The electorate is spread across two markedly different geographical areas in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency — the coastal belt and the hilly terrain — almost in equal numbers. The issues that concern them too are quite different.
Over eight lakh voters from four Assembly segments in Udupi district and about 7.6 lakh voters from four Assembly segments in Chikkamagaluru district form the electorate of the Lok Sabha constituency that came into existence after the 2008 delimitation exercise.
While rapid urbanisation, fallow paddy fields, and decline in the marine fishing yield etc., are some of the issues concerning the coastal electorate, rapid spread of yellow leaf disease in arecanut plantations, diseases affecting the coffee plantations, urban migration, and lack of employment etc., are some of the issues haunting the electorate in Chikkamagaluru district. Some portions of Kundapur, Kaup, and Karkala Assembly constituencies that are on the foothills of the Western Ghats too face similar issues.
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