Congress upbeat over byelection victory in Karnataka
By M A Siraj| Published: 4th May 2021 9:51 pm IST
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged winners in one each of the two Assembly seats for which the byelection was held on April 14. While the Maski seat was bagged by the Indian National Congress, the Basavakalyan seat went the BJP way. Congress also drew consolation from the outcome of the byelection for Belgaum Lok Sabha seat. Though the BJP candidate won the seat, the victory margin came down to just around 5,000 votes. The outcome of the three byelections is being interpreted in political circles as resurgence of the Congress in the State.
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BELAGAVI: It was down to the wire in the battle for Belagavi, with the last few rounds of counting deciding the winner of the April 17 Lok Sabha byelection here on Sunday.
BJP’s Mangala Angadi, wife of late Union minister Suresh Angadi, defeated Satish Jarkiholi by 5,240 votes after hours of counting turned the contest into a cliffhanger.
Shubham Shelke, the Maharashtra Ekikarna Samiti-backed independent candidate and tacitly supported by ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra in this border constituency, divided the dominant Maratha community votes and this led to the close encounter. Shelke secured 1.2 lakh votes which would have traditionally gone to the BJP.
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Karnataka: Counting under way for bypolls to one LS, 2 Assembly seats
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Voting took place for Belgaum Lok Sabha, Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly constituencies on April 17
Counting is under way for the bypolls to one Lok Sabha seat and two Assembly segments. The voting took place for Belgaum Lok Sabha, and Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly constituencies on April 17. There were 30 candidates in the fray 10 in Belgaum, 12 in Basavakalyan and eight in Maski. Policemen were deployed to ensure Covid-19 protocol is strictly followed and no law and order situation arises. The police have banned political processions or celebrations in groups in view of the rising virus cases.
In a hard fought contest which went down to the wire, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scrambled to retain the high-profile Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, with a slender margin of 5,240 votes in Karnataka s April 17 bypoll, said a poll official .