# Mangalore City Assembly constituency

Mangalore City or Mangalore I Assembly constituency was one of the Karnataka Legislative Assemblies or Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Karnataka. It was part of Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| Until 1957: Seat does not exist. See Mangalore ||||
| 1957 | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Manel Srinivas Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Manel Srinivas Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Addy Saldanha | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | P. F. Rodrigues | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | V. Dhananjay Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1985 | Blasius D'Souza | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Blasius D'Souza | Indian National Congress |
| 1994 | N. Yogish Bhat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | N. Yogish Bhat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | N. Yogish Bhat | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2008 onwards: Seat does not exist. See Mangalore City South ||||

## Election results
### 2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | N. Yogish Bhat | 29,928 | 51.06 |
| | INC | Lancelot Pinto | 24,827 | 42.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,101 | 8.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,610 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | N. Yogish Bhat | 34,628 | 54.76 |
| | INC | Blasius D'Souza | 28,116 | 44.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,512 | 10.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 63,229 | 64.97 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | N. Yogish Bhat | 25,106 | 43.45 |
| | INC | Blasius D'Souza | 17,130 | 29.65 |
| | JD | Suresh Ballal | 13,525 | 23.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,976 | 13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,782 | 63.13 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Blasius D'Souza | 23,739 | 39.29 |
| | BJP | N. Yogish Bhat | 21,869 | 36.2 |
| | JD | Ramakrishna Nayak | 12,507 | 20.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,870 | 3.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,413 | 65.46 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Blasius D'Souza | 24,494 | 44.43 |
| | JP | Judith Mascarenhas | 15,725 | 28.53 |
| | BJP | V. Dhananjay Kumar | 14,241 | 25.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,769 | 15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,127 | 65.72 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | V. Dhananjay Kumar | 22,909 | 44.8 |
| | INC | P. F. Rodrigues | 19,062 | 37.28 |
| | JP | K. M. Padmanabha | 7,290 | 14.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,847 | 7.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,113 | 69.92 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC(I) | P. F. Rodrigues | 26,579 | 50.13 |
| | JP | Sharda Achar | 25,344 | 47.8 |
| | INC | Addy Saldanha | 885 | 1.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,235 | 2.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,024 | 75.71 |
| | INC(I) gain from INC | INC(I) gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1972

1972 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Addy Saldanha | 21,994 | 49.74 |
| | ABJS | C. G. Kamath | 8,476 | 19.17 |
| | CPI(M) | P. Ramachandra Rao | 6,652 | 15.05 |
| | INC(O) | S. K. Amin | 6,418 | 14.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,518 | 30.57 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,214 | 70.1 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1967

1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Manel Srinivas Nayak | 15,105 | 36.82 |
| | Independent | A. R. Ahmed | 9,099 | 22.18 |
| | ABJS | C. G. Kamath | 7,214 | 17.58 |
| | Independent | D. M. Roi | 5,089 | 12.4 |
| | CPI | A. Shantaram Pai | 3,568 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,006 | 14.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,028 | 75.19 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1962

1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Manel Srinivas Nayak | 16,785 | 41.37 |
| | CPI | A. Shantaram Pai | 11,059 | 27.26 |
| | SWA | Laura Pais | 9,588 | 23.63 |
| | ABJS | C. G. Kamath | 3,142 | 7.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,726 | 14.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,574 | 80.2 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1957

1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore-I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | 16,365 | 48.94 |
| | CPI | A. Shantaram Pai | 10,364 | 30.99 |
| | Independent | Laura Pais | 4,766 | 14.25 |
| | ABJS | Prabhakar | 1,945 | 5.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,001 | 17.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,440 | 54.96 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |