Puttur : A young politician first time entering assembly election BJP candidate Harish poonja defeated Cangress candidate Vasantha Bangera by 22,974 votes. Poonja secured 98417 votes, Congress Candidate Vasanth Bangera earn 75443 votes.

Belthangady constituency of Dakshina Kannada district as a clash between a titan and a novice as 73- year- old Congress veteran, Vasanth Bangera, contesting his 5th election, is in the fray against 36 -year- old Harish Poonja of the BJP, fighting his first.

There are a total of 2,13,930 voters in the constituency that include general voters, NRI voters and service voters. Amongst the general voters 1,07,230 are male, 1,06,644 female and 1 others. The electorate sex ratio in the constituency is 99.41 and the approximate literacy rate is 84%