Mysuru: This May 12 Assembly elections saw a keen competition between S.A. Ramdas of BJP, M.K. Somashekar of the Congress and K.V. Mallesh of JD(S) with Ramdas finally emerging victorious in Krishnaraja Constituency. It was a keenly fought election and even for the BJP ticket and its severity could be gauged from the fact that…
Mysuru: Congress candidate Tanveer Sait recorded his fifth straight win from Narasimharaja Constituency by garnering 62,268 votes thus defeating his nearest rival Sandesh Swamy of BJP who managed to secure 44,141 votes. Though political observers in the Constituency pointed out that the going could turn tough for Tanveer Sait as the Congress, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)…
Mysuru: Former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman L. Nagendra of the BJP emerged victorious in Chamaraja Assembly Constituency. He secured 51,683 votes against incumbent MLA Vasu of the Congress who polled 36,747 votes. Chamaraja Constituency that has a majority of educated population was expected to witness a keen contest between the Congress and the…
Mysuru: K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh has scored a hat-trick this time albeit winning by a narrow margin. The contest in K.R. Nagar had raised the curiosity of everyone as they were wondering whether Mahesh would be successful third time also just like he had won in the two previous Assembly elections. His…
Mysuru: Incumbent Chamundeshwari MLA and presently the MLA-elect G.T. Devegowda proved a giant killer by defeating Chief Minister Siddharamaiah by a huge margin of 36,042 votes. While Devegowda secured 1,21,325 votes, Siddharamaiah managed to poll 85,283 votes. When it was clear that once friends, Siddharamaiah and G.T. Devegowda (GTD) will be face-to-face in a battle…
Mysuru: The JD(S) broke the Congress stronghold in Periyapatna Assembly segment of the district with party candidate K. Mahadev defeating four-time MLA K. Venkatesh of the Congress. Venkatesh, who first became a JD(S) Legislator by defeating Kalamarigowda of the Congress in the 1994 Assembly polls, later joined the Congress and recorded a hat-trick of wins…
Mysuru: The 15th Karnataka Assembly elections threw up a hung verdict yesterday and with this result the action now moves to the State capital, Bengaluru. The leaders of the three main political parties BJP, Congress and JD(S) have summoned all the newly- elected MLAs to Bengaluru to work out strategies to form the government in…
Bengaluru: The results of the just concluded Assembly elections has thrown up by-elections to three MP seats and five Legislative Council seats. Three Members of Parliament (MPs) contested the polls — B.S. Yeddyurappa (BJP – Shivamoga), B. Sriramulu (BJP – Ballari) and C. S. Putaraju (JD-S, Mandya) — and they all have won. While Yeddyurappa…
Mysuru: The two counting centres, one at Maharani’s Women’s Commerce and Management College on Valimiki Road and NIE-IT at Koorgalli which was a beehive of activity yesterday, returned to normalcy today. The Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) which were used for counting of votes cast by the electorate on…
Chamarajanagar: A lone ‘tusker’ from Kollegal Reserved Constituency is all set to enter the Vidhana Soudha this time. N. Mahesh of BSP-JD(S) alliance (Elephant symbol) has won from Kollegal Constituency (71,792 votes) by defeating A.R. Krishnamurthy of Congress (52,338 votes). Out of 14 elections held (including a by-poll) from the Constituency, Congress had won nine…
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