Udupi:  A list of 35 for the forthcoming elections to Udupi City Municipality was released by Udupi MLA Raghupathi  Bhat at a press meet held at BJP office on February 22, Friday.

Bhat also exuded confidence that the party would win over 20 seats. He said the opinion of workers have been taken into consideration while selecting candidates.

The list of candidates is as follows : Saralebettu Ward Nalini S Naik, Shettybettu Ward Dinakar Shetty Herga, Percale Ward Sumatra R Nayak, Eshwarnagara Ward Mahesh Thakoor, Manipal Ward Narashima Nayak, Moodusagri Ward Sandhya S Nayak, Indrali Ward Suvardhan Nayak, Indiranagar Ward Laxmi Sherigar, Bagabettu Ward Ramchandra Thanthri, Chipadi Ward Naveen Bhandari, Kasrubanagar Ward Pradeep Kundar, Kunjibettu Ward Ramesh Serigar, Kadiyali Ward Ranjani Vasanth, Gundibail Ward Prabhakar Poojari, Bannaje Ward Ravi Ameen, Thenkapete Ward Shyam Prasad Kudwa, Volkadu Ward Geetha Ravi Shet, Bailoor Ward Ganesh U, Kinnimulki Ward Devadaas Shettigar, Ajjarkadu Ward Yaspal Suvarna, Sheeribeedu Ward Dr. M R Pai, Ambalpadi Ward B Vasanthi Shetty, Kola ward Panduranga Malpe, Vadabhandeshwara Ward Sharmila, Malpe Central Vijaya Kundar, Kodavoor Ward Chandravathi Kotian, Kalmadi Ward Indira Shekar, Moodabeettu Ward Nithyanda Shetty, Kodankoor Ward Sowmya Vishwanath Poojari, Nittor Ward Rashmitha B Shetty, Subramanya Nagara ward Narayana, Gopalpura Ward Chinmaya Moorthi, Kakkunje Ward Rathna B Poojari, Karamballi Ward Geetha N Sherigar, Mooduperampalli Ramesh Nayak,.

 Kiran Kumar, outgoing CMC chief, Udupi ZP Chief  Upendra Nayak, Coastal Development Authority Chairman Thinagale Vikramarjuna Hegde, BJP city unit President,  Manohar Kalmadi, Fisheries Federation President  Yashpal Suvarna were present at the press meet