New Delhi: The Congress’s two main faces and chief ministerial contenders in Karnataka — state unit president D.Ok. Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah — have been main of their respective seats Saturday, even because the counting of votes of the ten Might elections indicated a transparent majority for the Congress.
At about 1.15 pm Saturday, knowledge from the Election Fee web site confirmed Shivakumar main from the Kanakapura meeting seat in Ramanagara district with 77, 891 votes. The BJP’s R. Ashok, a former deputy CM, had received 11,752 votes, whereas JD(S) candidate B.R. Ramchandra, had obtained 13,634 votes.
Within the earlier meeting polls in 2018, Shivakumar had defeated his then closest rival, JD(S)’s Narayana Gowda, by roughly 80,000 votes from the identical seat.
Siddaramaiah, in the meantime, was main with 57,393 votes towards the BJP’s V. Somanna, a Lingayat chief and minister in , within the Varuna constituency. Varuna, within the Mysore area, is taken into account a Lingayat stronghold. Somanna and the JD(S)’s Bharathi Shankar received 34,380 and 724 votes, respectively.
Siddaramaiah has declared this to be his final election.
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Using on recognition
Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga chief and seven-term MLA, is seen as an organisation man who has stored the Congress well-oiled and consistently pushed the ruling BJP on the backfoot by highlighting corruption expenses and elevating problems with alleged misgovernance through the marketing campaign within the state forward of the ten Might elections.
By means of his tenure, Shivakumar has additionally maintained a balanced relationship with the Congress headquarters in Delhi, leading to a largely free hand in conducting the enterprise of the state unit.
Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba chief, in the meantime, has been the face of the Congress and is seen as the preferred chief of the get together.
Although Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah have been arch-rivals over the problem of CM-ship if the Congress wins, they’ve put up a united face within the run-up to the elections.
Regardless of his credentials, the competition was powerful for Siddaramaiah because the BJP fielded Somanna, a Lingayat heavyweight, in a seat that has roughly 40 per cent Lingayat vote. Nevertheless, as an OBC chief, Siddaramaiah has a sizeable following amongst backward courses and the Scheduled Castes, who even have a sizeable presence within the constituency.
The Varuna meeting constituency has been with the Siddaramaiah household because it was shaped in 2008. Whereas Siddaramaiah has received this seat twice, his son, Yathindra, received the identical seat in 2018.
Final election, Siddaramaiah contested from two seats — Chamundeshwari and Badami. Whereas he misplaced Chamundeshwari, he received Badami seat.
In 2019, after the JD(S)-Congress authorities misplaced energy, Siddaramaiah was made the chief of the Congress’ legislative get together within the Karnataka meeting.
(Edited by Richa Mishra)
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