Coalition partners Congress and JD(S) won both the assembly constituencies — Ramanagaram and Jamkhandi — and two of the three Lok Sabha seats —Ballari and Mandya in the Karnataka byelections today.
Congress’ Anand Nayamagouda won Jamkhandi and Anitha Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) won Ramanagaram assembly constituencies. Anitha Kumaraswamy is Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s wife.
Congress’ VS Ugrappa won Ballari and JD(S)’s LR Shivaramegowda won Mandya Lok Sabha seats. While BJP’s BY Raghavendra, son of party chief BS Yeddyurappa, won Shivamogga parliamentary seat.
HERE ARE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY:
KARNATKA ELECTION RESULTS..
— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) November 6, 2018
By-Election after BY-Election .. BYE ..BYE .. BJP
I think as far as southern India is concerned, you can't make Ram Mandir & all those issues a political plank. People are looking at what they're going to get, what benefit they're going to get in social&economic sector, admn&transparency: DK Shivakumar #KarnatakaByElection2018 pic.twitter.com/DMLtgNvOYM
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2018
Karnataka: JD(S) workers celebrate in Ramanagaram. JDS' Anitha Kumaraswamy is leading by 1,00,246 votes in the assembly seat. Congress-JD(S) alliance is leading on 4 out of 5 seats in #KarnatakaByElection2018 pic.twitter.com/4s1RAZ6vfU
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2018
"While all rounds of counting have not been completed, in politics, nothing is certain. But in Ballari, I was given responsibility for Ballari. I had accepted the responsibility gladly. I want to thank the voters, for voting by forgetting caste, religion and other such factors. Ugrappa will work for the people and he had assured them of the same, that is why they voted him in. We are not overconfident by our victory. Sriramulu suggested a TV debate, I was ready to show up with notice, he didn't come. I want to thank all political workers,including those from the BJP for their support in these elections."
Congress candidate Anand Nayamgouda dedicates his victory to his father and former minister late Siddu Nayamgouda. He says it is one of the biggest Diwali gift of his life. This win has increased my responsibilities said Anand @avinbhat @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/Be12QxfbM7
— Mahesh M Goudar (@GMahesh_TNIE) November 6, 2018
Karnataka: Congress workers celebrate outside the counting station in Bellary. Congress' candidate VS Ugrappa is leading by 184203 votes in the parliamentary seat. #KarnatakaByElection2018 pic.twitter.com/4y6l9ZqY8j
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2018
Resounding win for the @INCIndia & @JanataDal_S coalition in Karnataka. 4-1 thrashing to BJP.
— Dinesh Gundu Rao (@dineshgrao) November 6, 2018
People have rejected the negative politics of BJP in Karnataka and the abject failure of Modi govt in addressing people’s issues.
Congrats to all the winners.
Deve Gowda says: "I thank people of Karnataka for supporting development-centric administration of JDS-INC Government. People of the state have given their response to those who were trying to destabilise the state Government."
People of Ballari have cursed BJP's G Janardhana Reddy for his inhuman behaviour, says Siddaramaiah.
Congress candidate Anand Nayamgouda poses victory symbol along with party workers in minividhansoudha at Jamkhandi currently he is in lead of 36,000 votes only two rounds left for the final announcement @avinbhat @NewIndianXpress #KarnatakaByElection2018Results pic.twitter.com/PAfrUlkm9W
— Mahesh M Goudar (@GMahesh_TNIE) November 6, 2018
| CONSTITUENCIES | LEADING | TRAILING |
| JAMKHANDI | INC-JDS WINS 96,968 | BJP 57,492 |
| RAMANAGARA | INC-JDS WINS 1,25,043 | BJP 15,906 |
| MANDYA LS | INC-JDS WINS 5,69,302 | BJP 2,44,377 |
| BALLARI LS | INC-JDS WINS 5,54,139 | BJP 3,10,978 |
| SHIVAMOGGA LS | BJP WINS 4,89,959 | INC 4,42,571 |
| LEADING | TRAILING | |
| JAMKHANDI | INC 42,446 | BJP 25,930 |
| RAMANAGARA | JDS 48,993 | BJP 6,932 |
| SHIVAMOGGA LS | BJP 125078 | JDS 115413 |
| BALLARI LS | INC 228844 | BJP 128121 |
| MANDYA LS | JDS 30,821 | BJP 10,188 |
Ballari might well turn out to be the biggest win for the Congress as its candidate VS Ugrappa increases his lead to 64,000 votes after the 4th round of counting concludes.
Congress candidate Anand Nayamgouda reacts to the media after the completion of 9 rounds of counting. He expects victory with a lead of 35,000 votes @avinbhat @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/cEyEqqz5mn
— Mahesh M Goudar (@GMahesh_TNIE) November 6, 2018
At 10 am, with several rounds of counting completed across all five seats, the BJP has managed to maintain a slender lead only in Shivamogga with the JDS-Congress combine leading in all other seats. In Ballari, Congress candidate VS Ugrappa could very well pull off the largest win in the bypolls as his lead balloons to over 1 lakh votes.
