Sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel of the BJP defeats former Union Minsiter B. Janardhana Poojary of the Congress by a margin of 1,43,709 votes.
Detailed Results: Nalin Kumar Kateel (BJP) 6,42,739; B. Janardhana Poojary (Cong) 4,99,030; Haneef Khan Kodaje (SDPI) 27,254; K. Yadava Shetty (CPI-M) 9394, M.R. Vasudeva (AAP) 5442; Moose Kunhi alias Abdul Kareem (BSP) 4471, Supreet Kumar Poojary (Ind) 657; Anand Gatti (Ind) 1116; K. Kushala Bellare (Ind) 801; Deepak Rajesh Coelho (Ind) 905; Maxim Pinto (Ind) 1072; Sudatta Jain Shirtady (Ind) 1613; Subramanya Gowda K. (Ind) 2450 K.N. Somasekhar (Ind) 3421; NOTA 7109; Rejected: 109. Total votes polled 12,07,583 (Postal Ballots 463; Tendered votes 11).