Bypolls: Congress wins, BJP loses its face in Gundlupet and N'gud constituencies
- Counting of votes is underway in Gundlupet and Nanjangud constituencies
- So far, Congress is leading in both the constituencies
Only a few hours left to declare the final results of bypolls in Gundlupet and Nanjangud constituencies. But the Congress workers are already in a celebratory mode for having trumped BJP in both the constituencies.
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Riding on a sympathy wave, Geetha Mahadeva Prasad has been maintaining good lead ahead of BJP's Niranjan Kumar in Gundlupet. Already defeated twice, Niranjan Kumar is desparate to win this polls. With a margin of 8,727 votes, Geetha had secured 73,904 votes by 13th round of counting. BJP’s Niranjan Kumar secured 65,177 votes.
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In fact, Niranjan Kumar was twice defeated by Mahadeva Prasad Prasad earlier. This time too, victory may not be on his side.
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In Najangud, BJP was hoping to break into Congress bastion with former minister V Srinivas Prasad, who quit Congress to join Saffron party. But their calculations seem to have gone wrong. Voters chose Kalale Keshavamurthy over popular leader Srinivas Prasad. Srinivas has been a dalit face of Congress in the constituency after winning three elections. But he quit the party after he was dropped from the cabinet during expansion.
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Upset, Prasad joined BJP. But, voters seem to have not taken kind to his "opportunistic politics".
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Earlier, Keshavamurthy has lost twice to five-time MP and two-time legislator Srinivas Prasad. This time, it will be a sweet revenge for Keshavamurthy. Keshavamurthy was polled 53,988 votes and had mainteained 16,645 votes margin, while Srinivas Prasad secured 37,343 votes.
The tally so far
Constituency | Congress | BJP |
Gundlupet | 90,258 | 79,381 |
Nanjangud |
86,212 |
64,278 |
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