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Congress leader DK Shivakumar staged a protest alleging misuse of government machinery to favor BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy in the Jayanagar constituency.

Bengaluru: BJP candidate C K Ramamurthy won the Jayanagar seat in Karnataka by a slender margin of 16 votes against his Congress rival Soumya Reddy on Saturday, officials...

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The Election Commission on Saturday evening ordered the recounting of postal ballots in the Jayanagar constituency. Reddy was leading by 294 votes as she secured 57,591 votes and Ramamurthy 57,297 after counting.

Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy had been leading the initial count by a narrow margin of 294 votes until the BJP demanded a recount.

CK Ramamurthy of the BJP was declared the winner at midnight. The BJP says it’s a fair election, but the Congress says Sowmya Reddy was defeated by violating election rules.

According to the Election Commission website, the margin of victory was 16 votes — Ramamurthy polled 57,797 votes, against Reddy's 57,781.