JDS Candidate Shivrame Gowda leads in Mandya by over 40,000 votes. Presently, Shivamogga is the BJP's only saving grace as BY Raghavendra leads by a small margin of around 6000 votes.
Initial trends suggest a marginal lead by BJP candidate B Y Raghavendra over coalition candidate Madhu Bangarappa.
JDS candidate and wife of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Anitha, has polled 10,241 votes. The contest in Ramanagaram is largely on paper as the trailing candidate, L Chandrashekar of the BJP, had retired from the contest and joined the Congress. He has polled 1811 votes so far out of 28 booths in 2 rounds of voting.
Ballari: Congress candidate VS Ugrappa's lead over J Shanta of the BJP grows to 31138. Ugrappa after two rounds of counting in 224 out of 1901 booths, has 74668 votes compared to 43530 for Shanta. Around 875 votes have been cast under the 'NOTA' option.
Ramanagaram: JDS candidate and wife of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Anitha, has polled 10,241 votes. The contest in Ramanagaram is largely on paper as the trailing candidate, L Chandrashekar of the BJP, had retired from the contest and joined the Congress. He has polled 1811 votes so far out of 28 booths in 2 rounds of voting.
Shivamogga: Initial trends suggest a marginal lead by BJP candidate B Y Raghavendra over coalition candidate Madhu Bangarappa.
Congress' Anand Nayamgouda continues with a lead of 3785 votes after the end of the second round of counting.
Anand Nayamgouda: INC: 10,882
Srikanth Kulkarni: BJP: 7097
NOTA: 66
After the completion of the second round of counting, Congress takes a lead of 3,785 votes against BJP.
District Election Office deployed strong men surrounding to Mini Vidhan Soudha in Jamkhandi. The counting of postal ballot has started. @avinbhat @NewIndianXpress #karnatakaelectionresults2018 #KarnatakaBypolls #karnatakaelectionresults2018 pic.twitter.com/uMZA6sXkiw
— Mahesh M Goudar (@GMahesh_TNIE) November 6, 2018
Though the Congress-JD(S) alliance is sure of winning the Mandya parliamentary seat, the BJP hopes to gain its vote share. An increase in vote share is all that the party needs to boost the cadre and capitalise on the infighting with the Congress-JD(S) workers in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
In the Vokkaliga bastion of Mandya, JD(S)’s L R Shivarame Gowda, is pitted against a fresh face in Dr Siddaramaiah from the BJP.
In Jamkhandi, it remains to be seen whether Congress’ Anand Nyamagowda will be able to make his successful electoral debut, riding on the sympathy wave due to death of his father and former MLA Siddu Nyamagouda, by defeating Srikant Kulkarni of the BJP.
Though the Congress-JD(S) alliance is sure of winning the Mandya parliamentary seat, the BJP hopes to gain its vote share. An increase in vote share is all that the party needs to boost the cadre and capitalise on the infighting with the Congress-JD(S) workers in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Senior BJP leader Sriramulu’s sister J Shantha is fighting against V S Ugrappa of the Congress, considered an outsider, but strongly backed by party leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar.
In Shivamogga, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa’s son B Y Raghavendra is testing his fortunes against another former chief minister S Bangarappa’s son Madhu Bangarappa of the JD(S).
It could a walkover in Ramanagara for the JD(S)-Congress combined candidate Anitha Kumaraswamy, wife of the Chief Minister, especially after BJP’s Chandrashekar withdrew from the contest and joined the Congress.
#KarnatakaBypolls2018: Counting of votes begins at counting centres in Bellary and Shimoga Lok Sabha constituencies, pic.twitter.com/J9syo6wsRQ
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2018
Vote in favour of coalition government, says Congress; BJP to introspect reasons for its poor show
This elections was the first step. There are 28 LS seats, we'll work with Congress to win all of them, that is our goal.This is not an empty boast just because we have won today. This is the confidence of people in us. This win is not making us arrogant: JD(S) leader&Karnataka CM pic.twitter.com/g4QF3oRooh
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2018
Congress-JD(S) alliance wins 4 out of 5 seats: Ballari, Mandya, Ramanagara and Jamkhandi. BJP wins Shivamogga assembly seat.
BJP representative Srikanth Kulkarni alleges on Congress leaders for his defeat. He says they bribed the officials and lured voters with money. We will stage a strike against the district election commission, stated Srikanth @avinbhat @NewIndianXpress #KarnatakaBypollResults pic.twitter.com/EBaN2lS0zO
— Mahesh M Goudar (@GMahesh_TNIE) November 6, 2018
