Mangalore: The APMC polling for Mangalore Taluk was held on Sunday, April 24 and results have started pouring out from 7am on Tuesday. Congress has secured 7 out of 14 seats, as per announced results to take over APMC administration once again.
Congress made its stunning victory in Mulky, Vamanjoor, Yedapadav, Beluvai, Surathkal and 2 other places.
JD-S made a remarkable entry into the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) today in 3 seats Moodabidri, Mangalore (Gangadhar Ullal), Shirthady (Backward-A reserved).
BJP has 4 in Kotekar, Merchants’ constituency, Agri. Co-op. Mktg. Societies Constituency and Agri. Coop. Processing Societies seats.
One seat is captured by Ms. Jacinta D’Souza of KR Raitha Sangha in Puthige. (Women- reserved).
Congress will preside over APMC this year.

Winning candidates  Details
Mulky – Pramod Kumar, Congress (634). 2. Moodbidri – K Krishnaraj Hegde, JDS (623). 3. Vamanjoor – Jayasheela Adyantaya, Congress (451). 4. Yedapadav – Neelaya M Agari, Congress (781). 5. Mangalore – Gangadhar Ullal, JDS (397). 6. Kotekar – Prashant Gatti, BJP (606). defeated Sukumar Rao, who secured 453 votes in General Constituencies,
Women Reserved Constituency : Puttige- Jacinta D’Souza of Rajya Raita Sangha (518). Nalini Rai 356 votes.
Reserved for backward category A: Shirtady- Ratnakar Poojary, JDS (453)defeated Rukkayya Poojary of Congress (441).
Bajpe: Monappa Shetty Yekkar (414) defeated Sadanand Rai Kenjar (243).
Reserved for Scheduled Castes :   Beluvai – Giriappa Mera, Congress (413) defeated Krishna Mugera (147).
Reserved for Scheduled Tribes: Suratkal- Chenniappa Naik, Congress (344) defeated Aitha (94).
Merchants’ constituency: Raghava Shetty, BJP (205). Abdul Hameed 110 Votes. One vote was rejected.
Agricultrual Cooperative Marketing Societies Constituency: D B Balakrishna, BJP (41)  defeated Bhaskar Kotian (30).
Agricultural Cooperative Processing Societies constituency: Radhakrishna Kote of BJP (18) defeated Bhaskar S Kotian (13).