Mangaluru : The election expenditure limit for a Lok Sabha candidate is Rs 70 lakh. Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency has 12 contestants, including heavyweights like incumbent MP Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) and arch rival Pramod Madhwaraj (Congress-JDS coalition). Interestingly, all of them together have spent just Rs 66.7 lakh. The highest spender was Madhwaraj, followed by Shobha. The […]

Mangalore : A total of 69 out of the 71 candidates who contested the assembly elections from the district have submitted the declaration of expenditure to the Election Commission. If Yogish Bhat, BJP candidate from Mangalore South spent the highest i/e Rs 13.50 lakhs for campaigning, t he next highest spender was BJP’s Ranjan Gowda […]