BJP wins three Council seats in Karnataka, JD(S) leading in one
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The ruling BJP maintained its successful streak in the biennial elections held for 4 vacant seats of the Legislative Council, bagging three seats on Tuesday, whereas the JD(S) was leading in South East graduates’ constituency.
Elections have been held to 4 constituencies on October 28.
Teachers’ constituencies
The BJP emerged victorious in each the academics’ constituencies. In Bengaluru academics’ constituency, the BJP candidate, Puttanna, gained in the primary choice of votes. Lawyer and JD(S) candidate A.P. Ranganath and Congress candidate Praveen Peter have been the others in the fray.
Former Council deputy chairman Mr. Puttanna, who had gained the elections thrice earlier on JD(S) ticket, left the get together after he fell out with former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and joined the BJP. The constituency is unfold over 36 Assembly seats of Bengaluru Urban, Rural and Ramanagaram districts.
The marketing campaign in this constituency was decreased to a struggle between the household of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Mr. Puttanna, because the latter was as soon as loyal to Mr. Gowda.
In the North East academics’ constituency, Shashil G. Namoshi of the BJP defeated his nearest rival, Sharanappa Mattur of the Congress, by a margin of three,130 votes. Mr. Namoshi polled 10,212 votes, whereas Mr. Mattur secured 7,082 votes. Timmayya Purle of the JD(S) obtained 983 votes. The constituency is unfold over 42 Assembly seats in six districts of Kalyana Karnataka — Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, and Ballari.
Graduates’ constituencies
In the election to the West graduates’ constituency, the BJP retained the seat and its candidate S.V. Sankanur defeated his nearest rival, R.M. Kuberappa of the Congress, by a margin of 11,409 votes.
Mr. Sankanur polled 23,857 votes, whereas Mr. Kuberappa bagged 12,448 votes. Independent candidate Basavaraj Gurikar, who was supported by the JD(S), was a distant third, securing 6,188 votes. A complete of 52,068 votes have been forged, and eight,772 have been declared invalid. This constituency is unfold over 23 Assembly seats in Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Gadag, and Haveri districts.
In South East graduates’ constituency, Chowdreddy Thopalli of the JD(S) was leading when the second choice counting was on until late into the evening. Ramesh Babu of the Congress and Chidananda Gowda of the BJP are the 2 different main contenders in this constituency.
With victory in three constituencies, the BJP elevated its power to 30 in the 75-member Upper House. The Congress has 28 members and the JD(S) 14, leaving one Independent member and one chairman.
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