Karnataka by-election results: Congress wins Jamkhandi assembly seat

  • | Tuesday | 6th November, 2018

Kulkarni is a Brahmin and backed by the strong RSS cadre.Shrikant Kulkarni also tried to strike a chord with voters to get sympathy votes by declaring that this election is his last election. State government has misued its machinery to win the bypoll, he alleged in Hubbali. But, internal rebellion and differences in BJP are said to have worked against Kulkarni in the bypoll.Anand has managed to increase his lead in every round of counting while Shrikant continued to trail behind.Former CM Jagadish Shettar, in charge of BJP's campaign in Jamkhandi said, the money power helped congress-JD(S) combination to win the by-election from Jamkhandi and Ballari. HUBBALLI: The victory of Congress in Jamkhandi assembly constituency and Ballari Lok Sabha bypoll has provided a clear and firm indication that the Congress-JD(S) can stop the BJP across the north Karnataka in the 2019 general elections.There was neck and neck contest between Congress and BJP in Jamkhandi by election necessitated by the untimely death of Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda in a road accident.Siddu Nyamagouda's developmental works and sympathy factors worked in favour of Anand Nyamagouda, son of Siddu Nyamagouda, who won with a margin of 39,476 against BJP's Shrikanth Kulkarni.Anand has polled 96,968 votes while Shrikant bagged 57,492 votes.Anand is from the Lingayat-Ganiga community.

HUBBALLI: The victory of Congress in Jamkhandi assembly constituency and Ballari Lok Sabha bypoll has provided a clear and firm indication that the Congress-JD(S) can stop the BJP across the north Karnataka in the 2019 general elections.There was neck and neck contest between Congress and BJP in Jamkhandi by election necessitated by the untimely death of Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda in a road accident.Siddu Nyamagouda's developmental works and sympathy factors worked in favour of Anand Nyamagouda, son of Siddu Nyamagouda, who won with a margin of 39,476 against BJP's Shrikanth Kulkarni.Anand has polled 96,968 votes while Shrikant bagged 57,492 votes.Anand is from the Lingayat-Ganiga community. Kulkarni is a Brahmin and backed by the strong RSS cadre.Shrikant Kulkarni also tried to strike a chord with voters to get sympathy votes by declaring that this election is his last election. But, internal rebellion and differences in BJP are said to have worked against Kulkarni in the bypoll.Anand has managed to increase his lead in every round of counting while Shrikant continued to trail behind.Former CM Jagadish Shettar, in charge of BJP's campaign in Jamkhandi said, the money power helped congress-JD(S) combination to win the by-election from Jamkhandi and Ballari. State government has misued its machinery to win the bypoll, he alleged in Hubbali.

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