34 candidates in 5 constituencies of Udupi district: Here is the list

Udupi, Apr 28: As many as 34 candidates are in the fray in five constituencies of Udupi after five candidates withdrew their nomination papers on Friday and three other nomination papers were rejected.

The candidates who have withdrawn their candidature are Rakesh Mallya and Vikas Hedge in Kundapur, Ramesh Marakala and Shiroor Mutt seer Sri Lakshmivara Theertha Swamy in Udupi and Mohammed Sharief in Karkala. 

Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, who is also the district election officer, told reporters that there are a total of nine contestants in Byndoor, five each in Kundapur and Kaup, eight in Udupi and seven in Karkala constituency respectively.

She said the first round of randomisation is over for EVMs and VVPATS in the presence of the observers. There are 1,103 polling booths in the district as against the earlier 1,078. There are 1,437 ballot units, 1,315 control units and 1,381 VVPATs. There are 221 critical polling booths.

From March 27 to April 24, Rs 92,82,130 was seized and Rs 13,75,750 was released. As many as 27 excise shops have been suspended. IML, Goa liquor, beer and toddy worth Rs 52,19,395 worth were seized in the district, she gave details.

In the process of visits, she and the police superintendent acknowledged the difficulties of the villagers in the remote areas in Byndoor Assembly constituency. There is no area connectivity. Hence, the local vehicle operators are requested to run their vehicles on the voting day to those remote areas to help the villagers to come and vote. Besides, the vehicles, which are carrying the polling staffers, will also be used for the purpose, she added. 

Here’s is the list

Byndoor (9)

K. Gopal Poojary (Congress)

B.M. Sukumar Shetty (BJP)

C. Ravindra (JD-S)

Suresh Kallagar (CPIM)

Abdul Hajeed (All India Mahila Empowerment Party)

Manjunath K (Independent)

Marakala Manjunath Basava (Independent)

Subrahmanya B (Independent)

H Suresh Poojary (Independent)

Kaup (5)

Vinay Kumar Sorake (Congress)

Lalaji R. Mendon (BJP)

Mansoor Ibrahim (JD-S)

Anupama Shenoy (Bharatiya Janashakti Congress)

Abdul Rahiman (AIMEP)

Kundapur (5)

Rakesh Malli (Congress)

Halady Srinivas Shetty (BJP)

Thekkatte Prakash Shetty (JD-S)

Rajiv Kotian (Janata Dal – United)

Sudhakara Soorgoli (RPI-A).

Udupi (8)

Pramod Madhwaraj (Congress)

K. Raghupati Bhat (BJP)

Gangadhar Birti (JD-S)

Shekhar Havanje (Republican Party of India)

Y S Vishwanath (All India Mahila Empowerment Party)

Mahesha (Independent)

Sudheer Kanchan (Independent)

Karkala (7)

H. Gopal Bhandary (Congress)

V. Sunil Kumar (BJP)

Uday Kumar (Bahujan Samaj Party)

Maksood Ahmed (All India Mahila Empowerment Party)

Abdul Azeez (Independent)

Ashraf Ali (Independent)

Sumantha K Poojary (Independent)