Dakshina Kannada | Legislative council by-election: Vote counting begins
Mangaluru: The counting of votes for the Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities Constituency by-election to the Legislative Council has begun.
After opening the ballot boxes and mixing the total ballot papers, the counting process commenced.
Central Election Observer Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan, and Udupi Deputy Commissioner Vidyakumari are present at the counting centre.
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BJP's Kishore Kumar Botyadi wins Dakshina Kannada Legislative Council by-election
Mangaluru: In the recently held by-election for the Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities Legislative Council seat, BJP candidate Kishore Kumar Botyadi emerged victorious. The by-election was conducted on October 21 following the resignation of Kota Srinivas Poojary.
The vote counting took place today (October 24), where Kishore Kumar Botyadi defeated Congress candidate Raju Poojary by a margin of 1,697 votes.
Out of the 5,912 votes cast, Kishore Kumar Botyadi secured 3,654 votes for the BJP, while Raju Poojary received 1,957 votes for the Congress. Anwar Sadat of the SDPI obtained 195 votes, with 9 other votes cast, and 87 votes declared invalid.
