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Uttara Kannada (formerly known as Canara), sometimes called Karwar, is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Following the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, the constituency was renamed.
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (born 10 July 1961) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was a six-term and Formal Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Sirsi.
Since then, he has been re-elected four consecutive times from Uttara Kannada (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2004 to 2009 Lok Sabha to 2019–2024. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He was appointed the Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet since September 2017.
18 April 2024 Last Date for filing nomination 25 April 2024 Scrutiny of nomination 26 April 2024 Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 29 April 2024 Date of poll 13 May 2024: Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024: No. of constituencies: 17
It is one of the eight constituencies which make up Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency. It has been a stronghold of Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) whose candidates tend to contest as independents because it is not officially recognized as a party. In 1962, MES contested the election under its own official name.
Candidate Result 1 Kokrajhar (ST) 7 May 2024 Joyanta Basumatary: UPPL: Won 2 Dhubri: Zabed Islam: AGP: Lost 3 Barpeta: Phani Bhusan Choudhury: AGP: Won 4 Darrang–Udalguri: 26 April 2024 Dilip Saikia: BJP: Won 5 Guwahati: 7 May 2024 Bijuli Kalita Medhi BJP: Won 6 Diphu (ST) 26 April 2024 Amarsing Tisso BJP: Won 7 Karimganj: Kripanath Mallah ...
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It is part of Uttara Kannada district. Satish Krishna Sail was the Member of legislative assembly from Karwar. He was disqualified due to illegal mining scam and 7 years imprisonment sentence by Court.