Puttur : Because of Congress internal strife defeated Shakunthala shetty more distanceis. BJP candidate Sanjeeva Matandoor secured 90073 votes, Congress Candidate Shakunthala shetty earn 70596 votes.

There are a total of 1,97,987 voters in the constituency that include general voters, NRI voters and service voters. Amongst the general voters 98,928 are male, 98,994 female and 1 others. The electorate sex ratio in the constituency is 100.01 and the approximate literacy rate is 87%