# Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency

Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002, this constituency ceased to exist.

## Assembly segments

After the delimitation (2008), Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency replaced the Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2019 Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following Legislative Assembly segments:
* Mangalore City North
* Mangalore City South
* Mangalore (Ullal)
* Sullia
* Puttur
* Bantval
* Moodabidri
* Belthangady

### Before 2008 delimitation

Before the delimitation (2008), Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following Legislative Assembly segments.
* Virajpet
* Madikeri
* Somwarpet
* Sullia
* Puttur
* Vittal
* Mangalore (Mangalore City South)
* Ullal (Mangalore)

### Arrangement in 1950s

Mangalore Lok Sabha Constituency was a part of South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency of Madras State. That seat came into existence in 1951 when South Kanara District (comprising present Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka and Kasargod, Kanhangad Taluks of Kerala). With the implementation of States Reorganisation Act, 1956, it ceased to exist.
South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Legislative Assembly segments: 1) Panamangalore (Panemangalore), 2) Mangalore, 3) Kasargod, 4) Hosdurg (Kanhangad), 5 and 6) Two Puttur seats
After South Kanara District of erstwhile Madras State got merged with Mysore State in 1956, South Kanara (South) Lok Sabha constituency ceased to exist and was replaced by Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency. The Parts of Kasargod and Hosdurg (Kanhangad) were merged with Kerala and became a part of Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952: See South Canara (South) ||||
| 1957 | K. R. Achar | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. Shanker Alva | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | C. M. Poonacha | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | K. K. Shetty | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Janardhana Poojary | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Janardhana Poojary | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Janardhana Poojary | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Janardhana Poojary | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Sadananda Gowda | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2008 onwards : See Dakshina Kannada ||||

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Indian general election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | D. V. Sadananda Gowda | 384,760 | 48.60 | −0.53 |
| | INC | M. Veerappa Moily | 3,51,345 | 44.38 | −3.57 |
| | JD(S) | A. K. Subbaiah | 39,774 | 5.02 | +2.10 |
| | Kannada Nadu Party | Rohit Kumar Joshi | 15,693 | 1.98 | +1.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33,415 | 4.22 | +3.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,91,572 | 71.86 | +0.08 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | -0.53 | |