Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Constituency
MP: Captain Brijesh Chowta · BJP · Karnataka
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Dakshina Kannada is one of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. Its Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha is Captain Brijesh Chowta of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving a first term in the Lok Sabha. The BJP holds 17 of Karnataka's 28 seats.
- Constituency
- Dakshina Kannada
- State / UT
- Karnataka
- Member of Parliament
- Captain Brijesh Chowta
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Lok Sabha terms
- 1
- House
- 18th Lok Sabha (elected 2024)
Other Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka
- Bagalkot — Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda (BJP)
- Bangalore Central — P. C. Mohan (BJP)
- Bangalore North — Shobha Karandlaje (BJP)
- Bangalore Rural — C. N. Manjunath (BJP)
- Bangalore South — Tejasvi Surya (BJP)
- Belgaum — Jagadish Shettar (BJP)
- Bellary — E Tukaram (INC)
- Bidar — Sagar Eshwar Khandre (INC)
- Bijapur — Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi (BJP)
- Chamarajanagar — Sunil Bose (INC)
- Chikkballapur — K Sudhakar (BJP)
- Chikkodi — Priyanka Jarkiholi (INC)
- Chitradurga — Govind Makthappa Karjol (BJP)
- Davanagere — Prabha Mallikarjun (INC)
- Dharwad — Pralhad Joshi (BJP)
- Gulbarga — Radhakrishna (INC)
- Hassan — Shreyas M Patel (INC)
- Haveri — Basavaraj Bommai (BJP)
- Kolar — M Mallesh Babu (JD(S))
- Koppal — K Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal (INC)
- Mandya — H D Kumaraswamy (JD(S))
- Mysore — Yaduveer Wadiyar (BJP)
- Raichur — G Kumar Naik (INC)
- Shimoga — B Y Raghavendra (BJP)
- Tumkur — V Somanna (BJP)
- Udupi Chikmagalur — Kota Srinivasa Poojary (BJP)
- Uttara Kannada — Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (BJP)
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the MP of Dakshina Kannada?
Captain Brijesh Chowta (BJP) is the Member of Parliament for Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, in the 18th Lok Sabha (sansad.in, 27 October 2026).
Which party holds the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha seat?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds Dakshina Kannada through Captain Brijesh Chowta.
Which state is the Dakshina Kannada constituency in?
Dakshina Kannada is a Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka.
How many Lok Sabha seats does Karnataka have?
Karnataka has 28 Lok Sabha seats. By party: BJP 17, INC 9, JD(S) 2 (sansad.in, 27 October 2026).
When is the next Lok Sabha election?
The current (18th) Lok Sabha was elected in 2024. Its normal five-year term runs until 2029 unless it is dissolved earlier. A vacant seat is filled through a by-election announced by the Election Commission of India.
Source: sansad.in — Lok Sabha members, official record as of 27 October 2026.