty 18925, BJP – Sanjeev Matandoor 23030, JDS-Kailas Gowda 305

Sullia : Congress- Dr Raghu 18272 , BJP – S Angara 21500, Raghu (BSP) 351