Udupi : Gowri V Poojary of the BJP was elected the President of the Udupi Taluk Panchayat at a meeting held on October 10, Wednesday. She represents Barkur constituency. Rama Kulal, also of the BJP and representing Perdoor constituency was elected the Vice President of the Taluk Panchayat. Assistant Commissioner Sadashiv Prabhu was the Returning Officer.

If Gowri defeated Suneetha Shetty of Kokkarne, Rama Kulal defeated Umesh A Naik of Cherkady by  23-18 votes.

Taluk Panchayath EO Manjunathiah, District BJP President Uday Kumar Shetty and others were present.