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BJP wins Karnataka South East Graduates’ MLC seat

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Bengaluru: The ruling BJP, on Wednesday, emerged victorious in the Karnataka South East Graduates’ constituency, thereby winning all the four legislative council seats that went for the polls on October 28.

The results Bengaluru Teachers’, Karnataka North East Teachers’ and Karnataka West Graduates’ constituencies were declared on Tuesday in which BJP emerged victorious.

In the Karnataka South East Graduates’ constituency, the BJP’s Chidanand M Gowda defeated independent candidate D T Srinivasa by a margin of 7,125 votes.

“Chidanand Gowda of the BJP won the South East Graduates segment, securing 12,548 votes,” an Election Commission official told IANS after vote count, which began on Tuesday and ended on Wednesday.

The Congress’ Ramesh Babu, who recently joined the party, secured 9,093 votes, while JD(S) candidate Chowda Reddy Thoopalli got 18,810 votes.

By winning four MLC seats, the ruling BJP has become the single largest party in the Council with 31 seats. It is followed by Congress, with 29 seats, including the chairman. The JD(S) has 14 seats and there is one independent.

Meanwhile, the ruling BJ{P also made a clean sweep of the two Assembly by-elections. BJP’s N. Munirathna retained the high-profile Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) Assembly seat in Bengaluru, from which he resigned in July 2019 as a Congress rebel and defected to the ruling party to re-contest on November 3.

BJP’s C.M. Rajesh Gowda won from the prestigious Sira Assembly segment in Tumakuru district and wrested it from the JD(S), defeating its candidate Ammajamma and T.B. Jayachandra of the Congress in a triangular contest.

By wresting the twin seats from the Congress and the JD(S), the BJP’s tally in the 225-member Assembly increased to 118, while Congress’ strength declined to 66 and JD(S) to 32.

(with PTI and IANS inputs)

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