Karnataka Election 2023 Results Big Twist: Soumya Reddy lose C K Ramamurthy win
Karnataka Election Result 2023 would be declared on Saturday, May 13. Karnataka Election 2023 Results Big Twist: Soumya Reddy lose C K Ramamurthy win. The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate CK Ramamurthy was declared winner in Bengaluru’s Jayanagar constituency, defeating Congress rival Sowmya Reddy by narrowest margin of 16 votes.
The result came after a recount amid protests by the Congress in the seat. “The result was announced by the officials at the Counting Centre at S S M R V College in Jayanagar late tonight,” a state Information Department official said in a statement.
According to media reports, due to the close margin, Ramamurthy had requested a recount of the votes. After waiting for hours outside the counting center in Jayanagar SSRV PU College, Congress supporters erupted in celebration upon hearing the news that Soumya Reddy had won the constituency.
Later on, BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy confirmed that Soumya had won with a 180-vote margin. Tensions arose at the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar, where the vote counting was taking place, as Congress state president D K Shivakumar and state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who is Sowmya Reddy’s father, along with other leaders, staged a protest outside the polling booth, demanding justice.
“The Congress candidate of Jayanagar Assembly Constituency Mrs. Soumya Reddy has won but protested against the action of the election officials who tried to distort the result on the pretext of recount,” said DK Shivakumar in a tweet.
According to media reports, due to the close margin, Ramamurthy had requested a recount of the votes. After waiting for hours outside the counting center in Jayanagar SSRV PU College, Congress supporters erupted in celebration upon hearing the news that Soumya Reddy had won the constituency.
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Later on, BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy confirmed that Soumya had won with a 180-vote margin. Tensions arose at the R V Institute of Management in Jayanagar, where the vote counting was taking place, as Congress state president D K Shivakumar and state unit working president Ramalinga Reddy, who is Sowmya Reddy’s father, along with other leaders, staged a protest outside the polling booth, demanding justice.
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“The Congress candidate of Jayanagar Assembly Constituency Mrs. Soumya Reddy has won but protested against the action of the election officials who tried to distort the result on the pretext of recount,” said DK Shivakumar in a tweet.
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