Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu (earlier only Mysuru) Lok Sabha Constituency, which has provided two Chief Ministers to the State has another rare distinction that is opposite in nature, with none of the LS MPs getting a Union Cabinet berth. However, two former MPs got the Ministerial berth only as Rajya Sabha (RS) members. From 1952 till now,…
Wadiyar was elected with a record margin of votes in 1989…and in 2014, Pratap Simha got highest number of votes
April 3, 2019The then political greenhorn and journalist Pratap Simha, who contested as a BJP candidate in 2014 LS Polls, was elected to Parliament and he secured 5,03,908 votes — highest in the constituency so far. He defeated his nearest Congress rival A.H. Vishwanath who bagged 4,72,300 votes. JD(S) candidate Chandrashekaraiah, a former High Court Judge, had…
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