According to latest trend Congress-JD(S) ahead …
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The ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition’s candidates in Karnataka were leading in two Lok Sabha constituencies and two Assembly segments in the bypolls held Saturday, according to initial trends as counting of votes was taken up this morning. The BJP was ahead in the Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat.
The Congress was leading in Ballari and its coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) in the Mandya parliamentary seats, electoral officials said. The JD(S)-Congress coalition was also leading in Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly segments respectively.
In Ballari, Congress’ V S Ugrappa was leading by 84,257 over Bharatiya Janata Party’s J Shantha.
BJP’s B Y Raghavendra, the son of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, was leading ahead of JD(S)’ Madhu Bangarappa by 9,665 votes in Shivamogga. In Mandya, JD(S)’ Shivarame Gowda was leading over BJP’s Siddaramaiah.
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Counting of votes for five by-elections held on November 3 in Karnataka began at 8.00 am on Tuesday. by elections were held to fill the vacancies caused in three Lok Sabha and two assembly segments in Karnataka.
The by-elections are being held in Bellary (ST), Mandya and Shimoga Lok Sabha seats and Jamakhandi and Ramanagara assembly seats.
Prior to the bypolls, the JD-S held Ramanagara and Mandya seats, while the Congress Jamakhandi and the BJP Bellary and Shimoga.
In all, 31 candidates were in the fray, including five from the Bharatiya Janata Party, three from Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and two from Congress, while the remaining are Independents.
The byelections were necessitated after Yeddyurappa (Shivamogga), Sriramalu (Ballari), and C S Puttaraju of JD(S) (Mandya) resigned as MPs following their election to the Karnataka Assembly.