Karnataka Bypolls 2024: Congress Leading In All Three Seats

As the Congress party is facing decimation in Maharashtra, there is good news coming in from Karnataka where the party is currently in power. All Congress candidates are leading in all three assembly constituencies (Shiggaon, Sandur and Channapatna) where by-polls were held.

In Shiggaon, Congress’ Yasir Ahmed Khan Pathan has won the elections with a majority of 13,448 votes against BJP’s Bharat Bommai. The by-election was necessitated in the Shiggaon constituency after three time BJP MLA and former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai was elected to Lok Sabha.

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In Sandur constituency, Congress’ Annapoorna Tukaram has won the elections with 9649 majority against BJP’s Bangaru Hanumatu.

In Channapatna, Congress’ CP Yogeshwara has won with a majority of 25,413 votes against JD(S)’ Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former chief minister and union minister HD Kumaraswamy. Responding to the election trends, Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said the Karnataka Congress party guarantees Kalyan Karnataka and this is the victory for the development of integrated Karnataka.

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In Maharashtra, as per latest data BJP-led Mahayuti leading in 220 seats and Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in 55, in which BJP alone is leading in more 125 seats. Currently the tally of Opposition MVA’s tally is less than what of the seats Shiv Sena is leading.
In Jharkhand, INDIA alliance-led by JMM in the state is leading in 50 seats while BJP-led NDA has 30 seats. The trends suggest that Mahayuti in Maharashtra and INDIA bloc in Jharkhand are inching towards the victory. In Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll, Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi is racing ahead with the margin of more than 3 lakh votes.