Chamarajanagar Municipality : SDPI defeats Congress candidate who won 9 times
BJP rises to power, SDPI wins 6 seats
Chamarajnagar: The BJP has emerged as the biggest party in the Chamarajanagar municipal corporation elections. But here SDPI has secured remarkable achievement by winning six seats.
Surprise result
The SDPI candidate Mahesh's win in the 9th ward has got more significance. The nine-time winner S Nanjundaswamy of Congress has now lost the seat.
S Nanjundaswamy was also the chairman of the municipality. Mahesh, a candidate from SDPI, has led to a surprise result by defeating him.
The BJP won 15 seats in the 31 wards. Congress won 7, SDPI 6, Independent 2 and BSP 1.
Ward wise candidates names and parties
1st Ward - Nilamma - Congress
2nd ward - Gauri - BJP
3rd ward - Muhammad Ameek - SDPI
4th Ward - Khalilullah - SDPI
5th Ward - Thousiya Banu - SDPI
6th Ward - Samiullah Khan - SDPI
7th Ward - Asha - BJP
8th Ward - Raghavendra - BJP
9th Ward - Mahesh - SDPI
10th Ward - Manoj Patel - BJP
11th Ward - Manjunath - BJP
12th Ward - Syed Abrar - SDPI
13th Ward - Kalavathi - Congress
14th Ward - Chinnamma - Congress
15th Ward - Jagadish - Independent
16th Ward - Chandrakala - Congress
17th Ward - Basavanna - Independent
18th Ward - Shanthi - Congress
19th Ward - Shivraj - BJP
20th Ward - Chandrasekhar - BJP
21st Ward - Sudarshan Gowda - BJP
22rd Ward - Mamata - BJP
23rd Ward - Gayatri - BJP
24th Ward - Bhagyam- Congress
25th Ward - Lokeshwari - BJP
26th Ward - Kumuda - BJP
27th Ward - Prakash-BSP
28th Ward - Suresh - BJP
29th Ward - Sudha - BJP
30th Ward - Mahadevaya - BJP
31rd Ward - Rajappa - Congress
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K'taka bypolls: 11.87 percent voter turnout in Bagalkot, 9.01 percent in Davanagere South till 9 am
Bengaluru (PTI): In the first two hours since voting began for bypolls to two Bagalkot and Davanagere South assembly constituencies, the voter turnout stood at 11.87 percent and 9.01 percent, respectively, on Thursday.
The voting for the bypolls in two constituencies necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, began at 7 am, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said.
While the Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP is aiming to wrest them and deliver a setback to the ruling party, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
Officials said elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of bypolls.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
Samarth’s father, S S Mallikarjun, is a minister in the Siddaramaiah-led Cabinet and in charge of Davanagere district, while his mother, Prabha Mallikarjun, is a Member of Parliament from the region.
In the 2023 Assembly elections, H Y Meti defeated BJP’s Charantimath by a margin of 5,878 votes in Bagalkot, while Shivashankarappa defeated BJP’s B G Ajay Kumar by 27,888 votes in Davanagere South.
