Karnataka Jayanagar Seat Result: karnataka assembly elections In Bangalore’s Jayanagar seat, a shocking result came to the fore after the counting of votes continued till late night on Saturday (May 13). BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy defeated his nearest rival Sowmya Reddy of Congress by just 16 votes. Ramamurthy was declared victorious after the postal ballots were recounted. The officers provided this information.
“Officials at the SSMRV College counting center in Jayanagar announced the results late in the night,” a state information department official said in a statement. Since the margin of victory was very small, Ramamurthy recounted the votes. was demanded.
late night political drama
Tension prevailed at the RV Institute of Management campus in Jayanagar as Congress state president DK Shivakumar along with state unit working president and Sowmya Reddy’s father Ramalinga Reddy reached outside the counting center to protest. Went. He alleged misuse of government machinery to benefit Ramamurthy.
Re-counting of postal ballots started on Ramamurthy’s appeal
Before the double counting of postal ballots, Soumya Reddy was leading by 294 votes, getting 57,591 votes and Ramamurthy got 57,297 votes. An Election Commission official said the recount of postal ballots was ordered following Ramamurthy’s appeal. Out of the total 224 seats in Karnataka, Jayanagar is the only seat where the election results took the longest time.
Let us tell you that in this election, the Congress has got a clear majority. Congress has registered a big victory with 135 seats. The party’s legislature party meeting is to be held on Sunday.
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