Karnataka bypoll results: BJP takes a steady lead in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Sira to go to the wire
Till 11 AM, BJP continued to lead - with a huge margin in Rajrajeshwari Nagar and a slight advantage in Sira - in both seats.

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Published: 10th November 2020 11:18 AM | Last Updated: 10th November 2020 11:18 AM | A+A A-

As an early trend in favour of BJP'S Munirathna at RR Nagar, party workers gathered near counting centre on Tuesday. (File photo| Ashish Krishna HP, EPS)
BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took early leads in both assembly seats of Sira and Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Tuesday as counting for the bypolls is underway. Till 11 AM, BJP continued to lead - with a huge margin in Rajrajeshwari Nagar and a slight advantage in Sira - in both seats.
With a lead in every round of counting and clearly increasing margin, BJP candidate in Muniratna is all set to emerge victorious in Rajarajeshwari Nagar while Congress' candidate and debutante Kusuma H is trailing. JDS, with abysmal votes, seems to have been reduced to a non-entity this bypoll in the seat. In Sira, the ice thin margin between BJP and Congress is likely to go to the wire.
At the end of 5th round of counting in Sira, BJP's Rajesh Gowda was leading with 14,206 votes. While Congress' TB Jayachandra was trailing with 12,718 votes with BJP leading with a thin margin of 1488. In Rajarajeshwari Nagar BJP's Muniratna at the end of seventh round of counting was leading with 39,087 votes while Congress' candidate Kusuma was trailing with 19,315 votes. A huge margin of 19,772.