Karwar: In 2019 Lok Sabha election the Election Commission had given permission to spend up to 70 lakhs to each candidate. Anand Asnotikar stands first in Uttara Kannada LS constituency by spending Rs. 46, 37, 245.
Ananthkumar Hegade stands second by spending Rs.36,35,644.
The polling agents submit the accounts of expenditure of the LS candidate after the polling was over.
These expenditure details begin from the day model code of conduct was implemented. It includes expenditures like vehicle rent, pendal, loudspeakers, chairs, lighting, advertisements in the newspapers, handbills printing etc.
Ananthkumar Hegade had appointed two polling agents, one for the hill area and another for the plane lands.
Anand Asnotikar had one polling agent.
Other candidates in the constituency spent very less compared to Anand Asnotikar and Ananthkumar Hegade.