Athani election 2023 LIVE: Former Deputy CM Laxman Savadi leads by 41,000 votes against Mukesh Kumathali
Laxman Savadi, who joined Congress recently from BJP, is leading in Athani. He is fighting against Mahesh Kumathalli from BJP.
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| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA Web Desk |Updated: May 13, 2023, 01:32 PM IST
Athani, a Belgaum district constituency, is one of the most closely monitored this year. It is one of the eight seats in the Assembly that make up the Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency. Former Karnataka deputy CM Laxman Savadi and Mukesh Kumathali who contested for the BJP and Congress in 2018, are facing each other again.
Laxman Savadi recently joined Congress after resigning from BJP when denied a ticket to contest. He is a three-time MLA from Athani but lost in the 2018 elections to Kumathali.
Laxman Savadi was defeated by Mahesh Kumathali by a margin of 2,330 votes in 2018. They both belong to the Lingayat community.
Here are the LIVE updates of the Athani Election result 2023:
- Former Karnataka deputy CM and Congress leader Laxman Savadi is leading from Athani in early trends.
- Laxman Savadi, the candidate for the Congress, is ahead of Mahesh Kumathalli, the BJP candidate, in Athani by 30,509 votes.
- Laxman Savadi is leading in the Athani constituency by a margin of over 41,000 votes against BJP’s Mahesh Kumathalli.