Established in the year 2008, Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency is a constituency in the state of Karnataka, India. Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats, and Dakshina Kannada is one of them. And as of 2019, there are 1,765,281 registered voters in the parliamentary constituency. Brijesh Chowta of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) is the current MP for the constituency. In the 2024 Indian General Election Brijesh Chowta won the Lok Sabha seat by defeating Padmaraj R Poojari of the Indian National Congress (INC).
List of MPs from Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency (Karnataka)
Here is the list of all MPs who got elected from the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency to the Indian Parliament.
| Year | Member | Party |
| 2009 | Nalin Kumar Kateel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Nalin Kumar Kateel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Nalin Kumar Kateel | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Brijesh Chowta | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Election Result 2024
In the 2024 Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha election, a total of 1,402,632 voters cast their vote, and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Brijesh Chowta won the election and became MP from the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| BJP | Brijesh Chowta | 764,132 |
| INC | Padmaraj R Poojari | 614,924 |
| NOTA | None of the above | 23,576 |
| Turnout | 1,402,632 |
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019
In the 2019 Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha election a total of 13,45,039 voters cast their vote, and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel won the election and became MP from the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 774,285 |
| INC | Mithun Rai | 4,99,664 |
| SDPI | Ilyas Muhammed Thumbe | 46,839 |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 7,380 |
| Turnout | 13,45,039 |
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Election Result 2014
In the 2014 Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha election a total of 12,07,583 voters cast their vote, and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel won the election and became MP from the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 6,42,739 |
| INC | Janardhana Poojary | 4,99,030 |
| SDPI | Haneef Khan Kodaje | 27,254 |
| CPI(M) | K. Yadava Shetty | 9,394 |
| AAP | M. R. Vasudeva | 5,442 |
| BSP | Moose Kunhi | 4,471 |
| Independent | K. N. Somashekar | 3,421 |
| Independent | Subramanya Gowda K. | 2,450 |
| Independent | Sudatta Jain Shirthady | 1,613 |
| Independent | Ananda Gatty | 1,116 |
| Independent | Maxim Pinto | 1,072 |
| Independent | Deepak Rajesh Coelho | 905 |
| Independent | K. Kushala Bellare | 801 |
| Hindustan Janta Party | Supreeth Kumar Poojary | 657 |
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,109 |
| Turnout | 12,07,583 |
Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency Election Result 2009
In the 2009 Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha election a total of 1,015,922 voters cast their vote, and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nalin Kumar Kateel won the election and became MP from the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| BJP | Nalin Kumar Kateel | 499,385 |
| INC | Janardhana Poojary | 458,965 |
| CPI(M) | B. Madhava | 18,328 |
| BSP | Alekkadi Girish Rai | 10,196 |
| Independent | Subrahmanya Kumar Kuntikanamata | 8,932 |
| Independent | K. Rama Bhat Urimajalu | 5,960 |
| Independent | U. P. Shivananda | 4,825 |
| Independent | Vasudeva Gowda M. P. | 3,180 |
| Independent | Vicharawadi Ananda Gatty | 2,373 |
| Independent | Mohammed Sali | 1,977 |
| Independent | Thirumala Raya Halemane | 1,801 |
| Turnout | 1,015,922 |